Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1920 — DISCOVERS NEW STEEL [ARTICLE]

DISCOVERS NEW STEEL

Inventor of Vanadium Steel Perfects New Process.

New Product Far in Advance of Any High Speed Steel Hitherto Made. London.—The invention of a new steel, far in advance of any high speed hitherto made, is ascribed by the TWily Mnli to John Oliver Arnold, projnraor of metallurgy at Sheffield univemHy- .Professor Arnold, who is said to have heet the discoverer at vanadisteel. claims, according to the Daily Mall, that the new steel possesses far more commercial possibilities, th** tt is unrivaled in hardness, in tool form It will remove a weight than any other steel, •nd that it possesses comparatively ■The Daily Mail indicates that Pro-

fessor Arnold uses molybdenum Instead of tungsten, and says: “If large quantities of molybdenum (a hard silver white metallic element) can be found and the price re- . duced, tungsten will take a back seat, ■ because 6 per cent molybdenum will achieve more than 18 per cent tungsten."