The phrase "a plastic material" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a substance made from synthetic polymers, often in contexts related to manufacturing, packaging, or materials science.
Example: "The product is made from a plastic material that is both durable and lightweight."
Alternatives: "a synthetic substance" or "a polymeric material."
Smiths used wrought iron as though it were a plastic material, meant to be employed in extravagant forms wherever possible.
"Play-Doh," Koons explained, is one of six "Celebration" sculptures that he is casting in polyethylene, a plastic material that is used a lot in the toy industry.
By 1956, he had a small chemical company that was producing four tons a day of PVC, a plastic material used for products like sprinkler-system piping.
The plate or film consists of glass or of a plastic material that is covered with a thin layer of a silver compound.
Regulators from the United States, the European Union, Canada and Japan have made coordinated raids on 14 companies that are suspected of possibly fixing the price of chemicals used to manufacture PVC, a plastic material used to make pipes.
Meanwhile for the recycling phase, Scott is developing a plastic material from plant cellulose for the phone's skeleton, and circuit boards that dissolve into sugars in the presence of engineered bacteria.
A printer capable of printing different colors within a clear plastic material would make a model of the prevacuolar compartment more accurate.
The key to the invention is a new plastic material called a photorefractive polymer that allows 3D images to be recorded from many perspectives and updated every two seconds.
Yet another kind of thermoplastic elastomer is made by blending a specific elastomer with a specific plastic material.
We tested multi-way CPEC by constructing and cloning a metabolic pathway for synthesizing a biodegradable plastic material, poly 3HB-co-4HB) in E. coli.
A unique construction system pairs with an advanced plastic material resulting in a lightweight, unbreakable product.
