In the early '90s GE made a high temperature gas turbine stage out of something called carbon-carbon. It could handle inlet temperatures over 3000 degrees F as long as there wasn't any O2 in the stream, otherwise it would burn up. They were hoping for a coating that would seal out O2.
What is carbon-carbon?
Bret Cahill
You can find a formal description of carbon-carbon composites here -
BretCahill wrote:
Interesting Web site with some thought-provoking descriptions of different composite technologies. That's a keeper. Thanks.
Mark 'Sporky' Stapleton Watermark Design, LLC
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