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There is a small air pocket in the large end of an egg. When the egg is fresh, the pocket is only about 1/8th of an inch deep and about as large around as a dime. As the egg ages, it loses both moisture and carbon dioxide so that the size of the air space increases, making the egg (among other things) more buoyant. So, if you submerge a very fresh egg in water, it will lie on the bottom. An egg that is a week or so old will lie on the bottom but bob slightly. An egg that is three weeks or so old will balance on its small end. And bad egg will float.

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13y ago

About 4 weeks or so. If you out an egg by a woodstove it takes 12 weeks to spoil, i did it for a project and it took 12 weeks for the egg to spoil!

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10y ago

it will take 10 weeks

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