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How can you remove the hard calcium carb...

How can you remove the hard calcium carbonate layer of the egg without damaging its semipermeable numbrane? Can this egg be inserted into a bottel with a narrow neck without distorting its shape? Explain the process involved.

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When egg is placed in mineral acid solution outershell of egg dissolves. Egg is now removed and placed in hypertonic solution Size of egg get reduced and egg shrivels due to osmosis. Egg is now planced in a bottle with narrow neck. Finally on adding hypotonic solution egg regain its shape due to osmosis.
Diagramatically it can be represented as
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