What are computer keyboards made of?
Computer keyboards take ABS plastic, vulcanized rubber, printed circuit board and microchip directly. Trace them back and you pass 51 made things on the way to 25 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 25 raw materials
- Air through ABS plastic
- Natural rubber latex through vulcanized rubber
- Sulfur through vulcanized rubber
- Crude oil through ABS plastic, propylene
- Water through ABS plastic, ethylene
- Natural gas through ABS plastic, ethylene
- Iron ore through ABS plastic, pigment
- Copper ore through microchip, copper
- Silica sand through printed circuit board, fiberglass
- Limestone through printed circuit board, fiberglass
- Quartz through microchip, silicon wafer
- Tin ore through microchip, tin
- Coal through microchip, aluminum
- Gold ore through microchip, gold
- Titanium ore through ABS plastic, pigment, titanium dioxide
- Rock salt through printed circuit board, epoxy, chlorine
- Trona through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash
- Lead ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Silver ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Zinc ore through microchip, gold, zinc
- Bauxite through microchip, aluminum, alumina
- Corn through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Timber through microchip, silicon wafer, polysilicon, metallurgical silicon
- 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: 47 things
Metals 10
Chemicals and fuels 26
NaphthaPropyleneAmmoniaBenzeneEthyleneStyrenePigmentCarbon blackOxygen gasHydrogenTolueneTitanium dioxideSulfuric acidSoda ashPhenolAcetoneChlorineCaustic sodaArgonPetroleum cokeQuicklimeCarbon dioxideFormaldehydeHydrochloric acidMethanolCharcoal