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Where does the water present in the egg go after boiling the egg?

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Egg Proteins are globular proteins and hence soluble in water: On boiling, denaturation of proteins occur and these globular proteins are converted into fibrous proteins. These fibrous proteins are not soluble in water. During denaturation `2^@` and `3^@` structures of proteins are destroyed and H-bonds are disturbed. These denatured proteins adsorb water in the egg, forming new H-bonds with water. As such there appears to be no water in a boiled egg.
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