The Crazy Physics of Jet Engines

Veritasium · 2:55

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This is one of the most powerful jet engines in the world, and it runs at temperatures more than 250 degrees celsius hotter than the melting point of the materials that make it up.

So why doesn't it melt?…

This is one of the most powerful jet engines in the world, and it runs at temperatures more than 250 degrees celsius hotter than the melting point of the materials that make it up.

So why doesn't it melt?…

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