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- From: mdturner@riker.acs.calpoly.edu (M Turner)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: The Bubbles
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.215508.178662@zeus.calpoly.edu>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 21:55:08 GMT
- References: <1992Jul28.213910.171698@zeus.calpoly.edu>
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- Robert B. Mathews (bob) writes
- I seem to remember, from looking at bubbles,
- > that the water tends to get pulled up the side of the bubble by surface
- > tension. This distorts the bubble, especially with small bubbles. I
- > would not expect to find a nice right angle corner where the bubble
- > meets the water surface... You would need one to have a "perfect
- > hemisphere."
-
- So youthink the bubble surface sort of soomths out to the surface? Yes i see
- that now. BTW good to hear from you bob.
-
- What about pinching and pulling, that seems to be unaffected by the
- connections to the water.
-
- mark
-