What are asthma inhalers made of?
Asthma inhalers take aluminum, stainless steel, refrigerant and plastic directly. Trace them back and you pass 26 made things on the way to 16 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 16 raw materials
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Fluorspar through refrigerant
- Natural gas through plastic
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Water through aluminum, alumina
- Chromite through stainless steel, chromium
- Limestone through stainless steel, chromium
- Air through stainless steel, argon
- Nickel ore through stainless steel, nickel
- Sulfur through refrigerant, sulfuric acid
- Rock salt through refrigerant, chlorine
- Corn through refrigerant, carbon dioxide
- Trona through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash
- Sugarcane through refrigerant, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through refrigerant, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 22 things
Metals 5
Chemicals and fuels 15
Petroleum cokeOxygen gasArgonSulfuric acidChlorineAmmoniaCarbon dioxidePropaneNaphthaEthylenePropyleneCaustic sodaQuicklimeSoda ashHydrogen