 | | From: | BretCahill | | Subject: | What Is Carbon-Carbon? | | Date: | 03 Jan 2005 12:47:48 GMT |
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 | In the early '90s GE made a high temperature gas turbine stage out of something
called carbon-carbon. It could handle inlet temperatures over 3000 degrees F
as long as there wasn't any O2 in the stream, otherwise it would burn up. They
were hoping for a coating that would seal out O2.
What is carbon-carbon?
Bret Cahill
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| | From: | cwsachs.dejazzd.com | | Subject: | Re: What Is Carbon-Carbon? | | Date: | Mon, 03 Jan 2005 09:24:59 -0500 |
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| You can find a formal description of carbon-carbon composites here -
http://www.composites-by-design.com/carbon-carbon.htm
Carl Sachs
BretCahill wrote:
> In the early '90s GE made a high temperature gas turbine stage out of something
> called carbon-carbon. It could handle inlet temperatures over 3000 degrees F
> as long as there wasn't any O2 in the stream, otherwise it would burn up. They
> were hoping for a coating that would seal out O2.
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> What is carbon-carbon?
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> Bret Cahill
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