antibubble
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6 sectionsContents
- Background
- Differences between air bubbles and antibubbles
- Potential uses for antibubbles
- Lifetime
- References
- External links
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An antibubble is a droplet of liquid surrounded by a thin film of gas, as opposed to a gas bubble, which is a sphere of gas surrounded by a liquid. Antibubbles are formed when liquid drops or flows turbulently into the same or another liquid. They can either skim across the surface of a liquid such as water, in which case they are also called water globules, or they can be completely submerged into the liquid to which they are directed.