Forty Different Raw Materials Used in Military Trucks

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Into the making of each scout car, truck, reconnaissance car and other military vehicle go some 40 different raw materials, according to the Automobile Manufacturers Association. Besides the several thousand pounds of iron and steel it requires, a 2 1/2-ton military truck, for instance, which weighs about 9,500 pounds, uses 450 pounds of natural rubber, 8 ounces of synthetic rubber, 32 pounds of lead, 30 pounds of zine, 70 pounds of copper, 20 pounds of aluminum, 55 pounds of manganese, 8 pounds of nickel, 86 pounds of paints, 200 pounds of cotton, 1 pound of wool, 2 pounds of curled hair, 300 pounds of wood, 40 pounds of glass, 18 pounds of paperboard, 4 pounds of plastics, 64 pounds of grease and oil and more than a pound of castor oil for brake fluid. Some magnesium, molybdenum, chromium, platinum, tungsten, tin, asbestos, cork, sulphuric acid, jute, shellac, graphite and other materials are used.

Title (Dublin Core): Forty Different Raw Materials Used in Military Trucks
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Communication
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Forty Different Raw Materials Used in Military Trucks
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1941-09
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Mechanics, v. 76, n. 3, 1941
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 32
Rights (Dublin Core): Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google books
References (Dublin Core): Automobile Manufacturers Association
Archived by (Dublin Core): Enrico Saonara; Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): United States of America

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