The foam lamella is elastic in nature due to the Marangoni effect, which is a mass transfer phenomenon resulting from a surface-tension gradient between two fluids. As the lamella is stretched, the concentration of the surfactant is reduced at the interface, producing a higher surface tension, which results in pulling the lamella back together by movement of the liquid from the area of low surface tension. This additional foam stabilization effect is known as Gibbs elasticity.
Marangoni effect (Gibbs elasticity)
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