Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 October 1942 — Page 8

Lighter Products Peril i ; Steel’s No. 1 Position, Magazine Says.

By DAVID DIETZ \ Scripps-Howard Science Editor « CLEVELAND, .Oct, 1.— The in- Sn RI, MA OREN ao Wt nT Sa _ Creasing use of many metals for : fs SR RE SR KR SO 2 ER A ae SR 2 SRR Rt RI % Yep War purposes, ' notably ‘aluminum : RI gy mm 2 Se Re NRIs LEN : 4) Fl ‘and magnesium, and the develop- G Re a i Z 2 ES AEE fy g ¥ Ey 5 wd a Ps oo . ment of many new alloys under the| R ; oF 2 CA a rl po SR i FF 8 Lod 9 stress of war, are bound to have| BR 3 S$ a i a ON mr a 3 . ’ ‘. 9 Po Ps a - Z 4 “od es ; important repercussions on post- |. i ; Rs RH RR RR I CORE A Ea, a g NL EC 23 SER oy gt _ War industry, SRL 5% The current issue of Chemical . i st : LL abl ; E and Metallurgical Engineering fore- 3 ; os : § sees a renewal of 4 : : : a # the battle between ; \ wy / YAN fF wt] FH A ) s steel and the light j ] iy metals once the war is over—with plastics and glass contributing to the struggle. While the battle can be viewed as a challenge to the : ‘dominant position of steel, it must ; 3 = Y yf pron > =F i} : David Dietz pg remembered ; ; ; bs do NI Qf Jey ei] ky ‘SF § a i A | id i ~ that steel is not standing still. : F By oh i : ¢ § fl ot HU IF oN UN ff] [FE ; 2 One important recent development : Sa £ Vi Y I {El 7] 4 (ll J bt is the perfection of new alloy steels 3 i SE fi : a» wert fend reverse ‘ § that can be made entirely from { : : : a i - # ‘scrap with almost no addition of ; J Lo i : 3 virgin alloying elements. : 5 i oe : i: = Production Up Sharply : i ; ; : § R / ; 3 4

These new steels are destined to ¥ : ! 2 f : dy » » HM Vf [ i § i replace many of the more familiar : fo Re "7 db Ff : ; ya ; k x steel alloys. : § ; : : = : : y ” : : ; ; A 3 i .The American production of many ; i 5 f : & ia : f a metals is increasing rapidly under fn Ce Ll ; : : Fd Rd ¥ : 5 ; the impetus of war. Thus Chemical : bo oa ag. : : : Ts [/ go and Metallurgical Engineering : : 3 points out that by the end of 1943 . we will have produced more than 2,000,000,000 pounds of aluminum. This is 6% times' the production in 1939. : In magnesium, the - figures dre even more astounding. It is estimtaed that our production is now from 50 to 100 times its. prewar peak. : 3 b This means that we will soon have ‘more tons of aluminum and magnesium in the country than we had copper and zinc in 1940. Looking ahead to postwar days, this : ] promises commercial competition of ; a ‘ BA SE - PEE i the liveliest kind. : , 3 3 = 7 3 : a ] 2 3 Ra 3 : , B id

Steel 2 Cenis a Pound

The journal points out that the war has brought the price of aluminum down from 20 cents a pound to 15, and the price of magnesium from 37.5 cents a pound to 22.5. Steel is 2 cents a pound, but in comparing the light metals with 8 a i Ee steel the difference in weight must EI : be considered. There is a far ; : : ll Here on greater volume of metal in a pound 5 a : of aluminum than in a pound of I f where 14] 1 steel. On a volume basis, 2 cents’ 5 tid

worth of steel is the equivalent of : : NX 1 $s 1 : SH i ‘ ts 5.1 cents’ worth of magnesium or 4 : 5 Si i AT a vi 1 Ts ~~ . 54 cents’ worth of aluminum. “Ga : ; en ——— he : en 1 TR

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