Word: alloy
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Exhaust Defumer. A chimney device that eliminates chemicals and noxious fumes from the smoke of industrial plants has been adapted for use on diesel trucks and buses by Oxy-Catalyst Manufacturing Co. (TIME, June 9, 1952). Called the "oxycat," it consists of a series of alumina and platinum alloy-coated porcelain rods. The company plans a similar unit for cars...
...Tough Alloy. "Elgiloy," a tough, cobalt-base alloy developed by Elgin National Watch Co. and Battelle Memorial Institute for rustproof and breakproof watch springs, is now on the market. Possible uses: fountain-pen nibs, valves, dental equipment, aircraft instruments and bearings...
Handy Man's Metal. For home craftsmen, Reynolds Metals Co. has brought out a soft aluminum alloy that can be cut with scissors, trimmed with a penknife, or shaped with ordinary woodworking tools without harming them. With Do-It-Yourself Aluminum, available in 36 items -rods, sheets, bars, angles and tubing-any handy amateur can make furniture, metal awnings, tool boxes or storm windows and screens. Cost of materials for an average-size, null storm window: about...
Rolled Sheet. The first pre-packaged rolls of sheet metal for do-it-yourself householders were put on sale by Illinois Zinc Co. Made of a nonrusting zinc and copper alloy, the sheet metal can be used for roof and gutter repairs, etc. Price: $1 for a 12-by 30-in. roll...
...machining tough metals to fine tolerances made it a natural to turn out such small, exact and tough parts as the thousands of tiny blades needed for every jet engine. Through a big advance in metallurgy, Thompson now makes such blades out of powdered iron and a copper alloy, eliminating a great deal of waste. It has also succeeded in casting incredibly intricate parts by pouring mercury into a die, freezing it and dipping the mercury pattern in liquid ceramic to form a mold. Then the mercury is let run out at room temperature, and parts are cast from...