Carbon fiber bundle and method for producing the same

Abstract

The present invention provides: a carbon fiber bundle which exhibits excellent filament shape stability when forming a composite material, and a carbon fiber composite material which exhibits high tensile strength; and a method for producing the same. The provided carbon fiber bundle exhibits a tensile elasticity as a resin-impregnated strand of 265-300 GPa, a tensile strength as a resin-impregnated strand of 6.0 GPa or more, a knot strength of 820 N/mm2 or more, a filament number of 30,000 or more, and an average tear distance of 600-850 mm, wherein the rate of change in filament width is 8% or less when the carbon fiber bundle is unraveled under the conditions stipulated in the description, and there are four or fewer sections per 1,000 m which exhibit a filament width equal to or less than 75% of the average filament width when the carbon fiber bundle is unraveled under the conditions stipulated in the description.

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