What's the difference between chopped carbon fiber and regular carbon fiber?

There are the following differences between short carbon fiber and ordinary carbon fiber:

Shape and appearance: Carbon fiber itself is a long and continuous fiber, with fibrous, soft characteristics, can be processed into a variety of fabrics. The short-cut carbon fiber is the carbon fiber is short-cut treatment, the length is usually calculated in millimeters, so the shape of a whisker-like.

Application: Carbon fiber with its high strength, high modulus, low density and other characteristics, in aerospace, sports equipment, medical equipment, construction, military and other fields have a wide range of applications. Because of its special form and performance, cut carbon fiber has a unique application value in the fields of reinforced modified plastics, construction, electric heating, shielding materials and new energy. For example, cut carbon fiber can be used to make carbon fiber prepregs, which are chemically fused with resins to form carbon fiber composites, and can also play a reinforcing role in plastics.

Preparation process: The preparation process of carbon fiber includes the polymer raw materials such as polyacrylonitrile (PAN), rayon, viscose fiber and other materials mixed, pre-oxidation, carbonization and other treatment, and finally the formation of carbon fiber. The preparation process of chopped carbon fiber includes pre-treatment, cutting, surface treatment, drying and packaging steps, among which cutting is the cutting of carbon fiber filament into the desired length of chopped fiber.

In general, there are differences between short carbon fiber and ordinary carbon fiber in terms of morphology, application field and preparation process. These differences make them have different application values in different fields.

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