By Patrick-Drinkwater

CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE

• Most carbon fiber products we see and use are actually a Composite of Carbon Fiber fabric coated in Epoxy.
• Sizing is applied to the Carbon Fiber filaments during production and significantly enhances the Epoxies ability to bind to surface of Carbon Filaments.
• Sizing only contributes normally 0.5 - 5% of a filament weight.
• The composite material is both long Carbon Fiber filaments and a glue-like epoxy coating known as a "thermoset."
• When curing, molecules in the liquid resin bind with each other around the woven carbon filaments, hardening into a strong and rigid lattice.
• This resulting Carbon Fiber composite is extremely lightweight and strong.