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February 16, 1944
Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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Dr. Robert A. Hardin at the University of Oklahoma invents plastic from sawdust, with 8,100 psi tensile strength, for utilizing sawmill waste. (Norman, Okla., Feb. 16, UP)
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SAWDUST MAKES PLASTIC
NORMAN, Okla., Feb. 16. (UP)
Save that sawdust the next time you're puttering around your carpenter bench, advises Dr. Robert A. Hardin, associate professor of industrial education at the University of Oklahoma. The sawdust may be valuable as a plastic molding compound. Hardin has made a plastic, with an average tensile strength of 8,100 pounds per square inch, by cooking sawdust and shavings in a steam digester with acids. Wood waste from state sawmills may be used to a good advantage in this way, the professor says.
NORMAN, Okla., Feb. 16. (UP)
Save that sawdust the next time you're puttering around your carpenter bench, advises Dr. Robert A. Hardin, associate professor of industrial education at the University of Oklahoma. The sawdust may be valuable as a plastic molding compound. Hardin has made a plastic, with an average tensile strength of 8,100 pounds per square inch, by cooking sawdust and shavings in a steam digester with acids. Wood waste from state sawmills may be used to a good advantage in this way, the professor says.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Sawdust Plastic
Wood Waste
Invention
Tensile Strength
University Of Oklahoma
What entities or persons were involved?
Dr. Robert A. Hardin
Where did it happen?
Norman, Okla.
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Key Persons
Dr. Robert A. Hardin
Location
Norman, Okla.
Event Date
Feb. 16
Story Details
Dr. Robert A. Hardin, associate professor at the University of Oklahoma, has created a plastic molding compound from sawdust and shavings by cooking them in a steam digester with acids, achieving an average tensile strength of 8,100 pounds per square inch. He advises using wood waste from state sawmills for this purpose.