Aluminum alloy enables manufacture of more powerful steam turbine-generators

Development by the General Electric Company of a new alloy called “Gond-AI” has enabled the company to begin manufacture of steam turbine-generators which are 35 per cent more powerful than any of their type now in existence. The outcome of 8 years of research, Gond-Al is composed of aluminum, with very small quantities of iron, magnesium, and silicon.