Abstract
Toughness is often the deciding factor in materials selection. The continuing growth in the use of plastics for engineering and other applications is due in no small measure to the development, during the past three decades, of new and tougher plastics materials. Plastics are gradually losing their reputation for brittleness as these newer materials, effectively used in well-designed products, become more familiar to the general public.
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Bucknall, C.B. (1977). The Growth of a Technology. In: Toughened Plastics. Materials Science Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-5349-4_1
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