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The range of materials available to the engineer is vast and these materials may possess widely differing properties. Timber, concrete, glass, rubber, and copper are all used by engineers, but in character and properties they are completely different from one another. Within one group of materials, properties may range from a soft and easily deformed metal such as lead to tool steels which are hard and tough.
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John, V.B. (1983). Atomic Structure. In: Introduction to Engineering Materials. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17190-3_1
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