Klarinet Archive - Posting 000260.txt from 1998/02

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Was it elitism...?
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 04:42:36 -0500

Edwin V. Lacy wrote:
> If it is a compound, it is a plastic; if it is a mixture,
> then it is not, according to the scientific classification of such things.

Here in car land we'd call it a composite since it inherits some
properties from each material and has some properties that neither
has alone, but each material remains distinct. More a mixture than a
compound.
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