SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 month 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-up1114
arrow-up1114message-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-21 month agomessage-square93linkfedilink
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month 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.