Meaning of carbon fiber | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A very strong filament made by the pyrolysis of a synthetic fiber such as rayon.
2. A cloth or felt made from these fibers.

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““Anyone in our industry interested in the state of the art has to look at carbon fiber,” he said, adding that composite bikes could be common in three to five years. “Not only is it strong, and light, but you can position the fibers any way you want, to absorb all the stress you normally find in a bike.””

“One problem, though: with prices above $8 a pound for midgrade carbon fiber, the material costs about 20 times as much as the steel it replaces.”

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