Cavitation strength of oxygen–nitrogen solutions under pulse stretching

The tensile strength of oxygen–nitrogen solutions has been investigated in tension waves of length 3 μs with amplitudes to –10 MPa. The temperature dependences of the limiting stretches of solutions with nitrogen contents of 0.25, 0.50, and 0.75 mole fractions have been determined at temperatures from 90 to 130 K. Experimental data have been compared with calculations by the classical nucleation theory.