SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-24 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-square94linkfedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down112
arrow-up1101arrow-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-24 days agomessage-square94linkfedilink
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 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.