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Know your stuff: Collect our pick of material wonders

6 March 2013

Just 92 elements are known in nature – but human ingenuity has combined them to make a world of materials with amazing properties. A new collection shortly to open in London shows there is more to many of them than meets the eye

Read more:That’s the stuff: Welcome to the Materials Library

(Image: James Day)

(Image: James Day)

(Image: James Day)

(Image: James Day)

(Image: James Day)

(Image: James Day)

(Image: James Day)

The Materials Library collection is due to open its doors at University College London’s Institute of Making on 14 March, and will have monthly public open days

(Image: Dave Stock)

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