28 April 2019
A team of scientists at Central South University in Central China's Hunan Province, developed a new heat-resistant material for hypersonic aircraft which can for several hours endure over 3,000ÂșC of heat from friction caused by a Mach 5-20 flight within the atmosphere. The China-made new material is a composite of ceramics and refractory metals. It has been used for products in a variety of fields including aviation, space exploration, shipbuilding and national defense.
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