What are skyscrapers made of?
Skyscrapers take concrete, rebar, steel i-beam, aluminum, window glass and elevator directly. Trace them back and you pass 59 made things on the way to 29 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 29 raw materials
- Gravel and crushed stone through concrete
- Silica sand through window glass
- Water through concrete
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Limestone through window glass
- Dolomite through window glass
- Clay through concrete, cement
- Gypsum through concrete, cement
- Zinc ore through rebar, zinc
- Air through rebar, zinc
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Rock salt through window glass, soda ash
- Trona through window glass, soda ash
- Tin ore through window glass, tin
- Natural gas through window glass, hydrogen
- Iron ore through elevator, steel, manganese
- Manganese ore through elevator, steel, manganese
- Sulfur through rebar, zinc, sulfuric acid
- Corn through window glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Chromite through elevator, stainless steel, chromium
- Nickel ore through elevator, stainless steel, nickel
- Copper ore through elevator, copper wire, copper
- Quartz through elevator, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through elevator, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Lead ore through elevator, printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Silver ore through elevator, printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Sugarcane through window glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through window glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 53 things
Metals 20
SteelSteel scrapZincAluminaTinWire ropeSheet steelStainless steelCopper wirePig ironMagnesiumManganeseCokeSteel wireChromiumNickelCopperSolderLeadSilver
Metal goods 1
Chemicals and fuels 22
Petroleum cokeSoda ashNitrogen gasHydrogenOxygen gasQuicklimeArgonPropaneSulfuric acidPhenolPropyleneAcetoneChlorineCaustic sodaAmmoniaCarbon dioxideBenzeneNaphthaCharcoalTolueneFormaldehydeMethanol