Word: thermic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Kaiser engineers also had trouble with Austrian Inventor Fritz Hansgirg, who kicked at changes in his carbo-thermic process. The U.S. took "Herr Doktor" into custody as an enemy alien in December 1941: Permanente barged ahead. To prevent explosions, Kaiser engineers soaked the magnesium dust in oil; to cut costs and save handling they started using petroleum coke (which contains pitch) instead of coke and pitch; to keep the furnaces going they invented new heat-resistant parts...
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