OBTAINING SILVER NANOPARTICLES BY SONOCHEMICAL METHODS

This work contains data about obtaining silver nanoparticles by a sonochemical method. This method involves using a solution of silver nitrate, AgNO(3), which is subject to very intense ultrasound flow leading to the emergence of microscopic bubbles (cavities). These cavities expand during the decompression phase of ultrasonic waves and implode with violence during the compression phase, generating extremely high pressures and temperatures, that lead to the formation of nanoparticles. Our experiments indicate that this method allows to obtain silver nanoparticles of spherical shape and size uniformity.