{"id":166027,"date":"2023-06-19T07:23:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T12:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/3d-printed-superalloy-could-make-power-plants-more-efficient"},"modified":"2023-06-19T07:23:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T12:23:08","slug":"3d-printed-superalloy-could-make-power-plants-more-efficient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/3d-printed-superalloy-could-make-power-plants-more-efficient","title":{"rendered":"3D-printed \u201csuperalloy\u201d could make power plants more efficient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/3d-printed-superalloy-could-make-power-plants-more-efficient2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new high-performance metal alloy, called a superalloy, could help boost the efficiency of the turbines used in power plants and the aerospace and automotive industries.<\/p>\n<p>Created using a 3D printer, the superalloy is composed of a blend of six elements that altogether form a material that\u2019s both lighter and stronger than the standard materials used in conventional turbine machinery. The strong superalloy could help industries cut both costs and carbon emissions \u2014 if the approach can be successfully scaled up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The challenge:<\/strong> In the world of materials science, the search for new metal alloys has been heating up in recent years. For over a century, we\u2019ve depended on relatively simple alloys like steel, composed of 98% iron, to form the backbone of our manufacturing and construction industries. But today\u2019s challenges demand more: alloys that can withstand higher temperatures and remain strong under stress, yet still be lightweight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new high-performance metal alloy, called a superalloy, could help boost the efficiency of the turbines used in power plants and the aerospace and automotive industries. Created using a 3D printer, the superalloy is composed of a blend of six elements that altogether form a material that\u2019s both lighter and stronger than the standard materials [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,1635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}