What are volleyballs made of?
Volleyballs take 7 things directly, among them vulcanized rubber, nylon, polyester, polyurethane, PVC and adhesive. Trace them back and you pass 39 made things on the way to 14 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 14 raw materials
- Natural rubber latex through vulcanized rubber
- Sulfur through vulcanized rubber
- Water through sewing thread
- Crude oil through vulcanized rubber, carbon black
- Air through vulcanized rubber, carbon black
- Natural gas through nylon, ammonia
- Rock salt through PVC, chlorine
- Iron ore through PVC, pigment
- Coal through nylon, benzene, toluene
- Titanium ore through PVC, pigment, titanium dioxide
- Corn through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Limestone through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 32 things
Metals 1
Chemicals and fuels 24
Carbon blackBenzeneNitric acidAmmoniaPropyleneChlorineEthylenePigmentPlasticizerParaffin waxNaphthaStyreneHydrogenToluenePara-xyleneEthylene glycolSulfuric acidTitanium dioxideMethanolPhenolAcetoneCaustic sodaOxygen gasCarbon dioxide