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carbon fibre
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carbon fibre
n
(Chemistry) a black silky thread of pure carbon made by heating and stretching textile fibres and used because of its lightness and strength at high temperatures for reinforcing resins, ceramics, and metals, esp in turbine blades and for fishing rods


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China Mainland has conducted research and development on carbon fibers for more than 30 years and already developed products close to type T300 in Toray of Japan.
ISBN 978-3-527-31772-1 is also attached to an older book: Chemically modified carbon fibers and their applications (1989).
Carbon fiber helmets are lighter and their shells are more durable than other helmets for carbon fiber helmets often make use of a combination of Kevlar and carbon fibers and this combination produces helmet shells that are as strong as they would be if they were made out of metal.
 
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