Carbon fiber, a pillar of strength in materials manufacturing for decades, isn’t as good as it could be, but there are ways to improve it, according to scientists. They found the polymer chains that make up a common carbon fiber are prone to misalign during manufacture, a defect the researchers compared with a faulty zipper that weakens the product.
from Engineering and Construction News – ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161019160117.htm
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