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Materials: How They Work Clips

  1. Who invented reinforced concrete?

    Duration: 01:42

  2. The history and uses of carbon fibre

    Duration: 05:38

  3. The atomic structure of metals

    Duration: 02:41

  4. How the Romans made concrete

    Duration: 04:00

  5. How reinforced concrete works

    Duration: 02:37

  6. The structure and uses of vulcanised rubber

    Duration: 07:04

  7. Superconductors and the 'Meissner effect'

    Duration: 03:51

  8. Why is concrete so brittle?

    Duration: 03:20

  9. The plastic revolution

    Duration: 01:50

  10. Discovery and uses of graphene

    Duration: 02:34

  11. Extracting copper

    Duration: 02:37

  12. The structure, properties and uses of Bakelite

    Duration: 05:37

  13. The discovery of superconductivity

    Duration: 02:37

  14. Development and uses of optical fibres

    Duration: 05:09

  15. Superalloys and the jet engine

    Duration: 02:52

  16. Bronze - The first alloy

    Duration: 02:59