...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| 20100080918 | Surface treatment method for magnesium alloy The present invention provides a surface treatment method for magnesium alloy, which comprising the following steps: 1) preparation; 2) fusion and uniformly coating; 3) heat diffusion, and 4) finish; so a coating alloy is placed on a magnesium alloy substrate, and the m... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100061902 | Metal-Based Coatings for Inhibiting Metal Catalyed Coke Formation in Hydrocarbon Conversion Processes A coating applied to at least a portion of the surfaces of reactors, reactor internals, other reactor components, and/or heater tubes is provided in order to minimize the formation of metal catalyzed coke in hydrocarbon conversion processes operating at temperatures at ... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20090232431 | Plain Bearing, Method for Production and Use of a Plain Bearing of Said Type In the case of a plain bearing having at least one support part (25), which is composed of an iron-containing base material, of a bearing sleeve (24) which is provided at the raceway side with a coating (8, 26) which is composed of a coating materia... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20080241412 | Member for plasma etching device and method for manufacture thereof A member for a plasma etching device, which comprises a device substrate comprising quartz glass, aluminum, alumite or a combination thereof and, formed on the surface thereof, a coating film of yttrium oxide or YAG having a film thickness of 10 μm or more and a variat... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080193655 | Controlled Thickness Reduction for Hot-Dip Coated, Hot-Rolled Steel Strip And Installation Used In This Process The invention relates to a method for hot-dip coating hot-rolled steel strip, during which the steel strip passes through a pickling station, a rinsing station, a drying station, a heating furnace and then through a molten bath. The final thickness and the thickness tol... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20070202349 | COPPER-SILVER ALLOY WIRE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME An exemplary copper-silver alloy wire includes a conductive core containing copper, and a copper-silver cladding layer surrounding the conductive core. An exemplary method for manufacturing the copper-silver alloy wire including steps of: providing a conductive core con... | 08/30/2007 |