Acronym and details: A composite material made woven carbon fibres in a plastic resin.
Group: thermoset
Developed: 1963
Trade names:
Manufacturing process: resin transfer moulding or compression moulding
Cost: high
Colour: any colour, often showing the black carbon weave
Transparency: opaque
Rigidity: rigid
Feel: hard
Smell: none
Other:
Typical uses: applications that require lightness in weight, high strength, and controlled stiffness such as vehicle bodywork and sports equipment.
Degradation: relatively stable