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Rolls-Royce UTC

Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
 

Metals up close

The Scanning Electron Microscope is a powerful scientific instrument that can be used to look at materials ‘up-close’ and help us understand what is going on in the material. Here, you can have a look at some of the real materials currently used in the jet-turbine engine and see how they are structured. 

Click on the images below to find out more about what different metals look like up close! 

Turbine blade - Nickel Superalloy Compressor Blade - Titanium Alloy Eutectic alloy
Turbine blade Nickel Superalloy      Compressor Blade     Titanium alloy Eutectic Alloy