Sierra Osborne 
Jeter 3rd 
 

Egg Osmosis   

Hypothesis  
If a egg is left is a non isotonic solution, then the egg will react by absorbing on releasing water 
through its membrane. 

Process 
On day one the egg was placed into 200 mL of vinegar.Since vinegar is a acid the egg began 
to fizz and the shell began deteriorate over the days.On day four the egg had increased in mass 
by 35.1 grams and the egg increased by 6.4% addition to the volume of the vinegar which 
decreased by 25 mL.Egg mass was increased due to osmosis.The water molecules moved 
across the semipermeable membrane so the water concentration would be equal.Since the 
solution is hypotonic the water conservation is higher in the vinegar so to even it out the water 
molecules go into the egg.Then the egg was placed into 200 mL of corn syrup and left 
overnight. 

On day five the egg’s size was decreased by 41% due to the hypertonic solution the water 
molecules from the egg throw the permeable membrane (osmosis) into the corn syrup so the 
concentration would be equal.You can see the separation between corn syrup and water with 
show that the volume increased by 25 mL.Then the egg was placed into 200 mL of distilled water 
overnight. 

On day six the egg size increased by 58% and the remaining volume was 150 mL which is a 
decrease of 50 mL.The mass was 99.3 grams and it was increased because of osmosis and the 
hypotonic solution.The egg has a semipermeable membrane that allows for the necessary 
particles to go into the cell.This is ways osmosis is possible. 

  

Table and Graph 

 
 
 

Conclusion  
1. When the egg was placed in vinegar the water molecules moved into the egg across the 
phospholipid bilayer to make the water concentration even which is called osmosis.The 
vinegar had more water concentration is higher which mean that it is hypotonic. 
2. When the egg was placed into the corn syrup the egg was placed into a hypertonic 
solution in which the water molecules move out of the cell through the membrane. 
3. The amount of corn syrup increased due to all of the water that was released to even out 
the concentration.When you look at a picture the corn syrup is at the bottom at 200 mL 
still but the water is on top. 
 
 

4. After the egg was removed from the corn syrup and placed in water overnight it 
expanded.This happened because the egg was almost all drained water so the distilled 
water naturally had more water molecules so in moved into the egg,from high 
concentration to low. 
5. My hypothesis for this lab was correct because whenever the egg was placed into a 
solution the mass of the egg changed as well as the volume of the liquid.d 

Day 1 

Day 5