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.

Titolo: Forty Different Raw Materials Used in Military Trucks
Oggetto: en Technology; en Communication
Article Title and/or Image Caption: Forty Different Raw Materials Used in Military Trucks
Lingua: eng
Copertura temporale: World War II
Data di rilascio: 1941-09
pagine: 32
Diritti: Public Domain (Google digitized)
Sorgente: Google books
Referenzia: Automobile Manufacturers Association
Archived by: Enrico Saonara; Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Copertura territoriale: United States of America

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