Yes, you can. I have a science fair project to prove it.
What happens to the eggshell after soaking an egg in soda is that it becomes stained. The coloring in the soda stains the eggshell. This is frequently used as an experiment to mimic how soda stains tooth enamel.
When an egg shell reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid, the calcium carbonate in the egg shell is broken down into calcium chloride, carbon dioxide, and water. This reaction results in bubbling or fizzing due to the carbon dioxide gas being released. The egg shell will eventually dissolve in the acid.
When you put a raw egg into vinegar for 72 hours, the vinegar dissolves the eggshell due to its acidic nature. This process creates a chemical reaction that causes the eggshell to break down, leaving behind the membrane that holds the egg's contents intact. The egg becomes bouncy and rubbery due to osmosis, as the vinegar solution replaces the water inside the egg.
Clear dots form.. then you can see the dots under light.. still white, egg shell decreases!
When you put an egg in soda, the acid in the soda breaks down the calcium carbonate in the eggshell, causing the shell to dissolve. This leaves the egg yolk and white intact but without the protective shell.
The shell of the egg is made of the same stuff as the inside layer of a tooth.
they both have calicum
Egg tooth
If you are using the egg shell for art work the left over albumen can stick to the inside of the shell and decay. Best to give it a wash out.
The egg tooth helps baby turtles cut through the leathery shell when they are ready to hatch. It doesn't persist much past hatching.
A baby chick typically loses its egg tooth within the first few days after hatching. The egg tooth is used to break through the shell during the hatching process, and once the chick is out of the egg, it is no longer needed.
Egg incubation helps chicks get out of their shells. Or for the people who have this question as a math problem, the answer is THE EGG SIT (the exit).
yes, you can use it in the place of a tooth in an experiment, im not sure why, but I do know that the egg shell has many characteristics of the outer layer of a tooth
The babies have something called an egg tooth on their beaks. They use it to brake out of their shells.
"It's an egg tooth", the newly hatched baby turtle uses it to break through it's egg shell. The tooth will soon drop off.
the shell of an egg
Apart from having an "egg tooth" to get them out of their shell, they are also equipped with tiny fangs and venom.