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To answer my own question, I found some information on the red ring oil (rötring) from the Fischer-Tropsch website: Red ring oil (rötring) is mostly synthetic Specific gravity @ 60F: 0.873-0.875 Viscosity @ 140F: 342-350 Viscosity index: 105 Flash point: 405F Sulphur content: 0.16%

I'm trying to find some information on Luftwaffe red ring oil (rötring) and green spindle oil (spindelöl grün). A modern equivalent to these two oils would be very helpful as well. Thanks.

The 5 lbs chromium comes from the same article that I reference above: "With the hollow Cromadur sheet metal blade, the complete 004B engine had less than 5 lbs chromium." However, the article does not cite a reference for this particular statement. Maybe the 7 lb reference is taking into...

The excerpt below may answer some of your material questions: "In 1936, when development work on the Jumo 004 started, a high-temperature Krupp steel known as P-193 was available. This material, which contained Ni, Cr, and Ti, could be given good high-temperature strength by means of solution...