Marty's+Eggsplosion

 Title: **Eggsplosion**

Materials: Ø  Magnesium strips Ø 6 Molar Hydrochloric acid Ø Test Tube and Erlenmeyer flask Ø Match Ø Hollow egg with holes on top and bottom Ø Masking tape

Procedure: Ø First, place the magnesium strip in a test tube with one or two drops of HCl Ø <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">Next, wait until fumes are visible. Then place the egg over the test tube with masking tape covering the top. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">Then, place the egg over an Erlenmeyer flask. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">Finally, remove the tape and light a match over the top hole and observe the explosion.

​ ​Video: Will upload when taped

​<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">Practical applications: Hydrogen gas, the gas we extract from the beaker can be, and has been used, as a fuel source. The only problem is that it is highly flammable/explosive. Magnesium, the solid we use in the begining, is found naturally as an element in the human body to help body systems function. Magnesium Chloride is a medicine that is used to replenish the body’s amount of Magnesium.

Chemistry Application: The Chemistry of this experiment relies on the chemical equation, Mg + 2HCl -> MgCl2 + H2. The equation is balanced so that the mole ratio of HCl to H2 is 2 to 1. In order to get hydrogen gas, which is explosive and perfect to make an egg explode, we need to react magnesium and hydrochloric acid in a single replacement reaction. Magnesium is a chemical element in your body that helps systems, such as the nervous, function while magnesium chloride, one of two products, is used to replenish the chemical magnesium in your body. Hydrochloric acid is highly corrosive and creates a poisonous gas when it reacts with fire. After carefully performing the reaction we are left with hydrogen gas in the beaker which we flow into the egg. Hydrogen gas was a plausible theory of how the Hindenburg balloon combusted. It was hydrogen atoms which were fused to create the H-Bomb. The hydrogen gas is less dense than air, so it floats to the top pushing the oxygen out. The air comes into the egg from the bottom hole of the egg. The heat of the match creates a combustion of the hydrogen gas. Oxygen is required for the combustion to take place. This heats up the particles drastically and makes them bounce of the sides. The pressure is too great for the egg to handle and it breaks. If the egg is larger and stronger than a greater amount of shards blow off, because it blows up at a higher pressure. According to Charles law, when the temperature goes up the volume goes up as well. Here the temperature is going up to extremes meaning that the volume is extremely increasing as well.

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