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What's Nano About Bubbles

What's Nano About Bubbles

Explore how nanoscale science impacts even simple, childhood pleasures like blowing bubbles.

Grades

6 - 12+

Subjects

Experiential Learning

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Transcript (English)

- What's nano about bubbles? Have you ever noticed all of the colors in a bubble? The different colors are created because bubble film is only a few hundred nanometers thick, about the same size range as wavelengths of visible light. As the light passes through the film, it interacts in special ways, creating the rainbow of colors you see. The thickness of bubble film varies across the bubble, and those different thicknesses create the different colors. For more about this and all things nano, go to whatisnano.org. Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles.

Transcripción (Español)

- ¿Qué tiene de nano una burbuja? ¿Has notado todos los colores en una burbuja? Sus colores se crean porque la película de la burbuja tiene solo unos pocos cientos de nanómetros de grosor, casi el mismo rango de tamaño que las longitudes de onda de la luz visible. A medida que la luz pasa a través de la película, interactúa de maneras especiales y crea el arcoíris de colores que ves. El grosor de la película de la burbuja varía a lo largo de la burbuja, y esos diferentes grosores crean los diferentes colores. Para obtener más información sobre esto y todo lo relacionado con lo nano, visita whatisnano.org. MÁS INFORMACIÓN EN WWW.WHATISNANO.ORG ¡Burbujas!

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May 22, 2025

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