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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 10:00:56 -0800
To: "Pinhole Listserv" <pinhole@exploratorium.edu>
From: Paul Doherty <pauld@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Re: pinhole Silly question #2
Hi Marc
Surface tension has little to do with the life of bubbles. But it has a lot
to do with forming them in the first place. High surface tension makes it
much more likely that the film of a soap film will pull together to form a
sphere.
Paul D
Paul "But it is more complicated than that!" Doherty,
Senior Staff Scientist, The Exploratorium.
pauld@exploratorium.edu, www.exo.net/~pauld