✦ LIBER ✦
Navy icebreaker embarks for antarctic scientific expedition
- Book ID
- 103078989
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1955
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 78 KB
- Volume
- 259
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-0032
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✦ Synopsis
Feb., I955.] CURRENT TOPICS I79 tastic. Polyethylene plastic normally is white, waxlike, and easily melted. After a small dose of radiation, it will retain its strength and elasticity even at high temperatures. Further irradiation makes it stiff and glasslike. New possibilities may someday include unbreakable heat-resistant bottles or cellophane-like houses. The freedom of American industry to work out new products and possibilities brings home to Mr. and Mrs. America a host of beautiful new conveniences.