What are razor blades made of?
Razor blades take stainless steel, chromium and PTFE directly. Trace them back and you pass 21 made things on the way to 16 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 16 raw materials
- Chromite through chromium
- Limestone through chromium
- Air through chromium
- Water through PTFE
- Fluorspar through PTFE
- Natural gas through PTFE
- Nickel ore through stainless steel, nickel
- Coal through chromium, aluminum
- Rock salt through chromium, soda ash
- Trona through chromium, soda ash
- Crude oil through chromium, aluminum
- Sulfur through PTFE, sulfuric acid
- Corn through chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Bauxite through chromium, aluminum, alumina
- Sugarcane through chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 18 things
Metals 5
Chemicals and fuels 11
Oxygen gasArgonSoda ashSulfuric acidChlorinePropaneAmmoniaCarbon dioxideQuicklimePetroleum cokeCaustic soda