How does salt effect the floating of a raw egg?
Question: How does salt effect the floating of a raw egg?
Hypothesis: If the water has more salt, then the egg will float higher, because salt makes the water's density higher by adding more mass to the water, so the egg would float higher in the water with more salt.
Materials list-
1 500 ml cups
1 stop watch
1 raw eggs
70 ml of salt.
3.5 liters of water
1 measuring spoon
1 ruler Procedures:
Put 350 ml of water in a 500 ml cup.
Add 15 ml of salt in the 500 ml cup that have 350 ml of water.
Start the stop and start stir the water for 4 minute.
Put one raw egg in the 500 ml cup that have 350 ml of water with 15 ml
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Fifty ml of salt effected the egg float the most, with average height 4 cm. Zero ml of salt effected the egg float the least, with average hight zero cm. Egg floated 0.3 cm in 15 cm of salt. Different amount on salt did effect the hight the egg floats in water. There are no obvious trends or patterns. Conclusion- If the water has more salt, then the egg will float higher, because salt makes the water's density higher by adding more mass to the water, so the egg would float height in the water with more salt. My hypothesis was supported. Egg floated the highest in the cup of water with the most salt (55 ml) with a average of 4 cm high. Egg floated the least in the cup of water with no salt with an average of 0 cm. Egg floated 0.3 cm in the cup of water with 15 ml of salt. The average hight egg floated was 2.15 cm. The hight of egg increased as the amount of salt in the water