What are fountain pens made of?
Fountain pens take stainless steel, gold, plastic and brass directly. Trace them back and you pass 31 made things on the way to 20 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 20 raw materials
- Gold ore through gold
- Water through gold
- Natural gas through plastic
- Chromite through stainless steel, chromium
- Limestone through stainless steel, chromium
- Air through stainless steel, argon
- Nickel ore through stainless steel, nickel
- Zinc ore through brass, zinc
- Rock salt through gold, chlorine
- Crude oil through plastic, propylene
- Copper ore through brass, copper
- Lead ore through brass, lead
- Tin ore through brass, tin
- Coal through brass, aluminum
- Trona through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash
- Sulfur through stainless steel, nickel, sulfuric acid
- Bauxite through brass, aluminum, alumina
- Corn through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- 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: 27 things
Metals 10
Chemicals and fuels 15
Oxygen gasArgonQuicklimeChlorineNaphthaEthylenePropylenePropaneSoda ashSulfuric acidHydrogenPetroleum cokeAmmoniaCarbon dioxideCaustic soda