Soap films without the soap

From: Paul Doherty (pauld@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 26 2003 - 12:59:29 PST

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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 12:59:29 -0800
From: Paul Doherty <pauld@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Soap films without the soap

Hi pinholers Check this out,

An astronaut after my own heart on the space station decided to make soap
films in space.

As a control experiment he dipped the bubble wand into pure water.

To his amazement a film of water formed over the hoop, it ooked just like a
soap film on earth but it was indeed a water film!

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/25feb_nosoap.htm

Paul D

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