Figure 6. Partial gas ejection for bubbles.

(a) The gas volume at jet formation (V_g) versus the initial radius (R) plot, measured from literature (refs 1,2,7,14,16; solid circles), fitted by a power law, V_g/V₀∼R^c where V₀ is the initial gas volume (the solid line: V_g=9.75 V₀R^0.33). The partial gas ejection is enhanced as the pressure difference Δp=2σ/R increases. (b) The bubble size dependence of the travelling length (L) normalized by the original travelling length (πR), measured from literature (refs 1,7,14,16,31; solid circles) and ours (open circles), fitted by L/πR∼R^d (the solid line: L/πR=2.1 R^0.13). The exponent of d=0.13 is well matched to c/3=0.11, assuming (L/πR) is proportional to (V_g/V₀)^1/3. Error bars, 5% measurement errors.