WHAT IS CARBON FIBER?
CARBON FIBER IS...
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- VERY strong
- Extremely light weight
- Stiff
- High tensile strength
- High temperature tolerance
- Low thermal expansion
- High chemical resistance
- Very popular in aerospace, civil engineering, military, motor sports, and competition sports (lacrosse, golf, tennis, etc.)
- three times as strong as steel, twice as stiff, and only 1/4 the density
- Normally combined with plastic resin or other materials (ex:graphite)
- The carbon fiber strands can be twisted together like yarn or woven like cloth (depending on the use)
- To give carbon fiber a permanent shape, it is molded then coated with plastic resin