What are blenders made of?
Blenders take polycarbonate, stainless steel, printed circuit board, electric motor, copper wire and silicone directly. Trace them back and you pass 54 made things on the way to 26 raw materials.
How blenders are made See it on the map
What goes straight in
From the ground: 26 raw materials
- Water through silicone
- Silica sand through silicone
- Air through polycarbonate, acetone
- Crude oil through polycarbonate, propylene
- Rock salt through polycarbonate, chlorine
- Chromite through stainless steel, chromium
- Limestone through stainless steel, chromium
- Nickel ore through stainless steel, nickel
- Copper ore through copper wire, copper
- Quartz through silicone, metallurgical silicon
- Coal through silicone, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through silicone, metallurgical silicon
- Natural gas through silicone, methanol
- Sulfur through polycarbonate, chlorine, sulfuric acid
- Trona through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash
- Tin ore through printed circuit board, solder, tin
- Lead ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Silver ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Zinc ore through electric motor, sheet steel, zinc
- Iron ore through electric motor, steel, manganese
- Dolomite through electric motor, steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through electric motor, steel, manganese
- Corn through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Bauxite through stainless steel, chromium, aluminum, alumina
- Sugarcane through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 48 things
Metals 18
Steel scrapChromiumNickelCopperSolderSheet steelSteelCokeAluminumTinLeadSilverZincSteel wirePig ironMagnesiumManganeseAlumina
Metal goods 1
Chemicals and fuels 22
PhenolPropyleneAcetoneCaustic sodaChlorineOxygen gasArgonMethanolHydrochloric acidBenzeneNaphthaSulfuric acidPropaneSoda ashQuicklimeCharcoalHydrogenTolueneAmmoniaCarbon dioxidePetroleum cokeFormaldehyde
Plastics and fibers 3
Electronics 2
Food 2
What it is packed in
On the line, but left out of everything above, because it holds the finished thing rather than goes into it.