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For many years glass fibre reinforced thermoplastics have successfully bridged the materials gap between unreinforced thermoplastics and the more conventional engineering materials such as steel and wood. More recently structural foams have been developed to reduce the weight of plastic products, at the same time providing a one-step route to a twin-component structure which could maximise the properties per unit weight at a minimum cost.
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McGrath, G.C., Clegg, D.W. (1986). Reinforced Thermoplastic Foams. In: Clegg, D.W., Collyer, A.A. (eds) Mechanical Properties of Reinforced Thermoplastics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4193-9_10
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