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An egg swells in vinegar because of diffusion. The vinegar has seeped through the egg's membrane, which causes the egg to inflate. However, the main reason you put the egg in the vinegar is because you want to dissolve the shell. This makes diffusion easier to occur on the egg's semi-permeable membrane.
When you put the egg in the vinegar for the first time, an expansion is likely due to the carbon dioxide in the shells (it's the bubbles you see). This will expand the shell as the carbon dioxide attempts to escape.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoTwo reasons, the egg goes bad as it sits in the warm vinegar, producing gases, and the vinegar depletes the eggshell of calcium making it elastic. This results in the increased pressure inside the egg causing it to expand.
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∙ 13y agothe shell of the egg has calcium carbonate. the vinegar has acetic. when an egg put to a container with vinegar calcium carbonate melt with acetic. as you have seen when doing this experiment there is bubbles, this is hydrogen from the shell.
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∙ 14y agoMost things tens to move from high concentration to low concentration, so when you put an egg in vinegar, the high concentration in the vinegar moves to the low concentration in the egg making it larger.
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∙ 15y agoThe acid in the vinegar removes the calcium in the shell.
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∙ 13y agoIt will feel rubbery and you will see a clear shell after a few days [if you do the project]
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∙ 12y agothe egg and vinegar never goes together, they are just like magnet when magnet is fliped over it does not go back if you don't flip it back and put in a right place.
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∙ 14y agoIts shell disapears.
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∙ 10y agoThe eggshell is dissolved.
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What happens after soaking an egg in detergent?
clean wet egg
Is vineger dense than egg?
Egg is denser than vinegar. The egg will sink when placed inside a jar with vinegar. So to make the vinegar denser, one must add salt or other solute.
How do you make an egg to float in vinagar?
Simply put a fresh egg in a glass and cover it completely in vinegar. The egg will float because it has a lower density than the vinegar.
How do you get an egg to float in vinegar?
To make an egg float in vinegar, you simply have to make the vinegar denser than the egg. Its like when you mix oil and water together, if you leave it for a while, you notice that they separate, one on top of another. The substance at the bottom is more dense than the substance at the top. To recreate this with vinegar and an egg, add salt to make the vinegar denser, and then put the egg in. If the egg still sinks, add more salt. Repeat until you get your desired result.
After soaking the complex of various egg yolk molecules easily washes off what has happened?
Heating dentured the egg protein molecules, unorganized condensation reactions then formed bonds in the drying egg, and soaking eventually resulted in hydrolysis reactions where the water broke these bonds
Is soaking an egg in vinegar a chemical change to the egg?
When an egg is soaked in vinegar the vinegar reacts with the calcium carbonate of the shell by breaking it down into its simplest forms. (Calcium and carbon dioxide.) Therefore causing a chemical change.
What would an egg do after soaking in vinegar?
Turn into rubber
What is the point of soaking an egg in vinegar?
to turn it into a rubbery substance and to preserve it
What happens to an egg after soaking an egg in vinegar then maple syrup then water?
it deflates like a baloon and gets really squishy
Will soaking an egg in vinegar reduce the risk of it breaking after a 7 story fall?
yes but it will not stop it from breaking
What is the conclusion of bouncy egg?
The conclusion for many concerning the bouncy egg experiment is that vinegar does cause the egg to bounce. After soaking a raw egg in its shell in vinegar for a few days, the shell dissolves leaving just the rubbery membrane that can be bounced.
What causes an egg to fit in a narrow bottle neck?
The egg is specially prepared by soaking in strong vinegar which removes the calcium in the egg shell, thus making it quite flexible.
What is a good 9th grade science fair project?
a good one is soaking an egg in vinegar and watch it become clear or disappear
Why does a vinegar soaked egg lose its shell and grow?
Soaking an egg in vinegar makes the egg either shrink or grow, most likely it will grow. When you put the egg into the vinegar, it has a chemical reaction, which makes it either shrink or grow bigger. Most of the time it will grow bigger, depending on what type of egg you have. It only takes 24 hrs to make the egg grow bigger or shrink, have fun!
What will happen if you put a egg in vinegar and water?
It's shell will change consistency.
What happens after soaking an egg in detergent?
clean wet egg
Can eggs bounce and how?
Soak the egg in vinegar for about 2 days then carefully bounce it in a sink or another place where if it cracked it would be easy to clean. Or you might want to measure the height of how your going to bounce it. If it's higher then 6 '' it'll crack instintly.
