Influence of various gases on the intensity of single bubble sonoluminescence has been studied. The gases used were air, oxygen, nitrogen, argon and helium. Among these oxygen gave the brightest intensity with nitrogen giving the least. K e y w o r d s . Sonoluminescence; bubble dynamics PACS Nos 78.60; 43.25; 42.50 Single bubble sonoluminescence (SBSL) [1, 2] is the phenomenon of light emissio...