What are sailboats made of?
Sailboats take 7 things directly, among them polyester, fiberglass, adhesive, lead, pig iron and aluminum. Trace them back and you pass 48 made things on the way to 21 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 21 raw materials
- Silica sand through fiberglass
- Limestone through pig iron
- Water through adhesive
- Lead ore through lead
- Iron ore through pig iron
- Air through pig iron
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Rock salt through fiberglass, soda ash
- Trona through fiberglass, soda ash
- Zinc ore through lead, zinc
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Natural gas through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene
- Corn through fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Sulfur through adhesive, acrylic, sulfuric acid
- Dolomite through wire rope, steel wire, steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through wire rope, steel wire, steel, manganese
- Sugarcane through fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Quartz through wire rope, steel wire, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through wire rope, steel wire, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
Made along the way: 41 things
Metals 8
Chemicals and fuels 25
Soda ashParaffin waxPetroleum cokePara-xyleneEthyleneEthylene glycolAmmoniaCarbon dioxideQuicklimePropyleneSulfuric acidMethanolPhenolAcetoneChlorineCaustic sodaNitric acidHydrogenNaphthaOxygen gasBenzeneArgonToluenePropaneCharcoal