| English | Portuguese |
| accumulation of material | acumulação de materiais |
| alternative material | materiais alternativos |
| alternative material Materials employed in the place of others which are more dangerous for the environment, such as phosphate substitutes in detergents | materiais alternativos |
| building material | materiais de construção |
| building material Any material used in construction, such as steel, concrete, brick, masonry, glass, wood, etc. | materiais de construção |
| carrier material | transportador |
| Committee of Inquiry into the handling and transport of nuclear material | Comissão de Inquérito ao Manuseamento e Transporte de Materiais Nucleares |
| construction with recycled material | construção com materiais reciclados |
| construction with recycled material | construção com material reciclado |
| construction with recycled material Construction with waste product used as raw material | construção com materiais reciclados |
| corrosive material | matérias corrosivas |
| dangerous material transport | transporte de material perigoso |
| dispersion of radioactive material to the environment | dispersão de material radioativo no meio ambiente |
| dredged material | resíduos de dragagem |
| dredged material | material de dragagem |
| dredged material Unconsolidated material removed from rivers, streams, and shallow seas with machines such as the bucket-ladder dredge, dragline dredge, or suction dredge | resíduos de dragagem |
| ecotoxic material | substância ecotóxica |
| electronic material | materiais eletrónicos |
| electronic material | material eletrónico |
| electronic material No definition needed | materiais electrónicos |
| energy source material | fontes de energia recursos |
| energy source material | matéria-prima energética |
| energy source material Sources from which energy can be obtained to provide heat, light, and power. Energy resources, including fossil and nuclear fuels as well as solar, water, tidal and geothermal energy, may be captured or recovered and converted into other energy forms for a variety of household, commercial, transportation, and industrial applications | fontes de energia |
| excavated material | material escavado |
| fermentable organic material | matéria orgânica fermentável |
| fibrous absorbing material | material absorvente fibroso |
| filling material | materiais de enchimento |
| filling material Any substance used to fill the holes and irregularities in planed or sanded surfaces so as to decrease the porosity of the surface for finish coatings | materiais de enchimento |
| filter material | material de filtração |
| genetic material of the species | material genético da espécie |
| genetic material of the species | caraterísticas genéticas da espécie |
| hazardous working material | materiais de trabalho perigosos |
| hazardous working material | material de utilização perigosa |
| hazardous working material A poison, corrosive agent, flammable substance, explosive, radioactive chemical, or any other material which can endanger human health or well-being if handled improperly | materiais de trabalho perigosos |
| high calorific value material | matéria de alto poder calorífico |
| industrial material | materiais industriais |
| industrial material | material industrial |
| industrial material No definition needed | materiais industriais |
| inert material | materiais inertes |
| insulating material Material that prevents or reduces the transmission of electricity, heat, or sound to or from a body, device or region | materiais de isolamento |
| liner material | materiais de revestimento (aterros |
| liner material | material de revestimento |
| liner material A layer of synthetic or natural materials, on the sides of or beneath a landfill, landfill cell or surface impoundment, that restricts the downward or lateral escape of liquids carrying leachate into the surrounding environment | materiais de revestimento (aterros) |
| local building material | materiais de construção locais |
| local building material | materiais de construção |
| material life cycle | ciclo de vida dos materiais |
| material life cycle All the stages involved in the manufacturing, distribution and retail, use and re-use and maintenance, recycling and waste management of materials | ciclo de vida dos materiais |
| material size | tamanho das partículas |
| material size | dimensão das partículas |
| mechanical reduction of the raw material | redução mecânica da matéria-prima |
| natural material | material natural |
| natural material | produtos naturais |
| natural material No definition needed | produtos naturais |
| new material | novos materiais |
| new material | material novo |
| new material Novel high-performance materials obtained through the interdisciplinary research of chemistry, applied chemistry, chemical engineering, and mechanical engineering | novos materiais |
| non-regenerating raw material | matéria-prima não renovável |
| oxidizable material | material oxidável |
