Materials are physical substances used as inputs to production or manufacturing. Raw materials are first extracted or harvested from the earth and divided into a form that can be ...
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Material flow analysis (MFA) is a method to analyse the flows of a material (or substance; substance flow analysis) in a well-defined system under study.
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Definitions of material at Dictionary.com. ... 2. anything that serves as crude or raw matter to be used or developed: Wood pulp is the raw material from which paper is made.
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