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12 Civil Engineering Materials 土木工程材料 Building Materials 建筑材料 The materials are the basic elements of any building. Building materials may be classified into three groups, according to the purposes they are used for. The first group is structural materials. Structural materials are those that hold the building up, keep it rigid, form its outer covering of walls and roof, and divide its interior into rooms. The second group is materials for the equipment inside the building, such as the plumbing, heating and lighting systems. Finally,there are materials that are used to protect or decorate the