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it will get larger due to osmosis the cell membrane will let the water in causing it to expand.

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it turns yellow and it softens up and the skin removes.

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Fresh lemon juice dissolves a egg shell just like vinegar. it (the egg shell) is less acidic than the lemon juice. so there fore it dissolves.

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The citric acid in the lemon juice reacts with the calcium carbonate in the eggshel to form calcium citrate and calcium bicarbonate, which then dissolve in the juice.

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