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It is likely that the mid-20th century into the 21st century will be known as the age of synthetics; these are plastics, man-made fibres, synthetic rubbers, composite materials and synthetic adhesives. Over the past 100 years a massive industry has been created which symbolizes the 20th century just as clearly as iron and then steel characterized the 19th century.
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Hollaway, L. (1993). Introduction. In: Polymer Composites for Civil and Structural Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2136-1_1
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