What are dishwashers made of?
Dishwashers take 9 things directly, among them polypropylene, stainless steel, sheet steel, steel, steel wire and PVC. Trace them back and you pass 57 made things on the way to 24 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 24 raw materials
- Water through PVC
- Silica sand through fiberglass insulation
- Crude oil through polypropylene, propylene
- Chromite through stainless steel, chromium
- Limestone through stainless steel, chromium
- Air through steel, argon
- Nickel ore through stainless steel, nickel
- Zinc ore through sheet steel, zinc
- Iron ore through steel, manganese
- Dolomite through steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through steel, manganese
- Natural gas through steel, manganese
- Rock salt through PVC, chlorine
- Sulfur through PVC, pigment
- Coal through nylon, benzene, toluene
- Trona through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash
- Quartz through steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Titanium ore through PVC, pigment, titanium dioxide
- Copper ore through electric motor, copper wire, copper
- 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 12
Metal goods 1
Chemicals and fuels 28
PropyleneOxygen gasArgonQuicklimeEthyleneChlorinePigmentPlasticizerBenzeneNitric acidAmmoniaAdhesiveNaphthaPropaneSoda ashSulfuric acidTitanium dioxideCarbon blackHydrogenToluenePhenolAcetoneCaustic sodaParaffin waxCarbon dioxidePetroleum cokeCharcoalMethanol
Plastics and fibers 4
Electronics 1
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.