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Elasticity of bubblegum is what makes bubbles come from gum after you chew the gum. The gum base helps give the gum its elasticity. The bubblegum base contains higher levels of elastomers or higher molecular weight polymers for this purpose because the base is formulated with the ability to blow bubbles. The gum base of bubblegum is what you chew. When you blow bubbles from the gum base, the blowing of the bubbles is the elasticity of bubblegum ( Stanley, Halina).

Gum orginally came from tree sap (Stanley, Halina ). Walter E. Diemer accidentally invented bubblegum when he was experimenting with new gum recipes. It took about one year for him to fix the bubblegum recipe. He brought to the store with him and it sold like crazy. After that he gave the gum to the Fleer company for them to sell. Bubblegum was colored pink because that was the only color that Diemer had and it was his favorite color ( Ament, Phil).

The weight or grams can effect the size of the bubble that you blow from the gum. Grams are different for different brands of bubblegum. You can use the same length or amount of bubblegum because it gives bubblegum the same grams as some of the different brands of bubblegum. It only works for certain brands of bubblegum though. Examples of this are Bazooka Bubble Gum, Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape, Orbit for Kids, and Dubble Bubble.

Ingredients are crucial to bubblegum. The ingredients of Bazooka Bubble Gum are Sugar, Gum Base, Corn Syrup, Nature & Artificial Flavors, Softeners, Acesulfame, K, Aspartame, Red 40 Lake, Red 40, and BHT (Bazooka Bubble Gum). The ingredients of Orbit for Kids are Sorbitol, Gum Base, Xylitol, Glycerol, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Mannitol, Less Than 2% of: Soy Lecithin, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Acesulfame K, Sucralose, Red 40, Red Lake, and BHT (Orbit Chewing Gum). The ingredients for Dubble Bubble are Sugar, Corn Syrup (Glucose), Gum Base, Citric Acid, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Artificial Flavors, Red 40, Blue 1, Yellow 5, Red 3, Corn Starch, and BHT (Dubble Bubble Bubble Gum Fun). The ingredients of Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape are Sugar, Gum Base, Corn Syrup, Glycerol, Less than 2% of Natural and Artificial Flavors, Soy Lecithin, Corn Starch, Acesulfame K, Aspartame, BHT, and Red 40 Lake (Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum).

= Works Cited =

Ament, Phil. "Bubble Gum History - Invention of Bubble Gum." //Bubble Gum History - Invention of Bubble Gum //. Vaunt Design Group, n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2013. .
 * site talks about the inventors and their inventions

Bazooka Bubble Gum." //Bazooka Bubble Gum //. Shopwell, n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2013. <[]>.
 * site was founded by Elliott Grant, who has a PhD

"Dubble Bubble Bubble Gum Fun." //Dubble Bubble Bubble Gum Fun //. ShopWell, n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2013. <[]>.
 * site was founded by Elliott Grant, who has a PhD

"Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum." //Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum //. ShopWell, n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2013. <[]>.
 * site was founded by Elliott Grant, who has a PhD

"Orbit Chewing Gum." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Orbit Chewing Gum //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. Shopwell, n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2013. <[]>.
 * site was founded by Elliott Grant, who has a PhD

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Stanley, Halina. "Materials Science to the Rescue: Easily Removable Chewing Gum." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Science in School //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. N.p., 2008. Web. 24 Sept. 2013. <[]>.
 * info has been written by Halina Stanley, a physicist by training