Sentence examples for a primary raw material from inspiring English sources

Environmentalists note that much of this could have been avoided had state officials heeded warnings more than five years ago to seek reductions in emissions of nitrogen oxide, a primary raw material in the creation of ozone.

The overexploitation of whales is a case in point: whales were initially a primary raw material and fuel in the West, until the mid-20th century, whereas today whales are considered a recreational resource in the West and a food in other areas.

Methanol is a primary raw material for methyl tertiary butyl ether, an additive that makes up as much as 15% of reformulated gasoline.

Limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3) has long been a critical component of concrete, whether as the primary raw material for cement production, a fine powder added to the binder component, or a source of fine and/or coarse aggregate.

A survey of the literature for eucalyptus wood char (primary raw material for briquettes in this study) ash content reports a minimum of 1.9% and a maximum of 2.44% [29, 30, 33].

Cotton is an economically important crop; cotton fiber serves as the primary raw material for the textile industry.

Named for its primary raw material and the almost-acronym "one of a kind," it is a fitting place to contemplate what Darwin called "the struggle for life" — or, in this case, night life.

In addition to being the primary raw material for producing metallic aluminum, alumina itself is an important chemical.

Because sulfuric acid is indispensable to so many industries, its primary raw material is of the greatest importance.

The American petrochemical industry, for example, uses natural gas as both its primary raw material, in the form of liquid ethane, and as an energy fuel.

High cereal prices lower their margins, for one thing, and the ability to use food as their primary raw material is constrained by the same factors holding back agricultural production.