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Carbon fiber has not been used on this type of deep-diving sub before and is considered to be unreliable under pressure due to delamination.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
Titan suffered a catastrophic implosion due to structural failure of its carbon fiber composite pressure hull and the carbon fiber hull showed signs of fatigue and delamination in testing before the fatal dive.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
It has since been determined this was likely delamination of the carbon fiber (separation of its layers), which significantly weakened the hull.
—Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 11 June 2025
One of the key steps of the process comes right before the delamination when lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2) is exposed to high-temperature annealing to create the crystallinity of material that results in the high-performance solid-state LIB.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Aug. 2012
The purple hue is the result of the delamination of the phosphor-silicon layer in the streetlights' LED chips.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
During inspections, teams conduct visual and hands-on searches for delamination, voids or weakened areas, according to the department.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
From decarbonization to delamination, the winners are (hopefully) a sign of the times.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
This is called delamination, and delamination is the enemy of durability.
—Jeff Wilser, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
Titan suffered a catastrophic implosion due to structural failure of its carbon fiber composite pressure hull and the carbon fiber hull showed signs of fatigue and delamination in testing before the fatal dive.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
It has since been determined this was likely delamination of the carbon fiber (separation of its layers), which significantly weakened the hull.
—Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 11 June 2025
One of the key steps of the process comes right before the delamination when lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2) is exposed to high-temperature annealing to create the crystallinity of material that results in the high-performance solid-state LIB.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Aug. 2012
The purple hue is the result of the delamination of the phosphor-silicon layer in the streetlights' LED chips.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
During inspections, teams conduct visual and hands-on searches for delamination, voids or weakened areas, according to the department.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
From decarbonization to delamination, the winners are (hopefully) a sign of the times.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
This is called delamination, and delamination is the enemy of durability.
—Jeff Wilser, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Delamination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delamination. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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delamination
noun
de·lam·i·na·tion
(ˌ)dē-ˌlam-ə-ˈnā-shən 
1
: separation into constituent layers
2
: gastrulation in which the endoderm is split off as a layer from the inner surface of the blastoderm and the archenteron is represented by the space between this endoderm and the yolk mass
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