Effective method of characterizing specific liquid fluorocarbon interactions using ultrasound.

Several studies have used the analytical results available for structure factor, osmotic pressure, vapor pressure, and suspension viscosity to characterize nanoparticle interactions. In this work a novel attempt has been made to characterize seven different types of liquid per fluorocarbon nanoparticles (LPFC-np) by estimating packing factor, segment diameter, chemical potential, Rao's constant, and adiabatic and isothermal compressibilities using experimental ultrasonic velocity as input. The segment diameter has also been examined by using experimental surface tension and viscosity for comparison. The calculations were extended for different temperatures involving four different equations of state. We have tested the sensitivity of all these parameters to a very small change in the heat capacity ratio. This extensive calculation helps to make a reasonable description about the interactions among the LPFC-np. Also a better correlation could be determined between the interaction of ultrasound with LPFC-np (as a facilitator) and the pure absorption (propagation) of ultrasound by the entire system.