What are OLED screens made of?
OLED screens take glass, indium tin oxide and aluminum directly. Trace them back and you pass 26 made things on the way to 16 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 16 raw materials
- Silica sand through glass
- Limestone through glass
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Rock salt through glass, soda ash
- Water through glass, soda ash
- Trona through glass, soda ash
- Zinc ore through indium tin oxide, indium
- Tin ore through indium tin oxide, tin
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Natural gas through glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Air through indium tin oxide, indium, sulfuric acid
- Corn through glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Sulfur through indium tin oxide, indium, sulfuric acid
- Sugarcane through glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 23 things
Metals 3
Chemicals and fuels 15
Soda ashPetroleum cokeAmmoniaCarbon dioxideQuicklimeSulfuric acidCaustic sodaPhenolFormaldehydeBenzenePropyleneMethanolNaphthaHydrogenToluene