What are pacemakers made of?
Pacemakers take polyurethane, printed circuit board, microchip, solder and titanium directly. Trace them back and you pass 47 made things on the way to 24 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 24 raw materials
- Water through polyurethane
- Titanium ore through titanium
- Crude oil through polyurethane, propylene
- Air through polyurethane, nitric acid
- Rock salt through titanium, chlorine
- Copper ore through solder, copper
- Silica sand through printed circuit board, fiberglass
- Limestone through printed circuit board, fiberglass
- Quartz through microchip, silicon wafer
- Tin ore through solder, tin
- Coal through microchip, aluminum
- Gold ore through microchip, gold
- Lead ore through solder, silver
- Silver ore through solder, silver
- Zinc ore through solder, silver
- Dolomite through titanium, magnesium
- Natural gas through polyurethane, nitric acid, ammonia
- Sulfur through titanium, chlorine, sulfuric acid
- Trona through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash
- Bauxite through microchip, aluminum, alumina
- Timber through titanium, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Corn through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 42 things
Metals 10
Chemicals and fuels 22
PropyleneNitric acidChlorineOxygen gasArgonNaphthaAmmoniaSulfuric acidSoda ashPhenolAcetoneCaustic sodaPetroleum cokeQuicklimeHydrogenCarbon dioxideBenzeneFormaldehydeHydrochloric acidCharcoalTolueneMethanol