Phase transitions

Why doesn’t boiled chicken turn brown? Ming and Ethan find out through a discussion of phase transitions and temperature-time graphs.
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OUTLINE:
0:00 Does boiled chicken brown?
0:36 Phases of matter
1:13 Phase transitions
1:50 Melting and boiling points
2:23 Temperature-time experiment
4:13 Comprehension check
5:01 Resolving the chicken conundrum
5:45 Summary
CREDITS:
Presented by Mingyu Yang and Ethan Rosenberg
Written and edited by Mingyu Yang
With additional input from Jacqueline Baidoo, Camille Farruggio, and Robin Lindemann
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
We are grateful for the support of the MIT Department of Materials Science & Engineering (dmse.mit.edu) and Dr. Rohan Kundargi, K-12 Outreach Coordinator of MIT's Office of Government and Community Relations.
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[@zenosyne7920]

Thank you guys so much for making these videos.

[@amaliamartins9584]

More videos!

[@danmatiesanu6823]

I've had boiling chicken brown in the steam that formed in the lidded pot above the chicken

[@akhilvijaykumar7064]

Great video👌

[@thq7579]

you actually lose heat energy when breaking the hydrogene bonds