Show THE WHY ons ne of lk 41 R why by daw Brol hr C ci h As not D d lu du do t to th scarcity of f som metals metal we have what is known to the science of metals a product termed vanadium it la Is a metal that does not exist in the crude mineral from which all steels and iron are made although a mineral it is classed as a rare metal being in the class clan ot of radium tungsten Tun gaten cranium and others all of which are extracted tr n acted from uranium murn ores these tura metals ro in athe their r pure state are more valuable than gold it t undiscovered wa wn discovered that by using vanadium in the manufacture of steel that the combination resulted in a product which had a wonderful tenall strength and yet vet great flex ability lust as they discovered that by adding carbon to steel it resulted in a hard brittle product which could be tempered to various degrees of hardness from which drills and all wood or iron cutting tools I 1 are made at one stage during the manufacture of all steels steela we fini find it in large cruce bles bIes or kettles where it is reduced to a molten or liquid form while cooking so to speak all the impurities rise to the surface in the form of a akum and is removed by bv an oxidization process which is nothing more or less than the introduction of pure oxygen which combines with the impurities and leaves the crucibles cruci bles in the form of dense black smoke when all the impurities have bave been extracted a small percentage percent asre of vanadium is added this product is then termed vanadium steel from which fram frames ael leeruig gear car parts etc are molded from urn steel is thebert the best product known know to science for the lure eure of these essentials essential pats which go into the manufacture of automo blies bilea now comes a nj most t asto astonishing lushi n 9 fact ahe dodge brothers uses use a higher grade of vanadium steel i in 1 the manufacture of their cars than does any other car manufactured in the world today it uses a steel the that t contains as much as 20 timo times more vanadium in its steel than does some makes of ears cars it is the scarcity of the me tal which is responsible for cent of the increase in the price of the dodge mothers Bi othera cars this product enables them to keep the dead load weight down to a minimum whereas a decreased percentage of vanadium would necessarily cessa rily increase the dead 1 toad iad weight and in time require a greater horse power engine which would increase the gas and oil consumption with out increasing the efficiency we can readily see me the wisdom in using the higher grade of vanadium steels when the government is using no other in the manufacture m of its flying machines and essential war products for uncle sam wants the best adv ads |