What are skis made of?
Skis take 9 things directly, among them lumber, adhesive, ink, polyethylene, fiberglass and steel. Trace them back and you pass 53 made things on the way to 24 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
- Lumberat Glue up the wood core
- Adhesiveat Glue up the wood core
- Inkat Print the top sheet
- Polyethyleneat Stack the layers in the mold
- Fiberglassat Stack the layers in the mold
- Steelat Stack the layers in the mold
- Aluminumat Stack the layers in the mold
- Vulcanized rubberat Stack the layers in the mold
- Epoxyat Stack the layers in the mold
From the ground: 24 raw materials
- Timber through lumber
- Water through ink
- Silica sand through fiberglass
- Limestone through fiberglass
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Natural rubber latex through vulcanized rubber
- Sulfur through vulcanized rubber
- Soybeans through ink, vegetable oil
- Rapeseed through ink, vegetable oil
- Clay through ink, vegetable oil
- Air through vulcanized rubber, carbon black
- Titanium ore through ink, titanium dioxide
- Iron ore through ink, pigment
- Corn through ink, ethanol
- Sugarcane through ink, ethanol
- Natural gas through polyethylene, ethylene
- Rock salt through fiberglass, soda ash
- Trona through fiberglass, soda ash
- Dolomite through steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through steel, manganese
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Quartz through steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Sugar beet through ink, ethanol, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 44 things
Metals 6
Chemicals and fuels 30
Paraffin waxCarbon blackTitanium dioxidePigmentEthanolEthyleneSoda ashOxygen gasQuicklimeArgonPetroleum cokePhenolPropyleneAcetoneChlorineCaustic sodaAmmoniaSulfuric acidMethanolNitric acidHydrogenHexaneFormaldehydeNaphthaCarbon dioxidePropaneBenzeneStyreneCharcoalToluene