• assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s wild to me how “jet fire can’t melt steel beams” persisted as a myth. Several engineering fields know that a material’s strength goes down at higher temperatures.

      • barsoap@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        It’s indeed true: Jet fuel doesn’t melt steel beams, it just turns them into wet noodles.