SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-228 days agoDoes the average person know that jet fuel is just high grade Kerosene and not some specialized fuel that blows up easily?message-squaremessage-square93linkfedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down111
arrow-up1103arrow-down1message-squareDoes the average person know that jet fuel is just high grade Kerosene and not some specialized fuel that blows up easily?SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-228 days agomessage-square93linkfedilink
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-226 days agoWhich, going right back around to jet engines, is why superalloys are a thing. They aren’t stronger or even more refractory than normal steel, just more expensive, but they don’t soften at all until they’re about to melt.
Which, going right back around to jet engines, is why superalloys are a thing.
They aren’t stronger or even more refractory than normal steel, just more expensive, but they don’t soften at all until they’re about to melt.