Word: vapor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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SYNTHETIC FUELS. The vast resources of coal could be used to produce a variety of synthetic fuels. In coal gasification, for instance, coal is brought in contact with steam. Hydrogen atoms in the vapor combine with the coal's carbon atoms to produce a hydrocarbon similar to natural...
...time-to retool assembly lines normally takes about two years-the best antipollution device the engineers could come up with was the catalytic converter. Shaped like a standard muffler and attached to the exhaust system, the converter would completely burn hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide,* turning them into harmless water vapor and gas. Estimated cost to the consumer: at least...
...from a line in Revelation 21:8: "But the fearful and unbelieving shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone." Since brimstone boils at 833° F., hell must be somewhat cooler than that; if it were not, it would be a vapor, not a lake. Thus, Applied Optics' unnamed scientist concludes with scientific conviction, heaven is hotter than hell by at least...
Catalyst. Chemically, platinum is capable of changing certain noxious gases, including smog-producing hydrocarbons, into harmless carbon dioxide and water vapor. A platinum-coated honeycombed structure called a catalytic converter has so far performed best in meeting the tough federal emissions standards for '75 and '76 model cars. According to top auto executives, the amount of platinum needed for each car is one-tenth of an ounce. Thus, with total U.S. new-car sales expected to top 10 million units annually for the foreseeable future, manufacturers will need more than a million ounces of platinum a year...
...this Gatling-gun novel has been a reporter, an on-camera TV newsman and an actor whose best-known performances were as Tarzan and a cowpoke on a foolish series called Six Guns Across Texas. John Lee Wallace, fed up with Hollywood, returns home to Dallas, leaving a vapor trail of dope and alcohol. He and his best buddy Buster plan to make "one good, true, fair thing"-a documentary film about the real Texas. The time is the late summer...