title: Proposed method to estimate the liquid-vapor accommodation coefficient based on experimental sonoluminescence data.
abstract: We used the temporal evolution of the bubble radius in single-bubble sonoluminescence to estimate the water liquid-vapor accommodation coefficient. The rapid changes in the bubble radius that occur during the bubble collapse and rebounds are a function of the actual value of the accommodation coefficient. We selected bubble radius measurements obtained from two different experimental techniques in conjunction with a robust parameter estimation strategy and we obtained that for water at room temperature the mass accommodation coefficient is in the confidence interval [0.217,0.329].
authors.affiliation: Instituto Balseiro/UNCu, Laboratorio de Cavitacion y Biotecnologia, 8400-San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina.
authors.forename: Gabriela F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Puente
authors.forename: Fabián J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Bonetto