What are camping tents made of?
Camping tents take 9 things directly, among them nylon, polyester, polyurethane, silicone, sewing thread and zipper. Trace them back and you pass 41 made things on the way to 20 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 20 raw materials
- Water through sewing thread
- Silica sand through fiberglass
- Limestone through fiberglass
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Air through nylon, ammonia
- Natural gas through nylon, ammonia
- Rock salt through polyurethane, chlorine
- Quartz through silicone, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through silicone, metallurgical silicon
- Trona through fiberglass, soda ash
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Sulfur through polyurethane, chlorine, sulfuric acid
- Copper ore through zipper, brass, copper
- Zinc ore through zipper, brass, zinc
- Lead ore through zipper, brass, lead
- Tin ore through zipper, brass, tin
- Corn through fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 32 things
Metals 7
Chemicals and fuels 21
BenzeneNitric acidAmmoniaPropyleneChlorineMethanolHydrochloric acidEthyleneSoda ashPetroleum cokeNaphthaHydrogenToluenePara-xyleneEthylene glycolSulfuric acidCharcoalCarbon dioxideQuicklimeCaustic sodaOxygen gas