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Chinese Scientists Develop New Plow

posted by n1 on Friday May 19 2017, @05:44AM   
from the that-name-again-is-mr.-plow dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

Chinese metal scientists announced they had developed a plow using a new steel alloy.

Plow was initially used in China over 2,000 years ago, centuries earlier than in Europe. However, Chinese farmers nowadays would rather pay over the odds for imported plows because of their better quality and durability.

The situation may soon change, thanks to the new research.

Yan Desheng, of the Institute of Metal Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the new metal was developed on the basis of boron steel, with micro-alloying elements and fine carbide added, so as to increase its hardness while keeping its high ductility.

The new material had been used to make over 1,000 farming tools, such as moldboard plows and rotary blades.

Source: China.org.cn

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• Re:still used (Score: 3, Informative) by Reziac on Saturday May 20 2017, @02:35AM

  by Reziac (2489) on Saturday May 20 2017, @02:35AM (#512492) Homepage

  Most of those stalks and corncobs become animal feed and winter bedding; they're not wasted. And fields are commonly grazed between harvest and snow, leaving lots of manure in its wake.

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  And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.

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