Carbon Fibers

High stiffness and strength combiend with low weight are the advantages offered by carbon fibers in the manufacture of reinforced composites. Effective use of these materials depends on an understanding of structure–property relationships One method of help in this work in small angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS), where the intensity distributions (see figure) can be used to determine orientation, shape, size and volume fraction of structural features resulting from different processing temperatures. equation image