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The dynamics, stabilization, and acoustic spectra of a bubble cluster in different liquids are investigated under the condition of ultrasonic cavitation. Experimental data for the dynamics of a spherical ultrasonic cluster near the end face of a rod, capillary, or pressure sensor placed in the antinode of a pressure standing wave at the center of a single-wave spherical piezoelectric concentrator (piezoelectric sphere) are presented. The variation of the cluster size with the parameters of the ultrasonic field and properties of the liquid is studied. It is found that the shape, collapse dynamics, and stability of the cavitation cluster have a significant influence on the acoustocapillary effect. It is shown that the maximal acoustocapillary effect and sonoluminescence are observed when a stable cluster with spherically symmetric collapse dynamics is provided at the end of a capillary in a 50% solution of glycerol. Using a small-size piezotransducer placed at the center of the sphere, the acoustic pressure is measured and acoustic spectra are studied for different voltages across the piezosphere and during the formation of variously shaped cavitation clusters. In the case of fully developed cavitation and a spherical cluster, the acoustic spectra contain subharmonic components, the cavitation noise factor rises to 35%, and the maximum of the noise envelope shifts toward higher frequencies.

To elucidate mechanisms of cavitation action on a surface with microcapillary discontinuity and refine the model of the sonocapillary effect, the force acting on a cylinder is correlated with the height of a liquid in the capillary under cavitation, both quantities being measured at the same point of the ultrasonic field. It is found that the force acting on the cylinder is directed toward a cavitation cluster stabilized at the end face of the cylinder. This force can be enhanced with another cylinder placed on the side of the cluster coaxially with the first one. The dynamics of the cavitation cluster depending on the cylinder spacing is investigated in the case when one of the cylinders is on a pendulum suspension. The conditions for self-sustained oscillations of the pendulum are found. The dependence of the attracting force between the cylinders on the ultrasonic frequency and cylinder spacing is derived. The end-face-averaged pressure exerted on a cylinder of diameter 1.2 mm may reach 0.16 kPa, and the intracapillary pressure attains 0.89 kPa. Thus, the sonocapillary effect may be explained, at least partially, by a counterpressure arising from cluster-capillary interaction. This effect can be used in designing cavitation sensors and ultrasonic sources.

Slow variation (for 10–40 min) of the electrical conductivity of a water cell in weak permanent magnetic fields was studied. Relaxation characteristics and the dependence of the resistivity on a magnetic field ranging between 0.02 and 0.11 G were obtained. It was found that the cell response lags behind magnetic field switching-on and switching-off.