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carbon fibre

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carbon fibre is mainly produced by separating a chain of carbon atoms from polyacrynitrile through heating and oxidation. Combined with epoxy it is exceptionally strong and light for its weight. First used at sea in the masts of the International America's Cup Class yachts in 1992, it is now employed in the construction of yachts' hulls, spars, and sails. In 2004 the largest vessel ever built of sandwich-constructed carbon fibre, the first of the Swedish Navy's Visby-class corvettes, was launched. If the hull proves cost-effective, carbon fibre could become one of the shipbuilding materials of the future.

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carbon fibre

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carbon fibre Form of carbon made by heating textile fibres to high temperatures. The result is fibres (typically 0.001cm in diameter) which are, weight-for-weight, some of the strongest of all fibres. They are too short to be woven into a super-strong yarn. Instead they are incorporated into plastics, ceramics and glass, which give the materials great strength.

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