The influence of the liquid properties on the dynamical bubble shape and on the bubble motion has been investigated for bubbles moving under a downward facing inclined surface. The Morton number Mo varied from 2.59 X 10(-11) to 2.52 x 10(+01). The Bond number Bo covered the range from 10 to 150 and the surface inclination angle theta was varied from 2 degrees to 6 degrees. To cover the wide range of Mo, several liquids such as glycerine, propanediol, water and isopropanol were used. The results have shown that the relation Fr = Fr(Bo, Mo, theta) is not adequate to describe the bubble motion, where Fr is the terminal Froude number. The choice of the terminal Reynolds number Re as the dependent parameter, allowed the clarification of the role of the Morton number on the bubble motion. At a given Bond number, the bubble Reynolds number decreases monotonously with the Morton number. Furthermore, an empirical correlation Re = Re(Bo, Mo, theta) is given that can be readily used in the mathematical modelling of bubble laden flows under solids. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.