What is concrete made of?
Concrete takes gravel and crushed stone, silica sand, cement, water and rebar directly. Trace them back and you pass 26 made things on the way to 18 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 18 raw materials
- Gravel and crushed stone goes straight in
- Silica sand goes straight in
- Water goes straight in
- Limestone through cement
- Clay through cement
- Gypsum through cement
- Zinc ore through rebar, zinc
- Air through rebar, zinc
- Iron ore through rebar, steel, manganese
- Dolomite through rebar, steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through rebar, steel, manganese
- Natural gas through rebar, steel, manganese
- Crude oil through rebar, steel scrap, propane
- Sulfur through rebar, zinc, sulfuric acid
- Rock salt through rebar, epoxy, caustic soda
- Coal through rebar, steel, manganese, coke
- Quartz through rebar, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through rebar, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
Made along the way: 24 things
Metals 7
Chemicals and fuels 15
Oxygen gasQuicklimeArgonPropaneSulfuric acidPhenolPropyleneAcetoneChlorineCaustic sodaBenzeneNaphthaCharcoalHydrogenToluene