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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are a key material" is not correct in standard written English.
It can be used when discussing essential components or resources in a specific context, but it needs to be modified for grammatical accuracy.
Example: "These components are a key material in the construction of the new bridge."
Alternatives: "are a crucial element" or "are an essential resource."
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They can form glass, porcelain, and clay, but they also readily conduct electricity and are a key material in many high-tech electronics.
In the past couple of decades, the glass has been increasingly used in the architectures; and today the windows are a key material in façade technology.
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Zero-thermal-expansion glass-ceramic is a key material in ultra-precision engineering.
The basal plane cleavage energy (CE) of graphite is a key material parameter for understanding many of the unusual properties of graphite, graphene and carbon nanotubes.
Citric acid dissolved in the spray solution of the cobalt precursor is a key material for the formation of the hollow thin-walled precursor powders.
The flexural bond strength of unreinforced masonry (URM) is a key material property affecting wall out-of-plane lateral load capacity.
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Our study demonstrates that surface energy of catalyst is a key material property governing the Li-O2 OER activity and offers an effective catalyst design strategy for rechargeable Li-O2 batteries.
Graphene forms the basic structure of other carbon-based materials: when it is stacked it generates the graphite, when it is wrapped it creates carbon buckyballs, while when it is rolled-up it forms the carbon nanotube, which is a key material for nanoelectronic devices that working from few hundred megahertz up to X-rays.
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