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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 a steel sample named 'Stalloy' from Mr Hives.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 76\3\  scan0082
Date  19th December 1918
  
Laboratory.
H12/B191218.

BK.{A. Birkett - Commercial Manager} [crossed out]
c to Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} [crossed out]
c to EH.

Re sample of "Stalloy" from Mr Hives.

Analysis.

Carbon .05%
Manganese .403%
Phosphorus .04%
Silicon .04%
Arsenic Traces
Vanadium Traces
Nickel Nil
Tungsten Nil!

This is a very Mild Steel containing traces of vanadium.

HCH [handwritten]
  
  


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