Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

hi i am wondering if there is a type of liquid that you can add to water to make fresh eggs float, can you help me? Or is there just a plain liquid that will make eggs float?

Hello,

Before posting on this forum, try searching Google to see if you could find the answer. That way you can immediately know, and not have to wait for someone to answer. I did a simple search and the answer to your question was the first hit.

Hope this helps,
Sareena

Sareena is right. Many of the questions people ask can be answered by very simple and obvious keywords sent to Google. Try these:

making eggs float in water

I would even suggest typing your question right into the google query box. Try this:

type of liquid that you can add to water to make fresh eggs float

This gives crude results, but it usually allows you to quickly weed out irrelevant words. The first query is more focussed and gives better results. Use Google, it is one of the most powerful information tools ever devised by human culture, and I am neither kidding nor exaggerating.

Hi,

You might want to think some more about what it is that makes things float or sink? What do you know about density?
and buoyancy?

I expect that you can find a website that has a measurement of the density of a fresh egg. Then you could look up the density of other liquids that you might have in your house to see if you can predict of the egg will float or sink in them based on their density.

Post back with what you find out,

Best of luck,
Caroline

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