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Show Rotting of Eggs Blamed on Carbon Dioxide Gas According to a Cornell chemist, one of the chief reasons for the rotting of eggs is the escape of carbon dioxide gas through the shell. He dis-I dis-I covered that newly laid eggs contain this gas in a limited quantity, but I the porousness of the shell permits It to pass off within a short time. He proved, however, that the egg would reabsorb the gas, and by exposing expos-ing the shells to a minute quantity of j carbon dioxide succeeded in keeping them fresh indefinitely. The cost of the treatment was said to he a few hundredths of a cent per dozen. |