"Inorganic substances" refers to non-living materials or compounds, such as minerals and gases, which do not contain carbon or come from living organisms. Full definition
This entropic quality of the work also manifests itself in the use of organic matter which, by melting with inorganic substance, be it natural or artificial, generates disturbing hybrids, unstable artifacts constantly subject to mutation. (arte-sur.org)
Metallosphaera sedula is a chemolithotroph, means being capable of metabolizing inorganic substances like iron, sulphur and uranium as well. (sciencedaily.com)
Their finding confirmed a prediction by scientists dating back nearly two decades of the ferroelectric nature of such inorganic substances. (sciencedaily.com)