Temperature dependence of single-bubble sonoluminescence threshold in sulfuric acid: An experimental study.

We experimentally investigated the temperature dependence of intensity of single-bubble sonoluminescence (SBSL) in 85 wt%. sulfuric acid. It was found that the intensity increases as temperature increases from 15 °C and 25 °C, confirming what has been predicted by A. Moshaii et al. [Phys. Rev. E 84, 046301 (2011)] theoretically. This behavior, however, is completely opposite to what has been observed for water. Above 25 °C, the behavior of intensity of SBSL in sulfuric acid is found to be independent of the liquid temperature. Moreover, it was observed that as the temperature increases, contribution to total intensity from the UV portion of the spectrum increases while contribution from the visible portion decreases, indicating higher bubble temperatures at higher liquid temperatures. Results of this experiment further indicate that the intensity threshold at each temperature is not determined by the shape or the positional stability conditions but by the driving pressure at which the transition from SBSL to multibubble sonoluminescence (MBSL) takes place.