For an almost spherical inviscid bubble in exterior Stokes flow , let and . The quadrupolar surfactant distribution on a spherical interface makes the tangential velocity satisfy
The Marangoni stress approaches the stress needed to suppress surface motion as grows. The quadrupolar shape perturbation is
These expressions require small deformation and small surface Péclet number; large alone does not justify a small concentration perturbation.

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