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Processing, structure, and properties of carbon fibers ...
· The first known use of carbon fiber filaments is attributed to Thomas Edison in 1879 during his work on the incandescent light bulb through the baking of cotton threads or bamboo strips .Evidence of the production of graphite whiskers was reported by Bacon beginning in 1958, which culminated in his seminal 1960 paper and patent .Bacon reported graphite whiskers with a tensile strength of 2000 ...