What are computer mice made of?
Computer mice take ABS plastic, printed circuit board, microchip, LED and copper wire directly. Trace them back and you pass 54 made things on the way to 24 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 24 raw materials
- Air through ABS plastic
- Crude oil through ABS plastic, propylene
- Water through ABS plastic, ethylene
- Natural gas through ABS plastic, ethylene
- Iron ore through ABS plastic, pigment
- Sulfur through ABS plastic, pigment
- Copper ore through copper wire, copper
- Silica sand through printed circuit board, fiberglass
- Limestone through printed circuit board, fiberglass
- Quartz through microchip, silicon wafer
- Tin ore through microchip, tin
- Coal through microchip, aluminum
- Gold ore through LED, gold
- Bauxite through LED, gallium
- Zinc ore through LED, indium
- Titanium ore through ABS plastic, pigment, titanium dioxide
- Rock salt through printed circuit board, epoxy, caustic soda
- Trona through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash
- Lead ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Silver ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Corn through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Timber through microchip, silicon wafer, polysilicon, metallurgical silicon
- Sugarcane through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 49 things
Metals 10
Chemicals and fuels 26
NaphthaPropyleneAmmoniaBenzeneEthyleneStyrenePigmentOxygen gasHydrogenTolueneTitanium dioxideCarbon blackSulfuric acidSoda ashPhenolAcetoneChlorineCaustic sodaArgonPetroleum cokeQuicklimeCarbon dioxideFormaldehydeHydrochloric acidMethanolCharcoal