I hard boiled an egg, then froze it. Why did it crack?

Subject: I hard boiled an egg, then froze it. Why did it crack?

Date: Thu Nov 16 13:17:51 2000
Posted by Justin
Grade level: 7-9 School: Gateway Christian School
City: Wartrace State/Province: Tennessee Country: United States
Area of science: Biochemistry
ID: 974398671.Bc

Message:


I'm asking because I've frozen a regular egg before, and it cracked.  That 
made perfect sense to me because liquids expand.  The egg cracked beacause 
the yolk and white ran out of room to expand and so cracked the egg.  But 
I don't understand why the hard boiled egg cracked if there weren't any 
liquids.

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