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6/97-- Purdue engineers are developing a thermoacoustic refrigeration device that uses sound waves to cool. A vibrating acoustic driver (left) causes gas atoms inside the device to oscillate, setting up pressure fluctuations, or sound waves, which in turn cause temperature fluctuations. The result - the one end of the device (right) becomes cooler than the other.
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