1. Document Summary<br />Throughout this experimental project, I have analyzed data that I have obtained by soaking a chicken femur (drumstick) in vinegar for 1 week. The objective of this experiment is to see if, when, or how an animal bone deteriorates in these conditions, in comparison to a control setting. This document will also contain a day-by-day journal to record any changes of each bone.<br />33337560960<br />384810012065<br />Femur<br />Journal<br />Day 1: Each bone has just been obtained from the kitchen, and I’ve placed each of the bones in a Tupperware container (one with “Otogi Brown Rice Vinegar”). Each bone seems fresh, is strong, stiff, and rigid, and are an identical 82 centimeters in length. I plan to seal the Tupperware containers and check each day what happens.<br />Day 2: There isn’t much of a change in the appearance of each bone, just the smell, which is to be expected. The bone in vinegar, however, has lost 1 mm in length, which leads me to believe that the vinegar is taking an immediate effect.<br />Day 3: No significant changes in either side of the experiment, I believe it will appear this way throughout the experiment. I have also taken note to the fact that a sort of powder is forming in the vinegar containing the variable chicken bone. Which I figure is dissolved minerals from the bone itself.<br />Day 4: Still not much to report on either the control or variable today. But, the variable bone in vinegar has lost another 1mm in length.<br />Day 5: As each day passes, the changes become less, the bone in vinegar has been experiencing minute changes throughout the week, while the control chicken bone hasn’t experienced any changes. There seems to be a pattern regarding the loss of length in the variable bone, which happens to be, a loss of 1mm every other day.<br />Day 6: Well, just 1 more day until this experiment will be finished and analyzed. And there is still no change in the control chicken drumstick, which has been in a sealed Tupperware container for 6 days now. On the other hand, the variable bone that has been sealed in vinegar for 6 days also, has experienced length changes of up to 2 mm leading up to today. In today’s analysis, however, no changes were made to either bone, which means there wasn’t a pattern going on in the loss of length in the bone in vinegar.<br />Day 7 (Last Day): It is the final day of the experiment, and the results are in, the bone in vinegar lost a last 1mm in length before the experiment ended, giving it a total of 3mm of length loss throughout the week that it spent in vinegar. The control bone had not lost any of its length, size, or durability, but, a peculiar aspect has been inserted into the experiment. Rigidness. A surprising statistic surrounding the bone in vinegar, is that the bone had become extremely flexible and rubbery, (Which I believe is do to a loss/dissolving of minerals from the bone, into the vinegar.) Included below is a chart depicting the changes in length of each bone throughout the experiment.<br />