Turbo Four » Composites http://www.turbofour.com Your Daily Dose of Boost Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:22:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Carbotanium – Carbon Fiber + Titanium = World Exploding http://www.turbofour.com/carbotanium-carbon-fiber-titanium-world-exploding/ http://www.turbofour.com/carbotanium-carbon-fiber-titanium-world-exploding/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:28:50 +0000 admin http://www.turbofour.com/?p=36 Ok I know this car doesn’t have a turbo four but I have to say when you create a new composite from a mixture of titanium and carbon fiber ( carbotanium ) I’m going to post about it.  I can only tell you how excited i am going to be looking for carbotanium parts for my car in 10 years when it trickles down to the mainstream. Isn’t it about time regular carbon fiber was used by mainstream car makers? I know the Japanese are investing in carbon for the future so it shouldn’t be far off.

anyway here is the Carbotanium Zonda Cinque (sync) click the pic for a desktop size wallpaper.

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Title:
Carbon-titanium composites
United States Patent 5733390

Abstract:
A method of combining a beta titanium alloy with advanced carbon composites, the combination having a matched yield strength and modules of elasticity ratio. When the combination is adhesively bonded both parts will approach maximum yield strength and fail at a similar amount of total strain. The titanium and carbon composites are combined by first abrading the titanium to be bonded, coating the titanium with platinum, aging the titanium, spraying primer on the coated titanium, applying adhesive to the primer side of the titanium and then applying the carbon to the adhesive. This allows the carbon composite to bond securely to the titanium. This composite uses the best properties of each component, the combination having a better set of properties than either part.

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