Why is 12k carbon fiber tow more expensive than 12k Woven Carbon Cloth on a per kilo basis?


Why is 12k carbon fiber tow more expensive than 12k Woven Carbon Cloth on a per kilo basis?
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drivingsouth
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I'm comparing
- 12k carbon fiber 4,5kg tow
- Carbon Fibre 2/2 Twill 12k 650g

On a per kilo basis, using the best price on bulk, tow is 37.7 GBP Kg per kilo and cloth 32 GBP.

This doesn't seem to make make sense since cloth is tow cost + cloth making costs (machinery,etc..). Am i seeing anything wrong?
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brainfart
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Because then freedom-hating Al-Kai-Duh would use the carbon fiber to built INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES and TERRORIST FIGHTER JETS threatening PEACE and FREEDOM in GODS OWN COUNTRY.

More serious version: carbon fibers can be used to built aircraft and missile parts and parts for uranium enrichment centrifuges, and therefore a certain unnamed government which asserts the right to have universal jurisdiction tries to control who has access to these (and lots of other) materials on this planet.

Can't have Kim Jong-un drive around Pyongyang in his pimped out carbon ride, that wouldn't be cool.

> Why is it illegal?

Almost every business activity involving IRANSYRIASUDANNORTHKOREA is considered illegal these days. Even if it involves totally harmless goods.

Edited 10 Years Ago by brainfart
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