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George, in the context of “Advanced Cement Bonded Composite Materials” Polystyrene Foam is one of those 200 materials ( bonders, fibers, and fillers ) that we have investigated in our group.
It can be used as a light filler material in many applications.
context | advanced cement bonded composite materials | bonders | : Roman Cement Bonder Composites • aluminium tobermorite • phillipsite
context: It is the nature of a composite material, which consistis of | bonder | fiber | filler | components that the properties of the structure is only very indirect tied to the properties of the materials it is made of… assuming that a glassfiber composite yacht is a “boat of fragile glass” or a carbon fiber piece is a “piece of crumbling coal” is just a concept error and a lack of understanding of the technology of composite materials …Components that have unimpressive strength by themselfs can develop impressing strength in a composite material - it depends on the builders ability to get it right - not on the materials.The very idea of a composite is that each material covers the weakness of the other materials … it is a kind of group effort…that creates new properties.