Carbon Fiber
Carbon Fiber report
Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Historical events of Carbon fiber 3
Properties 4
Applications 4
Conclusion 5
Bibliography 6
Introduction
There are a lot of new materials that has emerged and been used by engineers and scientists such as Aerogel, Metal foam, Bioplastic, Carbon fiber, Graphene and others. This is helping engineers build all new types of machines and instruments such as touch screen mobiles, automobile sensors, computers, planes and a lot more.
This report will focus on a certain material called Carbon fiber. This material is being used a lot due to it is properties, for example Carbon fiber is five times stronger than steel and weighs three times less. Most cars use steel for body parts but imagine replacing steel with carbon fiber that would open a whole new road for car industries.
The report will discuss some historical events and background information about carbon fiber. Also, it will focus on carbon fiber properties and two applications for it.
Historical events of Carbon fiber
In the late 1800s Thomas Edison carbonized bamboo and cotton to produce filaments for his light bulbs (Johnson, n.d.).
In 1958 Roger Bacon created high performance carbon fibers at the Union Carbide. His method was to heat strands of a material called rayon (artificial silk) until they are carbonized, but this method proved to be inadequate because the resulting fibers had only carried 20% of carbon and the properties of it were inefficient, such as low strength and stiffness ("Carbon (fiber) ,n.d." ).
In the early 1960s the process of Carbon fiber was developed by Dr. Akio Shindo at Agency Of Industrial Science and Technology of Japan, which improved carbon fiber and contained 50% of carbon ("Carbon (fiber), n.d." ).
In 1963, the properties of carbon fiber were acknowledged, such as high strength, by W. Watt, L.N. Philips and W. Johnson at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, Hampshire ("Carbon (fiber),
Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Historical events of Carbon fiber 3
Properties 4
Applications 4
Conclusion 5
Bibliography 6
Introduction
There are a lot of new materials that has emerged and been used by engineers and scientists such as Aerogel, Metal foam, Bioplastic, Carbon fiber, Graphene and others. This is helping engineers build all new types of machines and instruments such as touch screen mobiles, automobile sensors, computers, planes and a lot more.
This report will focus on a certain material called Carbon fiber. This material is being used a lot due to it is properties, for example Carbon fiber is five times stronger than steel and weighs three times less. Most cars use steel for body parts but imagine replacing steel with carbon fiber that would open a whole new road for car industries.
The report will discuss some historical events and background information about carbon fiber. Also, it will focus on carbon fiber properties and two applications for it.
Historical events of Carbon fiber
In the late 1800s Thomas Edison carbonized bamboo and cotton to produce filaments for his light bulbs (Johnson, n.d.).
In 1958 Roger Bacon created high performance carbon fibers at the Union Carbide. His method was to heat strands of a material called rayon (artificial silk) until they are carbonized, but this method proved to be inadequate because the resulting fibers had only carried 20% of carbon and the properties of it were inefficient, such as low strength and stiffness ("Carbon (fiber) ,n.d." ).
In the early 1960s the process of Carbon fiber was developed by Dr. Akio Shindo at Agency Of Industrial Science and Technology of Japan, which improved carbon fiber and contained 50% of carbon ("Carbon (fiber), n.d." ).
In 1963, the properties of carbon fiber were acknowledged, such as high strength, by W. Watt, L.N. Philips and W. Johnson at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, Hampshire ("Carbon (fiber),
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