What happens to an egg when you put it in molasses?

Answer 1

Backing up for a second, you have to know what happens to an egg in tap water. Tap water is less dense than an egg; therefore, the egg will sink.

Then you have to take a look at soda water. Soda water is tap water with a gas (CO2) dissolved in it. Water will not naturally be carbonated unless the two substances are put under pressure (excluding fermentation), thereby forcing the gas to be dissolved in the water. If the soda is not under pressure, the carbon dioxide will naturally "undissolve" from the water. Since the carbon dioxide is also less dense than the water, it will "undissolve" from the water and float out of the container.

In addition, the overall density of the soda water will change due to the added CO2, although it may not change much. Really, it depends on the concentration of the CO2 (how carbonated it is), which determines the volume. Density is defined as mass divided by volume. The CO2 is being added to the water and is less dense, so the density will already be decreasing. But the CO2 also adds volume to the solution, which also deceases the density (due to CO2's relative zero mass). The most we can say is that soda water is less dense than regular water, but since the degree of carbonation is not known, it is unsure how less dense it is.

So you put the egg in. What happens? Well, we know that an egg will sink in tap water because the tap water isn't dense enough. We also know that the soda water is going to be slightly less dense than the water. So the egg is going to have to sink.

But this isn't the end of the story. Although the egg looks smooth, its surface is in fact porous enough for the bubbles to lodge into. Depending on the carbonation and amount of bubbles that form, the bubbles could attach to the shell of the egg. Because the bubbles are "undissolving" and are less dense than water, they are already on their way to the surface. Moreover, when the bubbles lodge onto the egg, the egg and bubbles overall volume will increase without the mass changing (because of CO2's relative no mass). The overall volume increases without the mass increasing, so the egg will become less dense. This, and the conjunction of the buoyancy caused by rising bubbles, could in fact lift the egg back to the top of the water. Again, this would have to be determined by the amount of carbonation. If the egg does return to the surface, some bubbles may dislodge from the egg or burst, in which the opposite process may happen and the egg will sink again. This process may repeat itself many times.

Answer 2

The egg will become lighter but you will find that it has the same circumferance.

Answer 3

IT EXPLODEDS. lolz. not really, but i does sort of shrivel up

Answer 4

The egg will become lighter but you will find that it has the same circumferance.