ABSTRACT
In order to understand the role that carbon fibers can play, the attributes of carbon fibers must be considered:
The disadvantages are:
20.2 TYPES OF CARBON FIBERS AVAILABLE IN THE WORLD MARKET
The first commercial carbon fibers were based on viscose rayon, a cellulosic precursor, but Polycarbon is now the only current producer of this type of carbon fiber. The properties of rayon-based carbon fibers are listed in Table 20.1. A difficult fiber to produce with a low yield, its main use is in existing space programs.
