What are mirrors made of?
Mirrors take window glass, silver, aluminum and paint directly. Trace them back and you pass 28 made things on the way to 22 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 22 raw materials
- Silica sand through window glass
- Limestone through window glass
- Dolomite through window glass
- Silver ore through silver
- Lead ore through silver
- Zinc ore through silver
- Copper ore through silver
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Water through paint
- Rock salt through window glass, soda ash
- Trona through window glass, soda ash
- Tin ore through window glass, tin
- Air through window glass, nitrogen gas
- Natural gas through window glass, hydrogen
- Sulfur through silver, sulfuric acid
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Titanium ore through paint, titanium dioxide
- Iron ore through paint, pigment
- Corn through window glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through window glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through window glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 24 things
Metals 4
Chemicals and fuels 17
Soda ashNitrogen gasHydrogenSulfuric acidQuicklimePetroleum cokeTitanium dioxidePigmentAmmoniaCarbon dioxideCaustic sodaChlorineOxygen gasCarbon blackPropyleneMethanolNaphtha