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pressed into cloth. The new rust-free, dent-proof plastic was reportedly 50% lighter and 50% cheaper to produce than steel. This new plastic body cut the total weight of the car from 3,000 to 2,000 pounds. The sheets had an appearance similar to polished steel, and could be bent but just snapped back
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Boyer also used the soy isolates to produce the world's first plant protein fiber in 1938. This fiber resembled a soft wool, was tan in color, had a medium luster and a soft warm feel. It was advertised as “it has 80% the strength of wool, took the same dyes, had good elongation, and did not wet as
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extractor to separate the bean into soy oil and protein-rich meal”. The soybean oils became the most crucial commercial soy products on
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