Word: silicon
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...realized that if they could vary the ingredients of an alloy so as to set the Curie point at any desired temperature, they would have a highly sensitive substance for thermostatic control. Experimenting with several mixtures, they finally got what they wanted with an alloy of iron, nickel, chromium, silicon...
...certain student ably upheld Harvard's scholastic tradition on the radio at the Hayden Planetarium this last weekend. Asked what the common ingredients of glass were, he replied. "Silicon Dioxide!" The radio-interviewer in the quiz was so impressed with this sign of crudition that he awarded the Harvard man the prize, although the correct answer was and soda, and time...
...odorless, tasteless, impervious to fire and corrosion by acids. Because of its aluminum and silicon content, it has been named "Alsifilm...
...Clay is a mixture of mineral debris (usually oxides of silicon and aluminum) which absorbs water molecules in chemical combination...
...Robert Hatfield, world-famous English metallurgist and inventor of manganese and silicon steels, betrayed unscientific traces of superstition while presenting a gift to President Conant...