# Water droplet question

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 16, 2002, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-droplet-question/103899 "2002-04-16T05:30:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-droplet-question/103899/1 "2002-04-16T05:30:43Z")

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Sometimes I’ve noticed, when washing my car or the dishes, that  
tiny water droplets…about the size of a pinhead…float above  
the rest of the water surface for about a second or so before  
being absorbed by the surface.

These are droplets, not bubbles.

I assume the drops are separated by a layer of air or water vapor  
only a few molecules thick…then water tension takes over.

Is there a name for this phenomenon?

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**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-droplet-question/103899/2 "2002-04-16T09:56:03Z")

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There probably is, but I can’t find a technical name. I’ve seen them called “water globules”.

Our very own William Beaty, aka **bbeaty** , has [written a page](http://www.amasci.com/amateur/antibub/antibub1.html) on these globules, and how to turn them into anti-bubbles.