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FOR IMMEDIATE RELE2lSE CcMPONElQTS

According t o i ts builder, @ace Technology Laboratories, Inc,,

Los Angeles, there are over 100,000 separate ccrmponents contained i n NASA's

Explorer VI now circling the earth.

This includes everything frcnn condensers t o clamps, Most of the

parts are carmnercially available with a relatively small nmber hand-crafted

for specific uses

A large variety of metals and plast ics was also used i n

constructing the payload, representing half of a l l the elements shown on

the physicist 's table of elements,

Among metals used are l i thium and magnesium and rare earths.

Plastics, including Epoxy resins, which because of toughness and ab i l i ty

insure moisture protection, supplied coatings of glue on small resistors

and capacitors.

Another plast ic used i s Teflon, because of i t s quali t ies as a

superior dialectric and as an excellent high temperature insulator. The

l a t t e r was developed expressly for use i n miniaturized equipment.