Is it possible in the laws of physics that an egg can un-fry itself in the pan......?

Question

even if it is like the chance of 1 in 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (you know what i mean) because my science teacher said everything can happemn but i cant get my head around it, he said every reaction has an oppositte however implaussible it sounds. is it possible in parrallel universes or something????

Answer 1

at first you would think not. I dont know if a total unfrying of an egg is possible.

There is a protein in cells that help protect against heat shock or denaturing of proteins. In a cell there are organized protein structures that help a cell function, when heat is added these proteins lost their specific shape and are rendered usless. These proteins that help prevent shock are called heat shock proteins (Hsps). These help a protein keeps its original shape. It was thought that the hsps can only protect against small events and and event such as frying an egg was beyond the protection of the hsps.

it has been recently found that at least one heat shock protein, namely Hsp104, has the ability to rescue proteins that have already affected. This ability is essential to the survival of cells facing extreme heat. In an egg the hsp 104 (the one that is responsible for protection) alone could not reverse the process however when combined with other heat shock proteins from yeast were added, there was a profound increase in the amount of recovered functional protein.

so in essence there you can reverse extreme temperature events like frying of an egg.

Answer 2

If we are just talking about the probability of the cooked eggs un-frying themselves, then it is a qualified "yes". The probability is extremely low, so low that you would have to wait for more than the lifetime of the Universe. So in that sense, your teacher is right. But he/she is wrong about every action having an opposite reaction. This is classical physics. In quantum physics, everything depends on probability. There is no direct cause and effect relationship. For example, an electron sitting happy around a hydrogen nucleus will have a small but non-zero probability of escaping the electrostatic potential of the hydrogen atom. So even though we haven't done anything, and nothing has happened to the hydrogen atom, the electron may "tunnel" away and escape. There is no cause for the quantum tunneling effect here other than the fact that the probability for it is non-zero.

Now, as everyone else here mentioned that for an egg to uncook itself would be a violation of laws of thermodynamics, that is true. But these violations can happen, even if very rare. Also, we must keep in mind that entropy always increases, but that only applies to the entire Universe. It is very plausible to have local entropy decrease. For example, life itself is all about spontaneous re-organization of choatic and dispersed components into a self-replicating molecular chain. That is a highly order system that defies the laws of thermodynamics, but it happens everyday and everywhere on planet Earth.

Answer 3

It's sort of like asking, "could a monkey with a typewriter given enough time accidentally type Shakespeare's Hamlet?" It's not impossible though not likely. And if you believe in an all powerful entity or force such as God, then anything can happen. There are no actual LAWS of physics, only theories that we believe to be true based upon experience and/or experimentation. These laws subject to change without notice.

Answer 4

An egg does not fry itelf, thus cannot unfry itself. Yet...

When an egg is fried, energy is imparted to the egg's molecules that result in a release of some of those molcules to the air, and a change to the remaining molecules.

If one were to "fry an egg in a total vacuum", then perhaps the released molecules can be recovered. Using sufficient energy and "remapping" of the original egg's molecular structure, then YES, it is possible to recreate a raw egg.

We do not have the technology for this remap, but if we did, we could restore the egg to its original "state of being".

Answer 5

Hard to say about parallel universes, but in our universe, an egg uncooking itself would violate the laws of thermodynamics because stable objects don't spontaneously leech energy from their surroundings. It's also impossible because the proteins have become denatured and cannot be reassembled through any macroscopic process.

Answer 6

The so called laws of thermodynamics are derived from statistical mechanics. By looking at the average behaviour of particles and predicting outcomes. For all practical purposes heat flows from hot items to cold items.

In theory, it is possible that all the "hot" molecules with more energy will either move to one area, or collide with other particles transferring most of the energy to that one specific area. making cold items colder and hot items hotter.

but because of the ridiculously large number of particles in even the tiniest object, this has never been observed, and will probably never be observed.

Answer 7

i take advantage of butter, yet over a low-medium warmth. whilst the butter is melted, I place the eggs interior the pan, season with salt and pepper and enable them to cook dinner in simple terms until eventually the egg whites start to company up. Then I upload 2-3 tbsp of water, and cover with a see through lid and cook dinner until eventually the whites are accomplished and the yolk is performed to my liking. gently elevate the eggs out of the pan and serve on toast factors. delicious!

Answer 8

Cooking an egg is an irreversible process in thermodynamics - it only goes one way. Look up 'entropy' and 'non-quasi-static processes'. You teacher was wrong - everything can NOT happen.

The equal and opposite actions and reactions apply to Newton's laws of motion, not the laws of thermodynamics. Two different concepts.

Answer 9

It....is....not....possible!!!! It sounds like he said that "For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction." That is the foundation for rocketry and jet propulsion. When gas is moved rearward, as with a rocket, the opposite force moves the rocket forward.

Answer 10

In our universe, definitely not, but it is definite that it will happen in one or many parrallel universes