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Winter experiment: Have you tried making a frozen bubble?

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26 November 2022

Winter experiment
Have you tried making a frozen bubble?

Have you ever tried making a frozen soap bubble before? Well we have the picture perfect recipe below!

Recently, our colleagues in Germany had temperatures low enough that they were able to create frozen soap bubbles. Here is the recipe for how to do it when the time comes for us!

Temperatures must be below -5C, with hardly any precipitation and light winds. With ordinary soap bubbles, mixing detergent with water does the trick. But in order for them to freeze, they have to be stronger.

Work of art created in Heilbad Heiligenstadt, Germany.Work of art recently created in Heilbad Heiligenstadt, Germany. - © Sylvia Urbach

The following recipe works best:

  • 100ml water
  • 1 tablespoon of sugar
  • 30 ml washing-up liquid (preferably without perfumes and other additives)
  • 30 ml corn syrup (you can omit if need be)

So keep an eye on the TemperatureRadar for when it gets cold enough to produce these frozen beauties, and be sure to send in your pictures to our uploader for us to feature!

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