EGGSHELL

Diploma Thesis of Ulrike Böttcher

Cristallization

Crystallisation is the development of a typical crystal composition. Therefor a crystalized arrangement forms out of liquid or dissolved materials. The evaporation causes a much higher accumulation of molecules. In … Continue reading

June 13, 2012 · Leave a comment

Acetic Acid

Acetic Acid is a liquid, corrosive and a very intense odor carboxylic acid with the structure C2H4O2. Even 8000 years ago the old Babylonians and Egyptians applied the concentrate as a drug … Continue reading

June 5, 2012 · Leave a comment

Crystallize

While experimenting with eggshells I tried to think of a way to soften the calcium carbonate layer of the egg. In search of a material which might be a coating … Continue reading

May 14, 2012 · Leave a comment

Chitosan Fibres

The first hundred percent Chitosan-fibre A report of the Research Curatorship of Textiles reports the production of an biological chitosan-yarn by the Technical University of Textile in Dresden/Germany. The woven natural … Continue reading

May 14, 2012 · Leave a comment

Egg Membrane as a New Biological Bandage

This investigation based on an article I found online is attempted to determine the effectiveness of egg membranes as a new biological dressing to promote infection-free healing and provide pain … Continue reading

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Eggshell Membrane

The eggshell membrane is a tissue found between the calcified eggshell and the albumen of eggs. Its existence is essential for the formation of the egg, retaining the albumen and … Continue reading

May 14, 2012 · Leave a comment

10.000 Pores

Eggshell close up 50 times enlarged viewing Almost invisible there is an air transportation between in- and outside of an egg. Like a human embryo the poult inside the egg … Continue reading

May 14, 2012 · Leave a comment

CaCO3

90% chalk (calcium carbonate/CaCO3) ↓   The chemical elements of eggshells are calcium, carbon and oxygen which is basically the same consistence of limestone. Winning limestone is important for the construction industrie but … Continue reading

May 14, 2012 · Leave a comment

Why recycle the eggshell?

When you start a project you continuously have to ask yourself: “But why..? Why is it this specific subject you dealing with and of course why should that be interesting … Continue reading

April 3, 2012 · Leave a comment