What is 3D printer filament made of?
3D printer filament takes ABS plastic and PET plastic directly. Trace them back and you pass 22 made things on the way to 13 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 13 raw materials
- Air through ABS plastic
- Crude oil through ABS plastic, propylene
- Water through PET plastic, ethylene
- Natural gas through PET plastic, ethylene
- Iron ore through ABS plastic, pigment
- Sulfur through ABS plastic, pigment
- Coal through ABS plastic, benzene, toluene
- Titanium ore through ABS plastic, pigment, titanium dioxide
- Corn through PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Limestone through PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Rock salt through ABS plastic, pigment, titanium dioxide, chlorine
- Sugarcane through PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 20 things
Metals 1
Chemicals and fuels 17
NaphthaPropyleneAmmoniaBenzeneEthyleneStyrenePigmentPara-xyleneEthylene glycolHydrogenTolueneTitanium dioxideCarbon blackOxygen gasCarbon dioxideChlorineSulfuric acid