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Crunchie as bone replacement

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Is Crunchie a suitable bone structure? Many people will need bones replaced during their lifetime, most of the spare parts are made from polymers and now artificial bone has been developed and is being used. As you can see below both, the Crunchie and the human bone have a similar honeycomb like structure. I am going to test the breaking stress that a Crunchie chocolate bar has. We are going to use this data and compare it to the breaking stress that an ankle bone has to see if it is a suitable replacement. Materials such as Titanium and coral are used, they are chosen because of their tensile strength and how well blood vessels can be threaded through. These two properties may be found in a Crunchie chocolate bar as the honeycomb structure is likely to give room for the blood vessels but also give strength. Equipment Crunchie chocolate bars - I have...

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