What are air fryers made of?
Air fryers take 11 things directly, among them sheet steel, aluminum, PTFE, nichrome, stainless steel and electric motor. Trace them back and you pass 69 made things on the way to 29 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
- Sheet steelat Stamp the basket and drawer
- Aluminumat Stamp the basket and drawer
- PTFEat Spray on nonstick
- Nichromeat Make the heating element
- Stainless steelat Make the heating element
- Electric motorat Mount the fan
- Polypropyleneat Mold the outer housing
- Printed circuit boardat Wire controls and safety
- Microchipat Wire controls and safety
- Power cableat Wire controls and safety
- Screwat Assemble and burn in
From the ground: 29 raw materials
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Fluorspar through PTFE
- Natural gas through PTFE
- Water through PTFE
- Zinc ore through screw, zinc
- Air through screw, zinc
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Sulfur through PTFE, sulfuric acid
- Rock salt through PTFE, chlorine
- Nickel ore through stainless steel, nickel
- Chromite through stainless steel, chromium
- Limestone through stainless steel, chromium
- Copper ore through microchip, copper
- Silica sand through printed circuit board, fiberglass
- Quartz through microchip, silicon wafer
- Tin ore through microchip, tin
- Gold ore through microchip, gold
- Iron ore through power cable, PVC, pigment
- Dolomite through electric motor, steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through electric motor, steel, manganese
- Trona through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash
- Lead ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Silver ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Timber through microchip, silicon wafer, polysilicon, metallurgical silicon
- Corn through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Titanium ore through power cable, PVC, pigment, titanium dioxide
- 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: 58 things
Metals 18
SteelZincAluminaNickelChromiumSteel scrapCopper wireCopperSolderTinGoldSteel wirePig ironMagnesiumManganeseCokeLeadSilver
Metal goods 1
Chemicals and fuels 27
Petroleum cokeSulfuric acidChlorineOxygen gasArgonPropyleneQuicklimeCaustic sodaSoda ashPropanePhenolAcetoneNaphthaEthylenePigmentPlasticizerAmmoniaCarbon dioxideBenzeneHydrogenFormaldehydeHydrochloric acidTitanium dioxideCarbon blackCharcoalTolueneMethanol