(BRANSON 4510)​​​​​​​​​​​

Overview

Sonication uses sound waves to agitate particles in a solution. It converts an electrical signal into a physical vibration to break substances apart. These disruptions can mix solutions, accelerate the dissolution of a solid into a liquid, such as sugar into water, and remove dissolved gas from liquids. In DNA testing, sonication breaks apart molecules and ruptures cells, releasing proteins for testing.

Uses

• ​Production of nanoparticles.

• Dispersing nanoparticles in liquids and break up aggregates of micron-sized colloidal particles.

• Speed dissolution by breaking intermolecular interactions.

• Initiate crystallization processes and even control polymorphic crystallizations.

• Breaking up soil aggregates.​