An egg with an intact shell,
warm water,
a lot of table salt (NaCl),
a suitable container to hold the above.
Pour the (warm) water to the container,
stir while adding salt to the water,
keep adding salt until no more will dissolve
(This is a saturated solution),
allow to cool & gently place egg into the salt water.
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To make an egg float in salt water, you will need a raw egg, a container filled with water, and salt. By progressively adding salt to the water and stirring until the egg floats, you can achieve this simple science experiment.
No, you do not need hot water and salt to make an egg float. Adding salt to water increases its density, but the egg can still float in regular tap water because it is less dense than the water.
An egg will float in water with a sugar concentration of around 40% by weight. This means you would need to dissolve approximately 2.5 cups of sugar in 1 cup of water to make an egg float.
A rock could float if its density is less than that of water, as is the rock pumice, or if it is shaped in a manner that would displace an amount of water to sufficiently cause it to float when carefully placed in water.
Yes.
No, a potato will not grow in water.Potatoes grow in soil or a mix of soil and compost.They do need moisture to help them grow, but they also need to 'breath'.They will simply rot in you try to grow them in water.