The formation of cavitation is influenced by the quality of the water, which is determined by the amount of dissolved gases in it. In our research work we wanted to determine, how much dissolved and undissolved gases are excreted in waters of varying quality. We worked with the Van Slyke apparatus from 1917, which was initially used to determine blood gases. With this device we can only determine the total amount of gases, that is dissolved and undissolved, which have been eliminated from the water after the experiment. The results were also appropriately calculated, so we could determine the amount of dissolved and undissolved oxygen that was released from the water. Because dissolved and undissolved oxygen content can’t be determined only by this method, we combined the results of these measurements with those obtained by optical measurement of dissolved oxygen concentration. The experiment was carried out with samples of deionized and tap water. Based on measurements, we found out that tap water has a higher proportion of undissolved oxygen. The undissolved gases are located in the microbubbles or are trapped in the cavitation core, therefore, based on the results obtained from the experimental work, we can conclude that cavitation occurs more frequently in tap water.
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