| English | Spanish |
| accumulation of material | acumulación de materiales |
| alternative material Materials employed in the place of others which are more dangerous for the environment, such as phosphate substitutes in detergents | material alternativo |
| building material | materiales de construcción |
| building material Any material used in construction, such as steel, concrete, brick, masonry, glass, wood, etc. | materiales de construcción |
| carrier material | material portador |
| Committee of Inquiry into the handling and transport of nuclear material | Comisión de investigación sobre la manipulación y el transporte de material nuclear |
| compostable material | material convertible en abono |
| compostable material | fracción convertible en abono |
| construction with recycled material | construcción con material reciclado |
| construction with recycled material Construction with waste product used as raw material | construcción con material reciclado |
| corrosive material | materias corrosivas |
| dispersion of radioactive material to the environment | dispersión de material radiactivo al ambiente |
| dredged material | residuos de dragado |
| dredged material | material de dragado |
| dredged material | material dragado |
| dredged material Unconsolidated material removed from rivers, streams, and shallow seas with machines such as the bucket-ladder dredge, dragline dredge, or suction dredge | material dragado |
| ecotoxic material | sustancia ecotóxica |
| electronic material | material electrónico |
| electronic material No definition needed | material electrónico |
| energy source material | material de origen energético |
| 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 | material de origen energético |
| environmental material | material ambiental |
| fermentable organic material | materia orgánica digestible |
| fibrous absorbing material | material absorbente fibroso |
| filling material | material de terraplenado |
| 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 | material de terraplenado |
| filter material | material para los filtros |
| genetic material of the species | sustancia genética de la especie |
| hazardous working material | material de trabajo peligroso |
| 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 | material de trabajo peligroso |
| high calorific value material | material de alto poder calorífico |
| industrial material | productos industriales |
| industrial material No definition needed | productos industriales |
| inert material | material inerte |
| insulating material Material that prevents or reduces the transmission of electricity, heat, or sound to or from a body, device or region | material aislante |
| liner material | material de trazador de líneas |
| 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 | material de trazador de líneas |
| local building material | materiales locales para la construcción |
| material life cycle | ciclo de vida material |
| 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 material |
| material testing | prueba de materiales |
| mechanical reduction of the raw material | reducción mecánica de materia prima |
| multi-material recycling scheme | plan de reciclado de diversos materiales |
| natural material | materiales naturales |
| natural material No definition needed | materiales naturales |
| new material | nuevos materiales |
| new material Novel high-performance materials obtained through the interdisciplinary research of chemistry, applied chemistry, chemical engineering, and mechanical engineering | nuevos materiales |
| non-regenerating raw material | materia prima no renovable |
| oxidizable material | material oxidable |
| oxidizable material Substance that can undergo a chemical reaction with oxygen | material oxidable |
| packaging recoverable in the form of material recycling | envase aprovechable mediante reciclado de materiales |
| plant material | material vegetal |
| plutonium contaminated waste material | material de desecho contaminado con plutonio |
| process of storing radioactive material | almacenamiento de materia radiactiva |
| putrescent material | material putrescible |
| putrescent material | materia putrescente |
| radioactive material removed from the site | eliminar el material radiactivo de su antiguo emplazamiento |
| raw material | materias primas |
| raw material A crude, unprocessed or partially processed material used as feedstock for a processing operation | materias primas |
| raw material batch | maclado de materias 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 materia prima |
| raw material securing | procura de materia prima |
| 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 | procura de materia prima |
| recycled material | materiales reciclados |
| recycled material Waste materials that are transformed into new products in such a manner that the original products may lose their identity | materiales reciclados |
| renewable raw material | materia prima renovable |
| 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 | materia prima renovable |
| resuspended material | partícula resuspendida |
| resuspended material | material resuspendido |
| road construction material | material de construcción de carretera |
| road construction material The aggregation of components used for building streets, highways and other routes, such as asphalt, concrete, brick, sand and gravel | material de construcción de carretera |
| scrap material | material de chatarra |
| scrap material Recyclable material from any manufacturing process or discarded consumer products | material de chatarra |
| scrap material market | mercado de materiales de chatarra |
| scrap material market The trade or traffic in discarded or leftover materials that can be reused in some way | mercado de materiales de chatarra |
| scrap material price | precio de materiales de chatarra |
| scrap material price The amount of money or the monetary rate at which materials discarded from manufacturing operations can be bought or sold | precio de materiales de chatarra |
| seepage from material deposited in geological formations | liberación a partir de un depósito en capas geológicas |
| segregation of compostable material | separación de la fracción convertible en abono |
| sludge treatment section capable of producing reusable material | revalorización de lodos |
| soil improvement material | enmienda |
| soil material | material del suelo |
| sound insulation material | material para aislamiento acústico |
| sound insulation material Material used to reduce the transmission of sound to or from a body, device, room, etc. | material para aislamiento acústico |
| student instructional material | material de enseñanza |
| synthetic material | material sintético |
| synthetic material Material made artificially by chemical reaction | material sintético |
| teaching material | material de enseñanza |
| teaching material An article or device used to facilitate the learning process in an instructional setting | material de enseñanza |
| technically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material | material radiactivo natural reforzado técnicamente |
| trace material | oligosustancias y residuos |
| 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 | oligosustancias y residuos |
| trickle of radioactive material | percolación de materias radiactivas |
| trickle of radioactive material | ingreso de materias radiactivas |
| use of waste as material | uso como material de residuos |
| use of waste as material | uso como material |
| utilization of waste material | aprovechamiento de residuos |
| waste material | desecho |
| waste material | residuos |
| wastes from washing, cleaning and mechanical reduction of the raw material | Residuos de lavado, limpieza y reducción mecánica de materias primas |
