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Ultralight carbon fiber lattices achieve aluminum-level performance at a fraction of the weight

Researchers at Seoul National University have developed a new class of ultralight structural materials that combine the ...
CompositesWorld

The world’s first 100% green carbon fiber, from Qatar

Although not named explicitly in the country’s Third National Development Strategy, carbon fiber as a high-strength, lightweight material clearly aligns with key roadmap objectives. These include ...
Jalopnik

Can Carbon Fiber Wheels Be Repaired?

Carbon fiber wheels exist because, for the right kind of driver — or automaker — they solve problems aluminum never could. They're light but made of sturdy and durable carbon fibers tightly interlaced ...
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 ...
New Atlas

Enthusiast 3D printer uses continuous carbon fiber to produce super-strong parts

Anyone who's mucked about with consumer-grade 3D printers knows that it's infinitely cool to create stuff with them, but you can't realistically expect those products to be particularly durable. If ...
CompositesWorld

Converting carbon fiber for UHTCMC to 3500°C

Advanced Ceramic Fibers LLC (ACF, Idaho Falls, Idaho, U.S.) has developed patented processes and materials that enable ultra-high temperature (UHT) ceramic matrix composites (CMC) and metal matrix ...