Science presenter
Mark Miodownik describes the invention of carbon fibre composite by engineers at a
Royal Aircraft Establishment in
1963.
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Mark Miodownik describes the invention of carbon fibre composite by engineers at a Royal Aircraft Establishment in 1963. He visits the
Williams Formula 1 team headquarters to see how they have put this material to use in motor sport, before testing the properties of carbon fibre against metal.
This clip is from the BBC series Materials: How They
Work.
Materials scientist Mark Miodownik takes a look into the inner world of metals, ceramics and plastics and the microscopic structure that allows them to
function.
Mark begins his journey in the copper mines of an
Israeli desert, examining how ancient man extracted copper from rocks. He follows the quest to find stronger metals through to alloys and the invention of superalloys for the aerospace industry.
Mark also looks at the story of ceramics, which began in ancient
Rome with the invention of concrete, and at how fibre optics and superconductors are revolutionising our modern-day infrastructure.
Finally, the story of plastics, beginning with
Goodyear and the invention of vulcanised rubber, through to how
Leo Hendrik Baekeland invented Bakelite and the plastics revolution which followed, taking in carbon fibres and
F1 cars along the way, before ending with the cutting-edge discovery of the strongest material known to man - graphene - and how it might just revolutionise the
IT industry.
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- published: 14 Apr 2016
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