Table 6.

Typical properties of CFRP [29,30].

Property	Carbon Fiber
	Pitch Carbon		Polyacrylic Nitril Carbon
	Common	High Modulus	High Modulus	High Strength
Density (g/cm3)	1.6~1.7	1.9~2.1	1.8~2.0	1.7~1.8
Tensile Strength (MPa)	764~980	2940~3430	2450~3920	3430
Young’s Modulus (Pa)	37~39	392~784	343~637	196~235
Elongation (%)	2.1~2.5	0.4~1.5	0.4~0.8	1.3~1.8
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (10–6/°C)	–0.6 up to –0.2	–1.2 up to –0.1	–1.2 up to –0.1	–0.6 up to –0.2