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CHAPTER THREE CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS The importance of an understanding of the materials used in civil engineering is widely recognized. Designers ideas can not become true without various civil engineering materials of correct size and good properties. So, knowledge of various kinds of civil engineering materials is central to a civil engineers career. Introduction to Civil Engineering Materials Civil engineering materials can be natural and manmade. They contain rock, metals, timber, concrete, bituminous resembling or containing bitumen沥青的；含沥青的, soil, polymers聚合物；高分子, bricks and blocks