What are bras made of?
Bras take 7 things directly, among them nylon, polyester, spandex, polyurethane, adhesive and steel wire. Trace them back and you pass 44 made things on the way to 16 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 16 raw materials
- Water through sewing thread
- Air through nylon, ammonia
- Natural gas through nylon, ammonia
- Rock salt through polyurethane, chlorine
- Crude oil through polyurethane, propylene
- Coal through spandex, benzene, toluene
- Sulfur through polyurethane, chlorine, sulfuric acid
- Corn through spandex, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Limestone through steel wire, steel, quicklime
- Iron ore through steel wire, steel, manganese
- Dolomite through steel wire, steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through steel wire, steel, manganese
- Quartz through steel wire, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through steel wire, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Sugarcane through spandex, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through spandex, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 37 things
Metals 6
Chemicals and fuels 24
BenzeneNitric acidAmmoniaFormaldehydeChlorineEthylene glycolPropyleneParaffin waxNaphthaHydrogenToluenePara-xyleneEthyleneMethanolSulfuric acidOxygen gasCarbon dioxidePhenolAcetoneCaustic sodaQuicklimeArgonPropaneCharcoal