Editing Soap bubble (section)

=== Merging ===
[[File:Ggb in soap bubble 1.jpg|thumb|Soap bubbles can easily merge]]
[[File:Soap bubbles being formed by a bubble wand - slow motion - 2022 July 28.webm|thumb|Slow motion video of soap bubbles being formed by a bubble wand]]
When two bubbles merge, they adopt a shape which makes the sum of their surface areas as small as possible, compatible with the volume of air each bubble encloses. If the bubbles are of equal size, their common wall is flat. If they are not the same size, their common wall bulges into the larger bubble, since the smaller one has a higher internal [[pressure]] than the larger one, as predicted by the [[Young–Laplace equation]].

At a point where three or more bubbles meet, they sort themselves out so that only three bubble walls meet along a line. Since the surface tension is the same in each of the three surfaces, the three angles between them must be equal to 120°.  Only four bubble walls can meet at a point, with the lines where triplets of bubble walls meet separated by cos<sup>−1</sup>(−1/3) ≈ 109.47°. All these rules, known as [[Plateau's laws]], determine how a [[foam]] is built from bubbles.