What are smartwatches made of?
Smartwatches take 12 things directly, among them printed circuit board, solder, microchip, memory chip, aluminum and stainless steel. Trace them back and you pass 77 made things on the way to 31 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
- Printed circuit boardat Lay out the flexible board
- Solderat Print the solder paste
- Microchipat Place and reflow chips
- Memory chipat Place and reflow chips
- Aluminumat Mill the case
- Stainless steelat Mill the case
- Polycarbonateat Mill the case
- OLED screenat Bond display under glass
- LCD screenat Bond display under glass
- Glassat Bond display under glass
- Adhesiveat Bond display under glass
- Lithium-ion cellat Connect the battery
From the ground: 31 raw materials
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Silica sand through glass
- Limestone through glass
- Water through adhesive
- Copper ore through lithium-ion cell, copper
- Air through lithium-ion cell, copper
- Tin ore through microchip, tin
- Lead ore through solder, silver
- Silver ore through solder, silver
- Zinc ore through solder, silver
- Quartz through memory chip, silicon wafer
- Gold ore through microchip, gold
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Chromite through stainless steel, chromium
- Nickel ore through lithium-ion cell, nickel
- Rock salt through polycarbonate, chlorine
- Iron ore through LCD screen, pigment
- Sulfur through LCD screen, pigment
- Trona through glass, soda ash
- Lithium brine through lithium-ion cell, lithium carbonate
- Spodumene through lithium-ion cell, lithium carbonate
- Cobalt ore through lithium-ion cell, cobalt
- Manganese ore through lithium-ion cell, manganese
- Natural gas through lithium-ion cell, manganese
- Titanium ore through LCD screen, pigment, titanium dioxide
- Corn through glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Dolomite through lithium-ion cell, steel, magnesium
- Timber through lithium-ion cell, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Sugarcane through glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 65 things
Metals 16
CopperTinLeadSilverGoldAluminaSteel scrapChromiumNickelCobaltManganeseSteelCokeZincPig ironMagnesium
Chemicals and fuels 30
Oxygen gasNitrogen gasPetroleum cokeArgonPhenolPropyleneAcetoneCaustic sodaChlorinePigmentSoda ashParaffin waxSynthetic graphiteSulfuric acidQuicklimePropaneBenzeneNaphthaTitanium dioxideCarbon blackAmmoniaHydrogenMethanolCarbon dioxideEthyleneNitric acidFormaldehydeHydrochloric acidTolueneCharcoal
Plastics and fibers 7
Electronics 10
PhotoresistSilicon waferIndium tin oxideLEDLithium carbonatePolysiliconIndiumGalliumMetallurgical siliconTrichlorosilane