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IN a recent communication, Pinkerton1 has shown that for frequencies less than 70 Mc./sec. the absorption of ultrasonic waves in acetic acid can be attributed to a relaxation mechanism arising from the perturbation of a molecular equilibrium by the ultrasonic vibrations. His measurements were carried out in the frequency range 7·5–67 Mc./sec. and confirmed the earlier results by Bazulin2.
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LAMB, J., ANDREAE, J. & BIRD, R. Absorption and Dispersion of Ultrasonic Waves in Acetic Acid. Nature 162, 993–994 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162993a0
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