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Corvette engineers make sunscreen for carbon fiber

[ 0 ] November 8, 2010 | Rick Gideon

Mark Voss, senior design engineer for General Motors, worked with this design team to pro-actively combat an engineering problem. You see, carbon fiber degrades with exposure to ultraviolet light, so the design team came up with a clear coat that blocks the particular wavelengths that damage the carbon fiber and helps protect it. Just like a permanent sunscreen

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