Gas bubbles in a liquid can convert sound energy into light. Detailed measurements of a single bubble show that, in fact, most of the sound energy goes into chemical reactions taking place inside this 'micro-reactor'.
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Lohse, D. Inside a micro-reactor. Nature 418, 381–383 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/418381b
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