| oxidizable material | materiais oxidáveis |
| oxidizable material Substance that can undergo a chemical reaction with oxygen | materiais oxidáveis |
| packaging recoverable in the form of material recycling | embalagem valorizável por reciclagem dos materiais |
| plant material | material vegetal |
| plutonium contaminated waste material | resíduos de plutónio |
| putrescent material | material putrescente |
| radioactive material removed from the site | material radioativo removido do local |
| raw material | matérias-primas |
| raw material A crude, unprocessed or partially processed material used as feedstock for a processing operation | matérias-primas |
| raw material consumption The developed countries depend on a stable supply of raw materials for their industries. Total resource requirements are increasing rapidly over the entire world. In developed countries, although population is increasing slowly, per capita use is increasing rapidly, while the opposite is happening in developing countries. Traditionally raw materials have been classified as non-renewable resources, but a distinction may be important between "loosable" resources, such as oil and coal, and "non-loosable" resources, such as metals, which can be used several times over by recycling processes | consumo de matérias-primas |
| raw material securing | preservação da matéria-prima |
| raw material securing | aquisição de matérias-primas |
| raw material securing Measures used to ensure the provision of or the access to crude, unprocessed or partially processed materials used as feedstock for processing or manufacturing | aquisição de matérias-primas |
| recycled material | materiais reciclados |
| recycled material | material reciclado |
| recycled material Waste materials that are transformed into new products in such a manner that the original products may lose their identity | materiais reciclados |
| renewable raw material | matéria-prima renovável |
| renewable raw material | matérias-primas renováveis |
| renewable raw material Resources that have a natural rate of availability and yield a continual flow of services which may be consumed in any time period without endangering future consumption possibilities as long as current use does not exceed net renewal during the period under consideration | matérias-primas renováveis |
| resuspended material | material em ressuspensão |
| road construction material | material de construção de estradas |
| road construction material | construção de estradas material |
| road construction material The aggregation of components used for building streets, highways and other routes, such as asphalt, concrete, brick, sand and gravel | construção de estradas |
| scrap material | sucatas |
| scrap material | sucata |
| scrap material Recyclable material from any manufacturing process or discarded consumer products | sucata |
| scrap material market | mercado de sucatas |
| scrap material market The trade or traffic in discarded or leftover materials that can be reused in some way | mercado de sucatas |
| scrap material price | preço das sucatas |
| scrap material price The amount of money or the monetary rate at which materials discarded from manufacturing operations can be bought or sold | preço das sucatas |
| seepage from material deposited in geological formations | libertação em camadas geológicas |
| soil material | material do solo |
| sound insulation material | materiais isoladores (som |
| sound insulation material Material used to reduce the transmission of sound to or from a body, device, room, etc. | materiais isoladores (som) |
| synthetic material | material sintético |
| synthetic material | materiais sintéticos |
| synthetic material Material made artificially by chemical reaction | materiais sintéticos |
| teaching material | materiais didáticos |
| teaching material | material de ensino |
| teaching material An article or device used to facilitate the learning process in an instructional setting | materiais didácticos |
| trace material | matérias vestigiais |
| trace material | oligosubstâncias |
| trace material 1. Both metals and non-metals, essential for the metabolic processes of algae, invertebrates and vertebrates. Organisms that derive nearly all their energy via photosynthesis are especially dependent upon dissolved trace substances. 2. Impurities that are present at small but detectable levels | matérias vestigiais |
| use as material of waste | valorização da matéria de resíduos |
| use of waste as material | valorização de resíduos materiais |
| use of waste as material | valorização de resíduos |
| utilization of waste material | aproveitamento dos resíduos |
| waste material | detritos |
| waste material | lixo |
| waste material | despejos |
| waste material | desperdícios |
| waste material | resíduos |
| wastes from washing, cleaning and mechanical reduction of the raw material | resíduos da lavagem, limpeza e redução mecânica das matérias primas |
