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Carbon Fibre
Carbon fibres are usually grouped according to the modulus band in which their properties fall. These are commonly referred to as high strength (HS), intermediate modulus (IM), high modulus (HM) and ultra high modulus (UHM). Carbon fibre has the highest specific stiffness of any commercially available fibre, very high strength in both tension and compression and a high resistance to corrosion creep and fatigue. Their impact strength, however, is lower than either glass or aramid, with particularly brittle characteristics being exhibited by HM and UHM fibres.

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