What are televisions made of?
Televisions take 7 things directly, among them LCD screen, OLED screen, LED, printed circuit board, microchip and ABS plastic. Trace them back and you pass 64 made things on the way to 26 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 26 raw materials
- Air through ABS plastic
- Silica sand through OLED screen, glass
- Limestone through OLED screen, glass
- Iron ore through ABS plastic, pigment
- Sulfur through ABS plastic, pigment
- Crude oil through microchip, aluminum
- Coal through microchip, aluminum
- Bauxite through LED, gallium
- Zinc ore through LED, indium
- Natural gas through LED, plastic
- Water through microchip, gold
- Gold ore through microchip, gold
- Copper ore through microchip, copper
- Quartz through microchip, silicon wafer
- Tin ore through microchip, tin
- Dolomite through steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through steel, manganese
- Rock salt through OLED screen, glass, soda ash
- Trona through OLED screen, glass, soda ash
- Titanium ore through ABS plastic, pigment, titanium dioxide
- Lead ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Silver ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Timber through steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Corn through OLED screen, glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through OLED screen, glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through OLED screen, glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 57 things
Metals 14
Chemicals and fuels 27
PigmentAmmoniaHydrogenOxygen gasNaphthaPropyleneBenzeneEthyleneStyreneQuicklimeArgonSoda ashTitanium dioxideCarbon blackSulfuric acidMethanolPetroleum cokeCaustic sodaChlorinePhenolAcetoneToluenePropaneCarbon dioxideFormaldehydeHydrochloric acidCharcoal
Plastics and fibers 5
Glass, stone and ceramics 1
Electronics 8
Indium tin oxidePhotoresistGalliumIndiumSilicon waferPolysiliconMetallurgical siliconTrichlorosilane