When you take a glass of water up to bed at night and leave it there in the morning have you noticed there are loads of bubbles in it ? Why? What causes them? Really annoying me and my father in law who wants to know as well. HELP PLEASE...
2007-02-08 09:28:01 · 12 answers · asked by elly 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Tap water has air dissolved in it. Air is more soluble in water at lower tempertures, so if the water warms up some of the air, that air appears as bubbles.
2007-02-08 09:35:42 · answer #1 · answered by sean_5505 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you pour the water into the glass (from a bottle or the tap) some of the air already in the glass gets mixed in with the water and dissolves in it. During the night and as the water cools this air is released in small bubbles. some are so small that stay "glued" to the sides of the glass. but most escapes into the atmosphere
2007-02-08 09:36:35 · answer #2 · answered by telleron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you pour the water some air gets dissolved in it because of the turbulence of the moving water. When the water sits this dissolved air leaves the solution and either joins the air in the room or becomes bubbles.
2007-02-08 09:37:10 · answer #3 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont know, but i always used to take a glass with me at night, I did for years, then one night I woke and heard a funny slurping sound.....
When I tuned on my bedside light, my cat had her head jammed down the glass lapping up the water.
Knowing perfectly well where cats stick their tongues, it put me off ever doing it again. If I need a drink in the night now i get up and go get one. All those years drinking water at night after my cat has had her tongue in the glass....gross!
2007-02-08 09:43:06 · answer #4 · answered by lozzielaws 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because there is a tiny little bubble fairy who comes round at night with a gaint straw and blows into the glass...
Hope that helped you understand?
2007-02-08 09:31:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You never said whether you leave youre teeth in the tumbler, if answer is yes try giving them a wee brush first before emmersing.This way any particles of sugary food don!t ferment over-night.
2007-02-08 09:51:00 · answer #6 · answered by Andy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gases stay dissolved better in COLD water, bubble out as it warms up.
I wish I knew exactly why gas dissolves better in cold water.
Could possibly be very useful information.
Hope an expert weighs in here...
2007-02-08 09:42:22 · answer #7 · answered by Ursus Particularies 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the oxygen coming out of the water
2007-02-08 09:30:55 · answer #8 · answered by tkalnins2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but I would love to know why it tastes of bleach if you take a sip in the middle of the night. I know it's the chlorine that they use, but it didn't taste like that when I took it to bed!
2007-02-08 09:30:37 · answer #9 · answered by Rachael H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its magic, like the tooth fairy and santa claus
2007-02-08 09:31:08 · answer #10 · answered by jardon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