soap film

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S05723
A term established by usage for A/W/A films stabilized by surfactants although it is not a film of soap, nor is the stabilizing surfactant necessarily a soap. (A/W/A means water film in air).
Source:
PAC, 1972, 31, 577. (Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units, Appendix II: Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry) on page 613 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'soap film' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S05723 RIS BibTex EndNote
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