Exeter University students in the UK broke a strange world record by holding a soap foam in the air without explosion for 84 minutes. This means that they have passed the previous record more than one hour.
The students performed the ballooning using an acoustic suspension (levitation) device that allowed small objects to drain in the air thanks to ultrasound. These devices can be used to suspend and manipulate small objects. Using acoustic suspended holder, they kept the drop of water and soap a few millimeters wide, flattened, and turned it into a balloon.
The balloon was held in the air for an hour 24 minutes. This means that Ji Xiaoliang and Zang Duyang have an impressive overcoming a 23 -minute 36 second previous record at the Northwest Polytechnic University in Xi’an in 2023.
Bubbles remaining in the air for the longest time
Students Boden Duffy and Joe Nightingale broke this record as part of the senior projects focusing on understanding the oscillations in the bubbles. Nightingale said, “We noticed that many people use acoustic levitators to examine the droplets, but did not examine the bubbles they can create,” he said: “We have created our project based on some of the research articles we found. We tried to repeat with bubbles. “
The most important findings of the two to transform this project into a record -breaking study were their abilities in creating and storing bubbles. Duffy, describing the process, “When we create a balloon, somehow appeared,” he said. “The most difficult part was to establish everything,” Nightingale added.
The production of long -lasting bubbles may not seem like a revolutionary development. However, this record is an important reminder that shows how different the acoustic suspended holders can be used. Dr. According to Chris Brunt, “These devices are useful in many fields, microchip production and small insects, cells or droplets can be removed under the microscope for observation for scientific research.”
The 84 -minute life of the balloon was watched by a group of people and filmed. The images were sent to Guinness World Records for official verification.
