Word: magnesium
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Copper. 4. Magnesium...
...early days it was grounded so frequently by "bugs" in the 30 miles of wiring, tubing and cables that the crews dubbed it "the ramp rooster." But after long, slow shakedown, it is now admiringly known as "the magnesium monster," and the SACmen are ready to battle anyone who says it isn't the best bomber in the world. When the Navy insisted a year ago that the B-36 could be shot down, Curt LeMay shot back a blunt answer...
...over the U.S. last week, the prices of meat and many other products rose with a rush that was painfully like the burst of inflation in 1948. Booming industrial production sent metal markets soaring: copper jumped 2? a Ib. to 22½?; nickel was up, and even magnesium, which hadn't shown a rise since 1943, moved...
...Bedford, Mass, got its first all-nylon mill; in Taftville, Conn., the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp. transformed field corn into a new fiber called "Vicara," to be used for ties, scarves, etc. In Ohio, found-rymen excitedly poured experimental batches of "nodular iron," hoped that the new process, using magnesium, might revolutionize the whole casting industry...