Word: thiokol
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...both parties to the argument agree that Thiokol, the new retread material, can do a lot of retreading, can substantially ease the civilian tire shortage...
With luck, Thiokol can retread 160,000 civilian tires a month.-Government experts...
...Thiokol is an elastic plastic made by Dow Chemical Co. Its merits as a retread material, hitherto overlooked, were enthusiastically presented to WPB last week by an authoritative group of experts from the rubber, chemical and automotive industries, headed by famed Research Engineer Charles Kettering of General Motors. They told the Government that Thiokol...
...Will wear at least 5,000, probably 10,000 miles on cars driven no more than 40 m.p.h. Though Thiokol is not quite so strong or wear-resistant as natural rubber, it does not deteriorate with age or from exposure to air, sunlight...
...Thiokol itself is not brand-new. It was accidentally discovered in 1929 by a chemist who was trying to concoct an antifreeze. Since 1930 it has been manufactured as a substitute for rubber, leather, cork. Typical uses: barrage balloon coatings, gas masks, gasoline hoses, washers, cable sheathing...