Carbon fibre is a very light, very strong woven material of fine black threads. A carbon fibre frame, made of carbon fibre, carbon fibre panels.
The threads are set in resin, and the strength runs along them, so the weave direction has to be designed. It is stiffer than steel for its weight but fails suddenly, without bending first as metal does.
1nouncarbon fibreA very light, very strong woven material of fine black threads.
“The whole frame is carbon fibre and weighs less than a kettle.”
carbon fibre is a material.
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