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Square Bubbles

How come Bubbles can't be square(a cube)..or can they ?
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Surface tension not effected by any thing but air will always form a sphere.
Always? But what if they are suspended by other bubbles to make a cube ?
It's being effected by other bubbles. @Trooper:
Any matter in a liquid state on its on and in a weightless environment creates a sphere unless effected by an outside force which could be the force of another sphere moving near it
@JoanieNewHampshire: But isn't it still a bubble even though it's suspended ?
@Trooper: well yes it is, is just not a spherical one, because it's being effected by something else! So yes the surface tension in your experiment effected the roundness of the bubbles natural state by turning it into a square. But on closer analiss, you will notice that the four sides are not flat, they have a slight radius to them.
@JoanieNewHampshire: Oh yes, Perhaps there's name for that shape..in geometry..
Hmmm I bet there is! But I have no clue, I'm not a geometerist @Trooper:
@JoanieNewHampshire: Yes, but thanks for your answers.
My pleasure! I like bubbles@Trooper:
@JoanieNewHampshire: Me too..
Square ones or round ones? Lol@Trooper:
@JoanieNewHampshire: haah, Triangle one..lol
Perfect! I'm partial to triangles as well!@Trooper:
Haha..
Thanks for the entertaining topic (in a sophomoric light)@Trooper: