What happens if you chuck sand into a jet engine? This video unpacks everything—from how jets generate thrust and why their fans are so massive to the secret sauce inside their turbine blades. You’ll get a backstage pass to Rolls-Royce’s precision casting plant, discover how nickel-based superalloys (think gamma-prime phases and single-crystal structures) survive 1,000°C+ environments, and meet the experts who made it all possible.
After diving into crystal structures, edge dislocations and advanced cooling tricks, the grand finale shows you exactly what sand does to spinning blades—pitting, erosion, performance loss and the limits of modern metallurgy. Along the way you’ll spot cool animations, hear from Cambridge and Ruhr University researchers, and even catch a KiwiCo sponsorship shout-out (plus a fun sweepstakes and tabletop-game teaser).
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