Biotic material
million years ago) |
Biotic material or biological derived material is any material that originates from
.The earliest
metasedimentary rocks discovered in southwestern Greenland,[4] as well as, "remains of biotic life" found in 4.1 billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia.[5][6] Earth's biodiversity has expanded continually except when interrupted by mass extinctions.[7] Although scholars estimate that over 99 percent of all species of life (over five billion)[8] that ever lived on Earth are extinct,[9][10] there are still an estimated 10–14 million extant species,[11][12] of which about 1.2 million have been documented and over 86% have not yet been described.[13]
Examples of biotic materials are
.The use of biotic materials, and processed biotic materials (
carbon emissions
.
When the source of the recently living material has little importance to the product produced, such as in the production of
fossil fuels, and biofuel
.
In
organic compounds
, such as a clam's shell, which is an essential component of the living organism, but contains little organic carbon.
Examples of the use of biotic materials include:
- Alternative natural materials
- Building material, for a stylistic reasons, or to reduce allergic reactions
- Clothing
- Energy production
- Food
- Medicine
- Ink
- Composting and mulch
References
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- ISSN 1752-0894.
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