When Bubbles Burst

What happens when a bubble bursts?

Research indicates when bubble skin breaks, it retracts and, while folding in on itself, it can trap air to form baby bubbles which, in a chain reaction, collapse on themselves to create even smaller baby bubbles. The smaller the bubble, the greater the internal pressure, the quicker the burst.

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Champagne like Ocean

Researchers found surfactant (molecular compounds) concentrations higher at the surface of a glass of champagne than in the champagne itself.

In ocean air, surfactants are dragged along with bubbles in ocean waves. When bubbles burst, the surfactants break into aerosols that give ocean air its odor. A champagne glass is a small "ocean," but the bubbles bring more pleasing aerosols to the surface.