What are solid-state drives made of?
Solid-state drives take printed circuit board, solder, memory chip, microchip and aluminum directly. Trace them back and you pass 45 made things on the way to 22 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 22 raw materials
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Copper ore through microchip, copper
- Water through microchip, copper
- Air through microchip, copper
- Silica sand through printed circuit board, fiberglass
- Limestone through printed circuit board, fiberglass
- Tin ore through microchip, tin
- Lead ore through solder, silver
- Silver ore through solder, silver
- Zinc ore through solder, silver
- Quartz through microchip, silicon wafer
- Gold ore through microchip, gold
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Sulfur through microchip, copper, sulfuric acid
- Rock salt through printed circuit board, epoxy, caustic soda
- Trona through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash
- Natural gas through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Corn through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Timber through microchip, silicon wafer, polysilicon, metallurgical silicon
- Sugarcane through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 40 things
Metals 8
Chemicals and fuels 22
Nitrogen gasOxygen gasPetroleum cokeSulfuric acidSoda ashPhenolPropyleneAcetoneChlorineCaustic sodaQuicklimeArgonAmmoniaCarbon dioxideBenzeneNaphthaFormaldehydeHydrochloric acidHydrogenTolueneMethanolCharcoal