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...Carbon fibre composites are billed as the next big frontier in automotive materials....
...He explains that the challenge is to make a polymer that is both hard and flexible — usually plastic materials become brittle when they become harder....
...Though the half-scissors are hard, they are also brittle as the crystalline structure is still prone to fracture....
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...The partnership between these two proud and self-confident men was always brittle....
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