Small soap bubble blows up big bubble

Experiment no.: 9.3.9
Kleine Seifenblase bläst Grosse auf
The surface tension of a liquid causes the formation of minimal surfaces that correspond to a state of minimum energy of the system. Thus, the small soap bubble blows up the big soap bubble.

📄 Detailed experiment description

Images for this experiment

Set-up
Bubbles at beginning
Bubbles towards the end

Documents for this experiment

Force on soap film
Small soap bubble blows up big bubble