Experimenting with CD: Making Bubbles with Physics

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The discussion centers on an experiment involving the creation of bubbles using a CD as a medium. Participants explain that heating the CD allows the plastic to melt and deform, enabling the formation of bubbles when air is blown onto it. The physics behind this process involves the manipulation of molecular structures in the heated plastic, similar to traditional soap bubble techniques. The experiment highlights the intersection of everyday materials and fundamental physics principles.

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Hello, everyone.
I saw this experiment:
A man is doing experiment with part of CD. He is making bubbles on it.
It is really interesting for me, but I really don't know how it works from physics view.

The blow makes some force with pushing on CD and it can push better if the CD is hot, yeah?
But how it can make bubbles? What is happen from view of molecular physic?

Thank you very much.
 
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have you not blown soap bubbles using a loop ?

this is just the same. He just has to heat the plastic hot enough so that it will melt and deform
in this case into a bubble when it is blownDave
 

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