What are toasters made of?
Toasters take 7 things directly, among them aluminum, nickel, chromium, mica, nichrome and plastic. Trace them back and you pass 23 made things on the way to 17 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 17 raw materials
- Mica goes straight in
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Nickel ore through nickel
- Chromite through chromium
- Limestone through chromium
- Air through chromium
- Water through chromium
- Natural gas through plastic
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Sulfur through nickel, sulfuric acid
- Rock salt through chromium, soda ash
- Trona through chromium, soda ash
- Copper ore through copper wire, copper
- Corn through chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 17 things
Metals 3
Chemicals and fuels 12
Petroleum cokeSulfuric acidSoda ashNaphthaEthylenePropyleneCaustic sodaQuicklimeAmmoniaCarbon dioxideHydrogenOxygen gas