Why Your Engine Doesn’t Melt
The peak gas temperature inside an internal-combustion engine can reach more than 2 500° C, but cast iron melts at around 1 200° C. How is it possible for an engine to survive?
The peak gas temperature inside an internal-combustion engine can reach more than 2 500° C, but cast iron melts at around 1 200° C. How is it possible for an engine to survive?
THE first commercially successful internal-combustion engine was patented in 1858 by Belgian Étienne Lenoir. Since then, there’s been an unending quest to increase combustion efficiency… Read more →