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From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Laboratory analysis of the steel composition of a Chevrolet Camshaft.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 126\4\  scan0177
Date  9th June 1937
  
To H.P.S. from Hl.
1056
HL.3/AG.9.6.37.
Laboratory.
Re: Chevrolet Camshaft.
Plm. Your views? AHS.
The analysis of this steel is :-
Carbon ... 0.30%
Manganese ... 0.74%
Nickel ... Nil
Chromium ... 0.27%
This is similar to our Mild steel except for the small percentage of chromium which has been added.
Hl. HJC
  
  


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