Besides MRI or xray, how could you image gases inside of a raw egg without breaking it? more

Question

The eggs cannot be moved from the lab and have to be imaged every 4 hours in a public, yet controlled area, and radiography machines are out, as they are too expensive...so how can this be done??

Answer 1

How much detail do you need?  You could build a box to hold the egg so it was cradled by opaque material, then take a digital picture with the egg transilluminated from behind with a powerful strobe (say, The Nikon SB800).  That wouldn't give you much detail, but you might be able to tell about a liquid/gas interface.

Answer 2

It's my experience that eggs ALWAYS give me gas!  No picture needed!!!

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Answer 3

you can monitor physiochemical changes going on inside the egg. such as change in mass due to addition of gases, change in the chemical profile of egg contents etc.  

Answer 4

Candling -- hold the egg up to a bright light source.