Word: alloys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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During the age-hardening process in an alloy there is a migration of atoms of the alloying metal to strategic points in the atomic lattice work of the basic metal. The rate of aging depends on how rapidly these solute atoms can congregate at these positions, or diffuse...
...General Motor's new Turret-Top is featured particularly in the Pontiac. Also included are the following; improved knee-action, special hydraulic brakes, silver alloy bearings, improved ventilation and cooling, electro-plated pistons and a radiator grille that apparently runs right over the top of the hood into the windshield...
...into the age of specialized steels. In the future all steels are going to be tailormade . . . manufactured to order to fit the particular job for which it is designed. The outstanding achievement of the industry in this direction has been the development and perfection of a whole series of alloy steels?each alloy having its own particular properties and uses...
...Girdler's predictions come true, none will benefit more than he. Republic is already the world's largest producer of alloy steels...
Whether they like it or not, U. S. readers-and especially Midwesterners-will admit that The Folks rings true, has no perceptible alloy in its honest realism. Its cumulative power lies in the fact that it is written straight, with no scintilla of satire or sentimental sympathy. Foreigners might object to the almost total absence of ideas in the book. To them a U. S. reader could reply that the Midwest is the U. S.'s backbone, not its brain...