Carbon fiber has quietly become the material of choice wherever performance really counts, from jets and race cars to bikes ...

Carbon fiber is known for being incredibly strong, lightweight, and versatile—but how is it actually made? This article breaks down the key stages of carbon fiber manufacturing and shows how different ...

A lot of claims have been made about the purported benefits of adding chopped carbon fiber to FDM filaments, but how many of ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

Technically speaking, carbon fiber dates back to 1879, when Thomas Edison created it out of cotton and bamboo slivers to produce lightbulb filament. However, it wouldn’t be refined into the strong, ...

Although you can purchase many types of FDM filaments containing ‘carbon fiber’ these days, they are in no way related to the ...

David Pogue is a six-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS Sunday Morning," where he's been a correspondent since 2002. Pogue hosts the CBS News podcast "Unsung Science." He's also a New York Times ...

One of the cycling industry's most sought-after building blocks is carbon fiber. It's light, it's strong, and on the downside, it tends to result in some awfully expensive machines. Well, Cube is ...

Figures 1a and 1b. Chinese demand for carbon fiber by application in metric tons in 2023 (left) and a 2023 Chinese/global application comparison in kilotons (right). Source (All Images) | Lin Gang ...

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Carbon fibers consist of thin filaments (5–10 micrometers in diameter) made of long chains of carbon atoms arranged in a polycrystalline structure. These fibers contain 92–100 wt% anisotropic carbon ...