How cold is too cold for bubbles?
Negative 6 degrees is cold. As The Wyf and I stared out at the cold night, my eyes landed on a bottle of bubbles the geeklets had left out. Hmm…I wonder what happens to bubbles when it’s really cold? So, The Wyf and I stepped outside to test our ideas. (As an FYI, -6 is really, really, really cold. Even the dog wouldn’t hang out with us.)Â
We blew bubbles and I assumed they would just pop when they started to freeze. But they didn’t. If they were mid air when the froze (5-10 seconds) they dropped and broke. If they landed on something before they froze, they would stick and you could watch them freeze. They looked a little crinkly with dents in them when the warm air inside them cooled and compressed. Some would crack when they froze, but still retained their shape, so it looked like a broken egg.
 That was fun.Â
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about 7 months ago
That does sound fun. I hope I can remember to try this next time it gets frigid.