Ultrasonic cleaning: an historical perspective

Timothy J. Mason

doi:10.1016/j.ultsonch.2015.05.004

Ultrasonic cleaning: an historical perspective

Timothy J. Mason

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Abstract

The development of ultrasonic cleaning dates from the middle of the 20th century and has become a method of choice for a range of surface cleaning operations. The reasons why this has happened and the methods of assessing the efficiency of ultrasonic cleaning baths are reviewed. Publisher statement: NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Ultrasonics Sonochemistry [Vol: 29, (2016)]. DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2015.05.004 . © 2015, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	519–523
Journal	Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
Volume	29
Early online date	29 May 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2015.05.004
Publication status	Published - Mar 2016

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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Ultrasonics Sonochemistry [Vol: 29, (2016)]. DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2015.05.004 .
© 2015, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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Ultrasound
Cleaning
History

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