What are asphalt shingles made of?
Asphalt shingles take fiberglass, asphalt, limestone, gravel and crushed stone and adhesive directly. Trace them back and you pass 27 made things on the way to 14 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 14 raw materials
- Limestone goes straight in
- Gravel and crushed stone goes straight in
- Silica sand through fiberglass
- Crude oil through asphalt
- Water through adhesive
- Rock salt through fiberglass, soda ash
- Trona through fiberglass, soda ash
- Natural gas through adhesive, polyethylene, ethylene
- Air through adhesive, acrylic, sulfuric acid
- Corn through fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Sulfur through adhesive, acrylic, sulfuric acid
- Sugarcane through fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Coal through adhesive, epoxy, acetone, benzene, toluene
Made along the way: 24 things
Chemicals and fuels 18
Soda ashParaffin waxAmmoniaCarbon dioxideQuicklimeEthylenePropyleneSulfuric acidMethanolPhenolAcetoneChlorineCaustic sodaNitric acidHydrogenNaphthaBenzeneToluene