Carbon fiber is a new variety of super strong material that is also lightweight. It is five times as strong as steel and two times as stiff, yet it only weighs about two-thirds less. Carbon fibre is just thin strands of carbon, even thinner than human hair. These strands can be braided or twisted together just like yarn.

The method for manufacturing carbon fibers is part chemical and part mechanical. The material is strained into long strands of fiber and heated to a very high temperature without letting it come in contact with oxygen. The fiber cannot burn without oxygen. The material then goes through a process called carbonization. The attempts to mass produce Carbon Fiber have failed so far due to scarce demand and lack of skilled workers. Not to mention that it is expensive.

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