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Old 02-04-2009, 12:18 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Question: I heard that CF was *not* recyclable in the way that steel and other metals are. Is this true?
It stands to reason. You can rather simply extract the steel from a car and make another car. Separating the carbon from the polymers takes some interesting chemicals and/or mechanical shredding (which shortens the fibers and weakens the result) Carbon fiber reinforced polymer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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