How soap bubbles freeze

S. Farzad Ahmadi; Saurabh Nath; Christian M. Kingett; Pengtao Yue; Jonathan B. Boreyko

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10021-6

Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

How soap bubbles freeze

S. Farzad Ahmadi,
Saurabh Nath,
Christian M. Kingett,
Pengtao Yue,
Jonathan B. Boreyko

Affiliations

S. Farzad Ahmadi: Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech
Saurabh Nath: Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech
Christian M. Kingett: Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech
Pengtao Yue: Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech
Jonathan B. Boreyko: Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10021-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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While the physics of freezing water droplets are known, it is less known how bubbles freeze. The authors investigate the physics of freezing soap bubbles and identify two distinct freezing modes, depending on whether the surroundings are warmer or colder than the melting temperature.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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