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SUBMITTER: Ahmadi SF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6582157 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ahmadi S Farzad SF Nath Saurabh S Kingett Christian M CM Yue Pengtao P Boreyko Jonathan B JB
Nature communications 20190618 1
Droplets or puddles tend to freeze from the propagation of a single freeze front. In contrast, videographers have shown that as soap bubbles freeze, a plethora of growing ice crystals can swirl around in a beautiful effect visually reminiscent of a snow globe. However, the underlying physics of how bubbles freeze has not been studied. Here, we characterize the physics of soap bubbles freezing on an icy substrate and reveal two distinct modes of freezing. The first mode, occurring for isothermall ...[more]