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[[File:Seifenbläser (Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin).jpg|350px|thumb|Youth blowing soap bubble.]]A '''soap bubble''' is an extremely thin film of soapy water enclosing air that forms a hollow sphere with an iridescent surface | [[File:Seifenbläser (Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin).jpg|350px|thumb|Youth blowing soap bubble.]]A '''soap bubble''' is an extremely thin film of soapy water enclosing air that forms a hollow sphere with an iridescent surface. | ||
Soap bubbles usually last for only a few seconds before bursting, either on their own or on contact with another object. | |||
When light shines onto a bubble it appears to change color. | |||
Unlike those seen in a rainbow, which arise from differential refraction, the colors seen in a soap bubble arise from interference of light reflecting off the front and back surfaces of the thin soap film. | |||
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A soap bubble is an extremely thin film of soapy water enclosing air that forms a hollow sphere with an iridescent surface.
Soap bubbles usually last for only a few seconds before bursting, either on their own or on contact with another object.
When light shines onto a bubble it appears to change color.
Unlike those seen in a rainbow, which arise from differential refraction, the colors seen in a soap bubble arise from interference of light reflecting off the front and back surfaces of the thin soap film.
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Radon Lake plasma bubble inspired by soap bubble.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Soap bubble @ Wikipedia