15 years ago there started a great push to move away from GlassFiberRP towards CarbonFRP by making CF cheaper. I thought they might have achieved that to some level, but I guess even with CF being the lowest cost almost ever it is still not low enough. It would only become low enough if another CF precursor is found to make good general purpose CF.
The reasoning is reduced density of CF compared to GF, and the much greater specific strengths and moduli of general purpose CF compared to general purpose GF.
Wind turbine blades are fiber glass.
15 years ago there started a great push to move away from GlassFiberRP towards CarbonFRP by making CF cheaper. I thought they might have achieved that to some level, but I guess even with CF being the lowest cost almost ever it is still not low enough. It would only become low enough if another CF precursor is found to make good general purpose CF.
The reasoning is reduced density of CF compared to GF, and the much greater specific strengths and moduli of general purpose CF compared to general purpose GF.