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Nickel-Based Superalloys
High-Entropy Alloys
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Engineering atoms inside the jet engine: the Great British Take Off
How does a Jet Engine work?

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How is a Jet Turbine Engine like a Baked Alaska?
What do Diamonds, iron, salt and chocolate all have in common?
Looking at materials up close - The Scanning Electron Microscope

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Turbine Blade - Nickel Superalloy
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Eutectic Alloy

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Tempering Steel
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Deforming Calcite
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Dr David Collins

Dr David CCollins

Emmanuel College

Mike Ashby University Associate Professor in Materials Science

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