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Subject: Why do soap bubbles look colored?

Date: Thu Apr 30 15:05:50 1998
Posted by Laura Prescott
Grade level: teacher/prof
School: No school entered.
City: Austin State/Province: TX
Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 893966750.Ch
Message:

What creates the colors on a bubble?  I know interference has 
something to do with it, but is it constructive or destructive or
both?  Does refraction have anything to do with it?



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