Carbon fiber for consumer applications

One of the newest trends in engineering materials is natural fiber reinforced composites (NFCs). The most important factor in engineering product manufacture is cost effectiveness. These NFCs are favored in most applications because they are less polluting and have a larger fiber content for equal performance, reducing the use of more polluting base polymers. Carbon fiber reinforced composite materials that were developed in the 1950s as a reinforcement for high temperatures molded plastic component on missiles. Carbon fiber were containing 90% from Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and 10% from Rayon or Petroleum pitch. Carbon fiber is one of the polymers and it is a strong material, but it is lightweight. They were consisting of a thin but strong crystalline filament of carbon. The carbon fiber was made from a process that is a part chemical and part mechanical. The carbon atoms in carbon fiber are bonded together in microscopic crystals. The crystal alignment will make the fiber incredibly strong. Carbon fiber were classified by the tensile modulus of the fiber. Tensile modulus is a measure of how much pulling force a certain diameter fiber can exert without breaking. Carbon fiber always used in part of automobiles, airplanes, and recreational product and because of their unique properties, it is also used to make a phone case.