What are airbags made of?
Airbags take nylon, silicone, sewing thread, sheet steel, printed circuit board and microchip directly. Trace them back and you pass 59 made things on the way to 25 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 25 raw materials
- Water through sewing thread
- Silica sand through silicone
- Air through nylon, ammonia
- Natural gas through nylon, ammonia
- Quartz through silicone, metallurgical silicon
- Coal through silicone, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through silicone, metallurgical silicon
- Zinc ore through sheet steel, zinc
- Copper ore through microchip, copper
- Limestone through printed circuit board, fiberglass
- Tin ore through microchip, tin
- Crude oil through microchip, aluminum
- Gold ore through microchip, gold
- Rock salt through silicone, hydrochloric acid, chlorine
- Iron ore through sheet steel, steel, manganese
- Dolomite through sheet steel, steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through sheet steel, steel, manganese
- Sulfur through sheet steel, zinc, sulfuric acid
- Trona through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash
- Lead ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Silver ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Bauxite through microchip, aluminum, alumina
- Corn through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 53 things
Metals 15
Chemicals and fuels 26
BenzeneNitric acidAmmoniaMethanolHydrochloric acidOxygen gasNaphthaHydrogenTolueneCharcoalChlorineQuicklimeArgonSulfuric acidSoda ashPhenolPropyleneAcetoneCaustic sodaPetroleum cokePara-xyleneEthyleneEthylene glycolPropaneCarbon dioxideFormaldehyde