Excerpt from American Society for Testing Materials, Vol. 20 Technical difficulties have opposed themselves to the pro duction of pure compounds of molybdenum at low cost, but as soon as a constant supply of the raw material can be assured, these difficulties will be overcome. Molybdenum will then have a wide range of application inasmuch as it is now being used advantageously for improving steel to which it gives increased elongation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.