What are camera drones made of?
Camera drones take 10 things directly, among them nylon, carbon fiber, printed circuit board, microchip, solder and copper wire. Trace them back and you pass 67 made things on the way to 29 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
- Nylonat Cut and mold the frame
- Carbon fiberat Cut and mold the frame
- Printed circuit boardat Build the circuit boards
- Microchipat Build the circuit boards
- Solderat Build the circuit boards
- Copper wireat Route the electronics
- Electric motorat Fit motors and propellers
- Polycarbonateat Fit motors and propellers
- Lithium-ion cellat Install battery and camera
- Camera sensorat Install battery and camera
From the ground: 29 raw materials
- Air through carbon fiber
- Water through carbon fiber, ammonia
- Natural gas through carbon fiber, ammonia
- Crude oil through polycarbonate, propylene
- Copper ore through camera sensor, copper
- Silica sand through printed circuit board, fiberglass
- Limestone through printed circuit board, fiberglass
- Quartz through camera sensor, silicon wafer
- Tin ore through solder, tin
- Coal through lithium-ion cell, aluminum
- Gold ore through microchip, gold
- Lead ore through solder, silver
- Silver ore through solder, silver
- Zinc ore through solder, silver
- Rock salt through polycarbonate, chlorine
- Lithium brine through lithium-ion cell, lithium carbonate
- Spodumene through lithium-ion cell, lithium carbonate
- Cobalt ore through lithium-ion cell, cobalt
- Nickel ore through lithium-ion cell, nickel
- Manganese ore through lithium-ion cell, manganese
- Iron ore through lithium-ion cell, manganese
- Sulfur through camera sensor, copper, sulfuric acid
- Trona through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash
- Bauxite through lithium-ion cell, aluminum, alumina
- Dolomite through lithium-ion cell, steel, magnesium
- Corn through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Timber through lithium-ion cell, steel, magnesium, 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: 57 things
Metals 18
CopperTinAluminumGoldLeadSilverSheet steelSteelCobaltNickelManganeseCokeAluminaZincSteel wirePig ironMagnesiumSteel scrap
Metal goods 1
Chemicals and fuels 25
BenzeneNitric acidAmmoniaPropyleneOxygen gasPhenolAcetoneCaustic sodaChlorineSynthetic graphiteNaphthaHydrogenTolueneSulfuric acidSoda ashArgonPetroleum cokeQuicklimeEthyleneCarbon dioxideFormaldehydeHydrochloric acidPropaneMethanolCharcoal