How Is Carbon Fiber

Carbon fiber is a very popular synthetic compound all over the world. This special fiber is made from the chemical element carbon.

We have heard many times about this famous material, which is used to make a multitude of compounds. Fiber is so famous and special because it is just as strong as heavy metal but just as light as a piece of plastic, making it pretty much the ideal material.

However, carbon fiber is quite complex in terms of structure and morphology. For this reason, its composition and everything related to it must be learned, since in this way we will be able to understand the reason for its almost miraculous properties of resistance and low weight at the same time.

In today’s article from the engine section of doncomos.com, we are going to study this material in depth, explaining things like its composition, its structure, its properties or the uses that are most given to the component.

What do you need for carbon fiber?

• Read this article carefully to learn everything about carbon fiber.
• If you could have access to any material made of carbon fiber, it would be perfect to see for yourself its properties.

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1. Composition and structure: Carbon fiber is mainly composed of the chemical element of the same name. If we talk about carbon, we are referring to an element in which the structure of its particles can give minerals and materials that are very different from each other. To give two examples, carbon is the main component of coal stones and the main component of diamond, with the only difference being the structure of the particles, giving minerals that are opposite in color and value, but that carry the same. Returning to carbon fiber, we have a structure in superimposed sheets in an irregular hexagon. These sheets are joined with very powerful links, which makes them very compacted together and therefore extremely hard but light at the same time.
2. Properties: Now we are going to talk about the different properties of this famous material.
   1. Resistance: It is a very resistant material, withstanding blows from the outside very well, being similar to heavy metals such as iron.
   2. Weight per volume (density): The low mass of carbon fiber makes it very light, achieving a lower weight than polymers or wood.
   3. Insulating: Carbon fiber is insulating, that is, it is capable of protecting what is inside it from both the cold and the heat from the outside, being able to remain in its original state in extreme conditions.
3. Uses: The fiber is being used as the main material in many objects of the everyday world.
   1. Bicycles: They are used for their frame, since this way we achieve a frame as resistant as the old steel ones and lighter than aluminum.
   2. Cars: More and more cars have carbon fiber as a material in the bodies, this makes them very resistant but weigh little.
   3. Motor competition: Formula 1, motorcycling… the vehicles of these modalities are created with carbon fiber to achieve a car resistant to blows but with little weight and therefore more speed.
   4. Sports: It is not only used in the motor, but also in physical sports such as soccer, tennis or inline skating, in which the sports materials are created with that material.
   5. Leisure: From fishing rods, watches, to musical instruments, jewelry or even laptops. It is increasingly common to find carbon fiber.
   6. Construction: Due to its insulating properties and its low density, fiber is being used more and more in construction, thus achieving warm houses due to everything that isolates from the outside.
   7. Others: Camera tripods, knee prostheses…

Carbon Fiber Tips

• High price: Although it is true that this price has decreased considerably in recent years, carbon fiber is still a fairly expensive material to manufacture and therefore to acquire. This is due to the complex manufacturing system that must go through, which consists of putting it in hydrogen atmospheres at temperatures of more than 1500 degrees in an autoclave oven, in which they are left for several weeks until the bonds are created and the fibers are joined correctly. As you can imagine, all of this is quite expensive, without taking into account the salary that the engineers and workers in charge of manufacturing it earn, as well as the materials necessary to support the creation of the final carbon fiber, plus its improvement processes and maintenance. However, it is expected that in successive years the price will decrease, mainly due to technological advances in furnaces and hydrogen atmospheres, thanks to which it is expected to lower its production.