Bubble Bath

The term, bubble bath, has two distinct meanings, depending on whether the bubbles are in, or on top of, the bath water. more...

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Bubbles in the water

This meaning of \"bubble bath\" is more commonly used by non-native users of English.

Bubbles in the water can be produced either by aerating it mechanically (in some cases using jets that also move the water) using equipment installed permanently or temporarily in a bathtub, hot tub, or pool, or by producing gas in the water in a bathtub through the use of effervescent solids. The latter can come as small pellets known as bath fizzies or as a bolus known as a bath bomb, and they produce carbon dioxide by reaction of a bicarbonate or carbonate with an organic acid.

Bath fizzies are infeasible as liquids because of the inability to keep the mixture from reacting prematurely. This is a distinction from foam bath (see below) preparations, which may be supplied as liquids or solids.

Bubbles on top of the water

Bubbles on top of the water, less ambiguously known as a foam bath (see photo), can be obtained by adding a product containing foaming surfactants to water and temporarily aerating it by agitation (often merely by the fall of water from a faucet). The practice is popular for personal bathing because the foam insulates the bath water, keeping it warm for longer, and (as a lime soap dispersant) prevents or reduces deposits on the bath tub at and below the water level (called \"bathtub ring\" and soap scum, respectively) produced by soap and hard water. It can also keep the body of the bather from being visible, preserving modesty while giving the appearance that a performer who is actually clothed is tub-bathing normally. Children find foam baths particularly amusing, so they are an inducement to get them into the bathtub.

Surfactant preparations for this purpose are themselves called \"bath foam\", \"foaming bath\", or \"bubble bath\", and frequently contain ingredients for additional purposes common to bath additives. Used at much higher concentration (for instance on a washcloth), such preparations (especially in liquid form) may also be used to wash skin or hair, so they are sometimes marketed for combined purposes; in a few cases, mild household detergents for hand washing of articles have also been labeled for such purposes, or for preventing soap scum on the bathtub (with or without foaming).

Both types combined

It is possible for a single bath to have bubbles in both places, but the combination is less popular because of the possibility of runaway foaming, the relatively small volume of gas production by effervescent products (and the gas's depletion by the agitation to foam the bath), and the fact that mechanically aerated baths are often public or otherwise shared by adults.

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