What are electric guitars made of?
Electric guitars take 7 things directly, among them lumber, timber, copper wire, lacquer, solder and brass. Trace them back and you pass 38 made things on the way to 22 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 22 raw materials
- Timber goes straight in
- Copper ore through brass, copper
- Water through brass, copper
- Air through brass, copper
- Corn through lacquer, ethanol
- Sugarcane through lacquer, ethanol
- Tin ore through brass, tin
- Lead ore through solder, silver
- Silver ore through solder, silver
- Zinc ore through solder, silver
- Crude oil through brass, aluminum
- Coal through brass, aluminum
- Sulfur through brass, copper, sulfuric acid
- Natural gas through steel wire, steel, manganese
- Limestone through solder, silver, quicklime
- Bauxite through brass, aluminum, alumina
- Iron ore through steel wire, steel, manganese
- Dolomite through steel wire, steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through steel wire, steel, manganese
- Sugar beet through lacquer, ethanol, baker's yeast, molasses
- Rock salt through brass, aluminum, alumina, caustic soda
- Quartz through steel wire, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
Made along the way: 32 things
Metals 13
Chemicals and fuels 15
EthanolOxygen gasSulfuric acidEthylenePropyleneAmmoniaMethanolQuicklimePetroleum cokeArgonNaphthaCaustic sodaPropaneHydrogenCharcoal