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Chemistry for Everyone
From Foam Rubber to Volcanoes: The Physical Chemistry of Foam Formation
Lee D. Hansen and V. Wallace McCarlie
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602

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November 2004
Vol. 81 No. 11
p. 1581

Abstract
Principles of physical chemistry and physical properties are used to describe foam formation. Foams are common in nature and in consumer products. The process of foam formation can be used to understand a wide variety of phenomena from exploding volcanoes to popping popcorn and making shoe soles.
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Hansen, Lee D.; McCarlie, V. Wallace. J. Chem. Educ. 2004 81 1581.
*  Keywords
Gases; Materials Science; Physical Chemistry; Physical Properties; Polymer Chemistry; Thermodynamics
*  History
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September 27, 2004
October 4, 2004
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