Titanium - The Metal That Made The SR-71 Possible

Sign up to Nebula here: https://go.nebula.tv/realengineering New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/ Vlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMet4qY3027v8KjpaDtDx-g Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2825050&ty=h Facebook: http://facebook.com/realengineering1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianjamesmcmanus Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEngineering/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebrianmcmanus Discord: https://discord.gg/s8BhkmN Get your Real Engineering shirts at: https://standard.tv/collections/real-engineering Credits: Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster https://twitter.com/forgottentowel References: [1] https://grantadesign.com/education/students/charts/ [2] http://www.metalary.com/titanium-price/#:~:text=As%20of%20January%202016%2C%20the,2005%20was%20%2421%2C000%20per%20ton. [3] https://kyocera-sgstool.co.uk/titanium-resources/titanium-information-everything-you-need-to-know/titanium-ores/#:~:text=Titanium%20can%20be%20mined%20from,as%20they%20reach%20the%20sea. [4] https://www.essentialchemicalindustry.org/metals/titanium.html#:~:text=The%20titanium%20is%20purified%20by,titanium%20ore%20into%20useful%20products. [5] http://www-eng.lbl.gov/~shuman/NEXT/MATERIALS&COMPONENTS/Pressure_vessels/Ti_forming_ASM.pdf [6] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1361/105994905X75448 [7] https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90B00170R000100050008-1.pdf [8] Page 77 https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783540713975 [9] https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90B00170R000100050008-1.pdf [10] https://grantadesign.com/education/students/charts/ [11] Page 11 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20090007797.pdf [12] https://inversesolutionsinc.com/why-is-machining-titanium-difficult/#:~:text=WHY%20TITANIUM%20IS%20SO%20DIFFICULT%20TO%20MACHINE&text=This%20can%20create%20poor%20surface,the%20tool%20and%20impede%20function. [13] https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90B00170R000100080001-5.pdf [14] https://www.kobelco.co.jp/english/titan/files/details.pdf [15] https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20090007797.pdf [16] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1361%2F105994905X75448 Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage. Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Songs: Thank you to my patreon supporters: Adam Flohr, Henning Basma, Hank Green, William Leu, Tristan Edwards, Ian Dundore, John & Becki Johnston. Nevin Spoljaric, Jason Clark, Thomas Barth, Johnny MacDonald, Stephen Foland, Alfred Holzheu, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Binghaith, Brent Higgins, Dexter Appleberry, Alex Pavek, Marko Hirsch, Mikkel Johansen, Hibiyi Mori. Viktor Józsa, Ron Hochsprung