Jet engines work at a higher temperature that the melting point of Titanium Superalloy so how do they not melt?
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2 things: Cooling and alloy. As the others have stated, air is bled from the “cold” side and used to cool the turbine blades. They are made of a nickel super alloy that is one single crystal and can withstand temperatures in excess of 1000 degrees celcius.
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