What is germanium made of?
Germanium takes zinc ore, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid and hydrogen directly. Trace them back and you pass 4 made things on the way to 6 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 6 raw materials
- Zinc ore goes straight in
- Sulfur through sulfuric acid
- Air through sulfuric acid
- Water through hydrogen
- Natural gas through hydrogen
- Rock salt through hydrochloric acid, chlorine