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Material
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'''Material''' is anything made of [[matter]], constituted of one or more [[Chemical substance|substance]]s. Wood, cement, hydrogen, air and water are all examples of materials. Sometimes the term "material" is used more narrowly to refer to substances or components with certain physical properties that are used as inputs to [[Production, costs, and pricing|production]] or [[man(contracted; show full)

;Steel
[[Steel-making]] is another example – raw materials in the form of [[ore]] are mined, refined and processed into [[steel]], a semi-finished material. Steel is then used as an input in many other industries to make finished products. Some materials rust
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==See also==
* [[Chemical compound]]
* [[Chemical substance]]
* [[Materials science]]
* [[List of building materials]]
* [[Raw material]]

== External links ==
{{Wiktionary|material}}
{{Commonscat|Materials}}

[[Category:Materials| ]]

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