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

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

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Aarti Gupta
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9 years ago
Egg consist of protein and when it is boiled i.e heat is given to it,the protein gets denatured and coagulate.As heat causes the denaturation of the protein and it coagulates.Asa result of this the water present in the egg is absorbed by the coagulated protein.

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