The team has developed an initial outline for the experiment which they will begin using in their research to develop a penetrating oil. The material used are: 12 same sized bolts, sulfuric acid, a vice grip, a torque wrench, WD-40, and two other brands of penetrating oil. These materials will be used to determine the force needed to free the rusted bolts and how WD-40 and the other penetrating oils are able to meet this demand. The procedure for the experiment will be to place the bolts in sulfuric acid for a few days to stimulate corrosion between the nut and bolt. The bolts will then be removed from the acid and cleaned. A bolt will be placed inside a vice grip, which will hold the bolt in place, and sprayed with WD-40. The torque wrench will then determine the force needed to remove the nut from the bolt, and this will be repeated with the other two penetrating oils. The data that will be collected will be used to determine how effective the oils are, in order to compare it and help with the design for the penetrating oil that the team produces.
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