Do bubbles freeze in winter?

Answer 1

Yes, but it is rare, and they don't survive for long.

You can get frozen bubbles or voids in ice when it is frozen quickly. To do this before the surface tension that creates the bubble is popped requires very quick cooling.

Artic sea foam is a collection of bubble and they can be frozen if the foam is launched into the wind and very quickly chilled. Also when hail stones or snow crystals form the water vapor is launched high into the atmosphere and very quickly chilled creating the POSSIBILITY for there to be frozen bubbles in the ice.

The temperature must be below -13 degrees F (-25 degrees C) which is only possible in conditons very high or close to the north or south pole.

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_bubble
"Soap bubbles blown into air that is below a temperature of −15 °C (5 °F) will freeze when they touch a surface. The air inside will gradually diffuse out, causing the bubble to crumple under its own weight.

At temperatures below about −25 °C (−13 °F), bubbles will freeze in the air and may shatter when hitting the ground. When, at this low temperature, a bubble is blown with warm breath, the bubble will freeze to an almost perfect sphere at first, but when the warm air cools and thus is reduced in volume there will be a partial collapse of the bubble. A bubble, blown successfully at this low temperature, will always be rather small in size: it will freeze quickly and continuing to blow will shatter the bubble."

Answer 2

I assume you are talking about soap bubbles. Go outside with a bottle of kiddy bubble stuff and a wand when the temperature is below 15 F and try blowing some small bubbles. They will freeze in a crumpled sphere if you are lucky, but most will burst. Because they are crumpled (the air inside contracts) they don't float around like they do in summer, but hit the ground pretty fast.

Answer 3

No as when a substance freezes it turns to a solid so it would no longer be a bubble. As a bubble is a gas of some sort.

Answer 4

Air bubbles in water freeze. yet this style of bubble that initiatives from the water floor, like cleansing soap bubbles, oftentimes burst earlier they freeze because of the fact the water molecule re-manage themselves right into a lattice. although curiously utilising dry ice you are able to particularly freeze cleansing soap bubbles.

Answer 5

wow that'd be cool, but i don't think so. Maybe if you went somewhere very cold. Plan an excursion to one of the poles and see.
Don't just stand next to a polish person. That won't work.

Answer 6

My dog's called Bubbles and she won't freeze!

Answer 7

i wish i could see that happen!

i am guessing you could find it in ice cubes..

Answer 8

Brilliant question. No they don't.

Answer 9

no darlin