Oak Ridge Lab Driving Down Cost Of Carbon Fiber

Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Talk of composites tends to focus on the materials in the forms used by aircraft manufacturers—tows, tapes and fabrics. But work is underway to reduce the cost and improve the performance of composite structures by looking at the carbon fibers that give the material its strength and stiffness...

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