Composite Materials—Reflections on the First Half Century
DOI: 10.1063/1.882882
Nature tends to use composites in building strong structures. Timber, for instance, is a composite made up of strong cellulose fibers in soft lignin. Bone consists of hydroxyapatite in collagen. Although people don’t always recognize them, composites are everywhere. Only in the last 50 years or so has mankind purposely imitated these natural materials by developing artificial composites.
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More about the Authors
Tony Kelly. University of Cambridge's department of materials science and metallurgy, Cambridge, England.
Bill Clyne. University of Cambridge's department of materials science and metallurgy, Cambridge, England.
