What are vacuum flasks made of?
Vacuum flasks take stainless steel, silver and polyethylene directly. Trace them back and you pass 25 made things on the way to 19 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 19 raw materials
- Silver ore through silver
- Lead ore through silver
- Zinc ore through silver
- Copper ore through silver
- Chromite through stainless steel, chromium
- Limestone through stainless steel, chromium
- Air through stainless steel, argon
- Water through stainless steel, chromium
- Nickel ore through stainless steel, nickel
- Sulfur through silver, sulfuric acid
- Natural gas through polyethylene, ethylene
- Crude oil through polyethylene, ethylene, naphtha
- Coal through stainless steel, chromium, aluminum
- Rock salt through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash
- Trona through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash
- Corn through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Bauxite through stainless steel, chromium, aluminum, alumina
- Sugarcane through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 22 things
Metals 7
Chemicals and fuels 13
Oxygen gasArgonSulfuric acidQuicklimeEthylenePropaneSoda ashNaphthaAmmoniaCarbon dioxidePetroleum cokeHydrogenCaustic soda