What are air conditioners made of?
Air conditioners take copper, aluminum, solder, sheet steel, electric motor and refrigerant directly. Trace them back and you pass 42 made things on the way to 23 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 23 raw materials
- Copper ore through copper
- Water through copper
- Air through copper
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Fluorspar through refrigerant
- Sulfur through refrigerant, sulfuric acid
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Tin ore through solder, tin
- Lead ore through solder, silver
- Silver ore through solder, silver
- Zinc ore through solder, silver
- Rock salt through refrigerant, chlorine
- Natural gas through refrigerant, propane
- Corn through refrigerant, carbon dioxide
- Limestone through refrigerant, carbon dioxide
- Iron ore through electric motor, steel, manganese
- Dolomite through electric motor, steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through electric motor, steel, manganese
- Quartz through electric motor, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through electric motor, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Sugarcane through refrigerant, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through refrigerant, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 36 things
Metals 13
Metal goods 1
Chemicals and fuels 18
Oxygen gasSulfuric acidPetroleum cokeChlorineAmmoniaCarbon dioxidePropaneCaustic sodaQuicklimeArgonPhenolPropyleneAcetoneBenzeneNaphthaCharcoalHydrogenToluene