Hyosung Advanced Materials announced on Oct. 12 that it has succeeded in developing an H3065 (T-1000) ultra-high-strength carbon fiber with a tensile strength of 6.4 GPa or higher and an elastic modulus of 295 GPa or higher.
GPa is a unit for measuring the strength of a material. One GPa means the strength that a material with a size of one millimeter in width and length has when it can withstand a weight of 100 kilograms. The H3065 carbon fiber developed this time is an ultra-high-strength special carbon fiber 14 times stronger than steel. High Strength Ballistic Fabric
A T-1000 carbon fiber of the same class comes in handy in various fields in the aerospace and defense industries, such as the latest aircraft fuselages and parts made by Boeing and space launch vehicles including satellites. This is because it can withstand loads and boost propulsion while reducing the weight of a projectile as much as possible. Another advantage is that it can help increase the weight of a payload.
In the defense industry, applying carbon fiber to projectiles can improve their speed and range.
T-1000 grade carbon fibers can be produced only in Japan and the United States because they need differentiated technology for the difficult processes of polymerizing raw materials, spinning and tanning.
Polyethylene Fiber Yarn “This development of the advanced carbon fiber will accelerate Korea in growing into an advanced carbon material powerhouse that can produce ultra-high-strength carbon fibers following Japan and the United States,” Hyosung Group Chairman Cho Hyun-joon said.