High-value carbon fiber (IMAGE)

Iowa State University

High-value carbon fiber

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Iowa State engineers are turning the low-value ingredients in these beakers into the high-value carbon fiber on the lab bench. Left to right are Tannon Daugaard next to spools of carbon fiber; Abdulrahman A. B. A. Mohammed holding a beaker of bio-oil; and Xianglan Bai holding a beaker of lignin.

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Iowa State University/Christopher Gannon.

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