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Chinese Scientists Develop New Plow

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

MrPlow writes:

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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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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @02:27PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @02:27PM (#512187)

    Subtract one from the other, that will give you the difference...

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday May 19 2017, @05:23PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday May 19 2017, @05:23PM (#512266)

    I'm sorry, but nowadays subtractions are legally restricted to benefits, additions to profits, multiplications to scandals, and divisions to people.
    The root of the problem being the failure to integrate cities, we cannot subtract them.