Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

The direction for the heat treating method has been established with input from the work to date on the Northwestern contract for the project entitled ''Effects of Steel Composition and Quench Rate on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Strapping''. The conclusion has been accepted by ourselves and Northwestern that our direction to heat treat to a Martensitic microstructure will give us optimum physical properties in the final product. The attached comparison from the American Society of Metals ''Handbook of Quenchants and Quenching Technology'' clearly shows the superiority of this end objective (Quenched and Tempered) as compared to ''Normalized and Tempered'' structures. Present industry practice produces a ''Normalized'' or a close compromise to this structure which is obtained by Quenching in Lead. It is not possible to prevent some lead adherence to products produced in this manner and the industry has been searching for new methods to avoid this environmental hazard which is present not only in the production process but in the product as well It is appropriate to review our production methodology at this time in order to reconfirm the steps taken which have been previously designated by those knowledgeable in the field to be proven in former steel …

Semiweekly newspaper from Pawhuska, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Lightweight hydrogen storage for vehicles is enabled by adopting and adapting aerospace tankage technology. The weight, volume, and cost are already acceptable and improving. Prototype tankage was demonstrated with 11.3% hydrogen by weight, 1.74 million inch (44.3 km) burst performance factor (P{sub b}V/W), and 3.77 kWh/kg specific energy for the tank and hydrogen (LHV). DOE cannot afford full scale aerospace development costs. For example, it costs many tens of $M to develop a rocket motor casing with a safety factor (SF) of 1.25. Large teams of experts are required to design, develop, and test new processes. Car companies are buying existing technology with only modest investments in research and development (R&D). The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) team is maximizing the leverage from DOE funding by joining with industry to solve technical risks at the component level. LLNL is developing fabrication processes with IMPCO Technologies, Thiokol Propulsion, and Aero Tec Laboratories (ATL). LLNL is creating commercial products that are close to adoption under DOE solicitation. LLNL is breaking ground to achieve greater than 10% hydrogen by weight tankage with safety that exceeds the requirements of NGV2 standards modified for hydrogen. Risk reduction is proceeding along three axes: (1) Commercializable products …