Bubble trouble. (Letters).
"Deadly Bubble Bath: Ultrasound fizz kills microbes under pressure" (SN: 12/7/02, p. 358) says that in cavitation cavitation
Formation of vapour bubbles within a liquid at low-pressure regions that occur in places where the liquid has been accelerated to high velocities, as in the operation of centrifugal pumps, water turbines, and marine propellers. , "bubbles form when falling pressure permits dissolved gases to pop out of solution." A cavitation-vapor bubble is formed when the pressure drops below the vapor-liquid saturation pressure for the liquid. Dissolved gas bubbles will just give you a fizzy fizz
intr.v. fizzed, fizz·ing, fizz·es
To make a hissing or bubbling sound; effervesce.
n.
1. A hissing or bubbling sound.
2. Effervescence.
3. An effervescent beverage. cola.
A.J. MCPHATE, BATON ROUGE Baton Rouge (băt`ən r zh) [Fr.,=red stick], city (1990 pop. 219,531), state capital and seat of East Baton Rouge parish, SE La. , LA.
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