#carbon fibers

[brycetism]

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[materialsscienceandengineering]

New process allows full recovery of starting materials from tough polymer composites

In a win for chemistry, inventors at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have designed a closed-loop path for synthesizing an exceptionally tough carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer, or CFRP, and later recovering all of its starting materials. A lightweight, strong and tough composite material, CFRP is useful for reducing weight and increasing fuel efficiency of automobiles, airplanes and spacecraft. However, conventional CFRPs are difficult to recycle. Most have been single-use materials, so their carbon footprint is significant. By contrast, ORNL's closed-loop technology, which is published in Cell Reports Physical Science, accelerates addressing that grand challenge. "We incorporated dynamic crosslinking into a commodity polymer to functionalize it. Then, we added a crosslinker to make it like thermoset materials," said ORNL chemist and inventor Md Anisur Rahman. "Dynamic crosslinking allows us to break chemical bonds and reprocess or recycle the carbon fiber composite materials."

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[maryharrisk5]

The growing trend of vehicle miniaturization and application of lightweight carbon composites among multiple industries to provide numerous growth opportunities to the global advanced carbon materials market by 2025

[evonnebaker]

The growing trend of vehicle miniaturization and application of lightweight carbon composites among multiple industries to provide numerous growth opportunities to the global advanced carbon materials market by 2025

[neverstopoutlaw]

[cars-are-life]

[front-facing-pokemon]

[brycetism]

Generic taco sticker I got last year it now lies on my sketchbook staring into my soul as I draw God knows what whilst also complimenting me sinisterly. I fear her

[materialsscienceandengineering]

The new chemical process is not limited to wind turbine blades but works on many different so-called fibre-reinforced epoxy composites, including some materials that are reinforced with especially costly carbon fibres.

Thus, the process can contribute to establishing a potential circular economy in the wind turbine, aerospace, automotive and space industries, where these reinforced composites, due to their light weight and long durability, are used for load-bearing structures.

Being designed to last, the durability of the blades poses an environmental challenge. Wind turbine blades mostly end up at waste landfills when they are decommissioned, because they are extremely difficult to break down.

If no solution is found, we will have accumulated 43 million tonnes of wind turbine blade waste globally by 2050.

The newly discovered process is a proof-of-concept of a recycling strategy that can be applied to the vast majority of both existing wind turbine blades and those presently in production, as well as other epoxy-based materials.

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[nitprocomposites]

Why Carbon Fiber is the Preferred Material for Prosthetic Devices?

Carbon fiber has emerged as the preferred material for prosthetic devices. Prosthetic devices replace a missing body part or improve the function of a damaged one. The lightweight, high-strength material lends itself well to the purpose of prosthetics. To know more, follow our blog https://www.nitprocomposites.com/blog/why-carbon-fiber-is-the-preferred-material-for-prosthetic-devices

[demoralised]

BMW E9 CSL build with a carbon Group 4 wide-body, sequential race gearbox and a 1000hp boosted S38

[aishavass]

Carbon nanotubes category among the key product segments is expected to be the most promising segment in the global advanced carbon materials market,...