Explore: Natural Materials

belong into this category. Natural materials are used as building materials and clothing. Types include: Biotic materials Wood (rattan, bamboo, bark,

naturally occurring materials, many man-made products are in use, some more and some less synthetic. The manufacturing of building materials is an established

Materials science is an interdisciplinary field of researching and discovering materials. Materials engineering is an engineering field of finding uses

5% of dry mass) of other materials, such as proteins, fatty acids, resins, and inorganic materials (salts) are found in natural rubber. Polyisoprene can

Alternative natural materials are natural materials like rock or adobe that are not as commonly used as building materials such as wood or iron. Alternative

can be used as a component of composite materials, where the orientation of fibers impacts the properties. Natural fibers can also be matted into sheets

Organic matter, organic material or natural organic matter is the large source of carbon-based compounds found within natural and engineered, terrestrial

sustainable, natural building uses primarily abundantly available, renewable, reused or recycled materials. The use of rapidly renewable materials is increasingly

clearly defined trophic structure, biotic diversity, and material cycles (i.e.: exchange of materials between living and nonliving parts) within the system

discovery and design of new materials. Originally developed through the field of metallurgy, the study of the properties of materials and solids has now expanded