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Carbon fiber composite to replace glass in Corvette.(Polymers/Ceramics)
Advanced Materials & Processes, August, 2003
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The hood for the 2004 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Commemorative Edition is to be constructed of a carbon composite, reports General Motors, Troy, Mich. The hood is composed of a thin outer carbon fiber/epoxy skin bonded to an inner hybrid structure made of carbon fiber sheet molding compound blended with low density glass-fiber sheet molding compound.
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The new carbon fiber hood weighs 20.5 lb (9.3 kg) and is 1.2 mm thick, compared with 31 lb (14 kg) and 2.0 to ...
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