blike Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 "Scientists have been able to understand the unusual phenomenon of antibubbles - the rare, reverse form of normal bubbles - by forming them in beer. Typical bubbles are thin films of liquid enclosing pockets of air, but antibubbles are a thin film of air which encloses pockets of liquid. Belgian researchers said on Monday they could make antibubbles appear in a many different liquids - not just alcohol. Dr Stephane Dorbolo details his team's work in the New Journal of Physics." The full article is available from the BBC here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 COOL!!!! I KNEW there was something about beer I liked so much, now I know,, ITS THE BUBBLES! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kedas Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Belgians? right, never trust what they say. Oh yes that's only about taxes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 hey I`m a quarter Flemish too!!! Oh yeah, I see what you mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aman Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 I've been through a few beers and I can't duplicate their results. This experiment is going to get expensive but I'll get it right. Some of the most fun research I've had in a while. Just aman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blike Posted December 24, 2003 Author Share Posted December 24, 2003 Check this out! http://physics.about.com/cs/chemphysexp/a/antibubbles.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 that is so cool! I was wondering though, is it the same as those spheres of water that somtimes can be seen above the surface seemingly floating like a pond skater? it sounds similar. nice find Blike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt_f13 Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Shouldn't spheres of air rising in liquid have a different name from "Bubbles?" Drops are anti bubbles as well in this case... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Demosthenes- Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 Pockets of liquid contained in a thin film of a gas? Would that be possible if the gas has a lot of polarity so they stick togeter, and hold in the liquid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 i saw that in a magazine. i think it was science news. it was an OLD issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 A year old maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 So when a bubble comes into contact with an anti-bubble, do they annihilate one another and release energy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasori Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Anything at all like matter and anti-matter? Y'know, blow up a quarter of the planet since one guy has beer and another has soda? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicMX Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 i may be a party waterer but... i find do not find this surprising... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Demosthenes- Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 That was my second or third post on this whole site, this is an old thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedragon52 Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Why did they decide to use Beer anyway? What about its nature is conducive in forming anti-bubbles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5614 Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 also, what is the point in this, it seems totaly pointless, why would anyone need or want to know about this... or is it just a random thing which some scientist noticed and is getting famous for. it has, seemingly, no practical use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedragon52 Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 also, what is the point in this, it seems totaly pointless, why would anyone need or want to know about this... or is it just a random thing which some scientist noticed and is getting famous for. it has, seemingly, no practical use.Yeah, I also failed to see why it "perplexed" scientist. What is so mystical about anti-bubbles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5614 Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 it is just a demonstration of chemical bonding and surface tension, inside a bubble of air, well done! so what ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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