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Surprising Carbon-Negative Material Outperforms Concrete in Strength Tests

In the Arizona desert, a lab accident more than a decade ago set in motion the development of a building material that could ...
SlashGear

Carbon Fiber Has Serious Problems, Here's What Might Replace It

Carbon fiber's blend of incredible strength and low weight has revolutionized modern engineering. Today, you see it in everything from wind turbines and airplanes to carbon fiber car parts and sports ...
SlashGear

Carbon Fiber Explained: What It Is, How It Works, And Why It's So Expensive

If there's one fascinating fact about spiders that everyone knows, it's that their silken webs are deceptively strong. It can have a tensile strength of up to around 1000 megapascals, which can be ...
CompositesWorld

Torayca M46X carbon fiber achieves high tensile modulus with 20% strength increase

Toray Industries Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) has developed Torayca M46X carbon fiber, a material offering that is reported to be around 20% stronger than others in the Torayca MX series while maintaining a ...
Science Daily

Trial by wind: Testing the heat resistance of carbon fiber-reinforced ultra-high-temperature ceramic matrix composites

Carbon fiber-reinforced ultra-high-temperature ceramic (UHTC) matrix composites are extensively used in space shuttles and high-speed vehicles. However, these composites suffer from a lack of ...