W. Watt, L. N. Phillips, and W. Johnson
Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough in Hampshire
Today carbon fibre has thousands of applications in boats, cars, motorbikes, sports equipment, and even in the fuselages of jet aircraft.
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In 1879, Thomas Edison baked cotton threads at high temperatures carbonizing them into an all-carbon fibre filament.
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The high potential strength of carbon fibre was realized in 1963 in a process developed at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, Hampshire.
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The process was patented by the UK Ministry of Defence, then licensed by the NRDC to three British companies: Rolls Royce already making carbon fibre, Morganite, and Courtaulds.
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The properties of carbon fibres, such as high stiffness, high tensile strength, low weight, high chemical resistance, high temperature tolerance and low thermal expansion, make them very popular in aerospace, civil engineering, military, and motor sports, along with other competition sports.
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