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1. Composite materials
In a general sense, any raw material containing fillers can be referred to as a composite. However, in this treatise, this term is currently reserved for materials comprising a reinforcement in filamentary form .
Concrete made from aggregates and cement paste and reinforced concrete are considered composite materials in civil engineering.
In the first case, it's a composite material made up of two complementary, immiscible elements. In the second case, it's a composite made up of a binder, called the matrix, the concrete, and a reinforcement of long fibers, the steel...
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