Is it possible to make a car exhaust from carbon fiber?

Is it possible to make a car exhaust from carbon fiber?

I can’t find anywhere clear what the melting point of carbon fiber is.

Asker: carlo, age 18

Answer

Simply no. The temperature of an exhaust is so high that this is impossible. On the engine we measure up to 1100°C with petrol and up to 900°C with diesel. At the end we still have temperatures of 400 to 850°C.

These are much too high for carbon, so that an exhaust in carbon is technically not possible.

Mark

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Mark Pecqueur

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Is it possible to make a car exhaust from carbon fiber?

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