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His pioneering work developing superferritic stainless steels led to the development of new alloys (see United States
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3932175 Streicher "Chromium, molybdenum ferritic stainless steels" January 13, 1976
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3932174 Streicher "Chromium, molybdenum ferritic stainless steels" January 13, 1976
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3929473 Streicher "Chromium, molybdenum ferritic stainless steels" December 30, 1975
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2839392 Streicher "Corrosion Resistant Alloy" June 17, 1958
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