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CARBON fibres have been produced that have high strength and stiffness and a polycrystalline structure consisting of carbon crystallites oriented in the direction of the fibre axis1,2. Some evidence for recrystallization has been reported for carbon fibres heat treated in a nickel matrix3,4 and in boron5. Here we consider the effect of recrystallization on the preferred orientation of carbon fibres during an improvement in order of the carbon atoms.
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COYLE, R., GILLIN, L. & WICKS, B. Orientation of 3-D Graphite in Carbon Fibres. Nature 226, 257–259 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226257a0
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