Using Eggs to Explore the World of Chemistry

Using Eggs to Explore the World of Chemistry

Author: ChemistryViews

A growing collection of articles and videos on eggs and science.

 

Boiled Eggs: Soft and Hard — Part 1

Focus: Boiled Eggs: Soft and Hard

When we rap a knife on the shell of a freshly boiled egg we are seldom aware of what a technical marvel we are dealing with

 

Egg White Chemistry

Clever Picture: Egg White Chemistry

Egg white or albumen is very suitable as a baking agent, as it forms a voluminous and strong foam

 

How Can an Egg Swim in Water?

Videos: How Can an Egg Swim in Water?

The video describes how an egg can float in water – a simple experiment suitable also for small children

 

 

Bouncing Egg

Videos: Bouncing Egg

An egg behaves like a bouncing rubber ball

 

Perfect Boiled Egg

News: Perfect Boiled Egg

Boiling the breakfast egg to perfection is far from child’s play

 

Uncooking Eggs

News: Uncooking Eggs

Shear stress applied to protein solutions facilitates unfolding and refolding of target proteins

 

Eggshell Improves Li-S Battery

News: Eggshell Improves Li-S Battery

A recycled natural eggshell membrane is a promising porous cathode substrate for improving the performance of Li-S batteries

 

 

Luminescent Ink from Eggs

Research Highlight: Luminescent Ink from Eggs

Fluorescent carbon dots can be made by plasma pyrolysis from egg whites or yolks and used as printer ink

 

 

 

 

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