Jet Fuelimgs.xkcd.comimage fossilesque ( @fossilesque@mander.xyz ) M Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 8 days ago message-square32fedilinkarrow-up1803
arrow-up1803imageJet Fuelimgs.xkcd.com fossilesque ( @fossilesque@mander.xyz ) M Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 8 days ago message-square32fedilink
minus-square barsoap ( @barsoap@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish31•7 days agoJet fuel indeed doesn’t burn hot enough to melt steel. Forging temperature, OTOH, no issue.
minus-square illi ( @illi@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish43•edit-27 days agoYou don’t understand, steel is either solid or melted. No in-between. No idea what you mean by forging temperature, swords for example are forged by pouring liquid steel to a form, it’s in so many movies! /s obviously.
minus-square sexual_tomato ( @sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-26 days agoYeah let’s ignore the fact that it loses 70% of its strength at like 800 F, that fact invalidates my meme catchphrase!
Jet fuel indeed doesn’t burn hot enough to melt steel. Forging temperature, OTOH, no issue.
You don’t understand, steel is either solid or melted. No in-between. No idea what you mean by forging temperature, swords for example are forged by pouring liquid steel to a form, it’s in so many movies!
/s obviously.
Yeah let’s ignore the fact that it loses 70% of its strength at like 800 F, that fact invalidates my meme catchphrase!