Soap film patterns. When white light is shone on a soap film (a thin mix of soap and water), coloured interference patterns are formed that correspond

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Soap film patterns. When white light is shone on a soap film (a thin mix of soap and water), coloured interference patterns are formed that correspond to the thickness of the film. These patterns allow researchers to determine how liquids flow.

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Keywords: colour, coloured, colours, dynamics, film, flow, fluid, interference, light, liquid, multicoloured, optical, optics, pattern, patterns, physical, physics, soap, spectral, spectrum, terminal, thin, velocity