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Past exam of the MPhil in micro- and nanotechnology enterprise course of the University of Cambridge 2020 Paper 1 Section B 10 i d Solution by
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Approximating the skin as a uniform thin water shell with density ,This is about 2500 times the buoyant mass of the enclosed gas. The film weight therefore dominates the bubble's downward gravitational force under the stated assumptions. Equal-temperature air inside does not provide a net lift to balance it: an apparently floating bubble can be transiently supported by air currents or have different internal temperature/composition. Film thickness is generally nonuniform and changes with drainage and evaporation; the uniform thickness is an estimate, not a stable equilibrium condition.
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