Carbon fiber is made from a chemical called acrylonitrile. Currently, producers make acrylonitrile from oil, ammonia, oxygen and an expensive catalyst. The process produces a lot of heat and ...

The sealed ovens are oxygen-free. The fibers lose the bulk of their non-carbon atoms and the carbon atoms orient themselves parallel to the fiber's long axis in tightly bonded carbon crystals.

A new method for taking carbon dioxide directly from the air and converting it to oxygen and nanoscale fibers ... Imagine that carbon fiber composites eventually replace steel, aluminum, and ...

why don’t we split it into harmless carbon and oxygen? —J. Henderson, Devon, Pa. James E. Miller, a chemical engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, breaks it down: Splitting carbon ...