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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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A key factor will be lightweight composites, materials made of several components, including carbon fibres.
The carbon fibres used to make Glasser Braided Carbon Fibre Bows are woven in a continuous pattern and carried down the entire length of the bow.
Bolton, UK and Lantor Universal Carbon Fibres, Gomersal, UK.
 
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