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Ultrasonic Velocities in Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions

Nature volume 187, pages 136–137 (1960)Cite this article

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IN a recent communication, Mr. S. V. Subrahmaniam1 has reported measurements of ultrasonic velocities in aqueous solutions of cadmium iodide and mercuric chloride. I have made a detailed investigation of the variation of ultrasonic velocities in a number of aqueous solutions of electrolytes with concentration and temperature. The electrolytes that show the rather unusual behaviour of decreasing sound velocity with increasing concentration are the following: (1) cadmium bromide, (2) cadmium iodide, (3) zinc iodide, (4) strontium iodide, (5) lead acetate, (6) uranyl chloride, and (7) uranyl nitrate. The detailed results were published2,3; the conclusions reached in those studies are as follows :

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