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Bursting an Oobleck Bubble

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Black and white image of a soap bubble mid-burst. A white dashed circle marks the retracting film. Text reads, "As a soap bubble bursts... the film retracts circularly due to surface tension"

$In contrast, a bubble made of oobleck fractures and wrinkles as it collapses. Text reads, "As the bubble bursts... it fractures... soon wrinkles appear"$

$Three images showing the changes in a bubble's burst pattern as the mass fraction of cornstarch increases from 50% to 55%. Text reads, "Increasing the cornstarch mass fraction... decreases the number of fracture fronts"$

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