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The phrase "a different material" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an alternative substance or item that is not the same as the one previously mentioned.
Example: "For this project, we decided to use a different material to improve durability and performance."
Alternatives: "an alternative material" or "another type of material".
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It's also uncertain as we're working with hot gas, a different material to normal air, which should bend the light differently so it will appear to be silvery.
Every room and patio seemed to showcase a different material.
"It would have been better if they used a different material.
"It's a different material, and it gives you this different behavior," he said.
Everybody knows that beneath the facing there is a real wall, of a different material".
"They are the same geometry as 'Cloud City,' just a different material," he explained.
The necklace has 170 carved spherical beads each made from a different material.
(Students should evaluate those materials available in class and, before deciding to use a different material, consider availability and price).
The second layer is a different material, indium gallium phosphide, which gets energy from the shorter wavelengths.
Bit of a different shape or bit of a different colour or bit of a different material, but somehow they are all the same," he said.
The ablator is a different material, though, and NASA's investigation of possible air bubbles there is "just speculation right now," the worker said.
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