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Metallurgists J. F. Nachman and W. F. Buehler of the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Md. were working on a hard, magnetic alloy called 16-Alfenol. They reported to their boss, Carroll W. Lufcy, that it was not only magnetic but heat-resistant. So the three of them set about emphasizing the alloy's unexpected heat resistance, avoiding scarce materials...
...size radioactive battery that is somewhat more efficient. A film of Strontium 90 is spread on a wafer of silicon. When its beta particles shoot into the silicon, each of them releases 200,000 fresh electrons, which are collected as an electric current by a spot of silicon-antimony alloy...
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...