Disintegrator
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A disintegrator may refer to:
- a fictional weapon as in disintegrator rayDisintegrator rayIn science fiction, a disintegrator ray is an energy beam that destroys an object by disintegrating it to its basic components, which usually disperse into the atmosphere. Ray gun is the generic term for the weapons that fire disintegrator beams...
. - a real device such as an ultrasonic disintegrator that uses acoustic waveAcoustic waveAcoustic waves are a type of longitudinal waves that propagate by means of adiabatic compression and decompression. Longitudinal waves are waves that have the same direction of vibration as their direction of travel. Important quantities for describing acoustic waves are sound pressure, particle...
s to accelerate chemical reactions (see sonochemistrySonochemistryIn chemistry, the study of sonochemistry is concerned with understanding the effect of sonic waves and wave properties on chemical systems. The chemical effects of ultrasound do not come from adirect interaction with molecular species...
) or to break biological material and chemical compounds.