The advantage of this approach is that it retains the basic fibre-plus-matrix structure of the material.

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The secret lies in the extremely light and stiff composite material made of boron carbide in an aluminium matrix used for the engine.

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If we were doing it again now, the material would be taken out in its soil matrix, put in a plastic bag and kept cool.

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He had checked two more bags full of books, reading material, a Compaq computer and, implausibly, a dot-matrix printer for his Compaq computer.

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