The phrase "a primary material" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a main or essential substance used in a particular context, such as manufacturing, construction, or art.
Example: "Wood is often considered a primary material in furniture making due to its durability and aesthetic appeal."
Alternatives: "a main material" or "a key material".
"He treats light as if it were a primary material," Mr. Casebere said.
I have been using transducers and sound as a primary material in my art for 45 years.
A primary material in much of Ms. Pelli's sculpture is latex, which she uses to distort the image of the body, as in "Dolls," 1999.
In the mid-to-late 19th century, cobblestones began to be phased out as a primary material, in favor of less expensive concrete.
The sculptural pieces she created in the early 1970s featured swaths of fabric as a primary material; her series of rag rugs from the same years evoked the products of traditional women's handwork.
High density concrete is widely used as a primary material for radiation shielding due to numerous advantageous properties such as, strength, durability and ease of fabrication in comparison with other construction materials.
The equivalent expression value of the T-cell lymphoma samples and the CLBL-1 cell line could be due to a difference in primary material and a cell line.
The sources for this endeavor are a combination of primary material, mostly the genre of colonial "chronicles" but including a few archival items, and secondary works, some pre-dating Gerhard's essay but some representing recent work.
The argument shows intellectual originality and creativity, is sensitive to historical context, is supported by a well-chosen variety of specific examples, and, in the case of a research paper, is built on a critical reading of primary material.
Notwithstanding such a presence in the modern society, plastics have been little analyzed from a material flow analysis perspective; low recycling rates and a strong reliance on primary material inputs give plastic greatest potentials for closing material loops.
Because Millennium cannot distinguish between an item record for accompanying material and the item record for the primary material, a distinction must be imposed between the two using the volume field within the item record for the accompanying material.
