The 2004 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering presented to Roger Bacon |
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| Authors: | Brian J Sullivan |
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| Institution: | Materials Research and Design, Inc., Wayne, PA 19087, USA |
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| Abstract: | The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA, awarded the 2004 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering to Roger Bacon for his fundamental research on the production of graphite whiskers and the determination of their microstructure and properties, for his pioneering development efforts in the production of the world's first continuously processed carbon fibers and the world's first high modulus and high-strength carbon fibers, and for his contributions to the development of carbon fibers from alternative starting materials. |
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| Keywords: | Graphite whiskers Carbon fibers Rayon Polyacrylonitrile Mesophase pitch Composite materials |
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