What are double-glazed windows made of?
Double-glazed windows take window glass, aluminum, adhesive, argon and silicone directly. Trace them back and you pass 37 made things on the way to 18 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 18 raw materials
- Silica sand through silicone
- Limestone through window glass
- Dolomite through window glass
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Water through silicone
- Air through argon
- Rock salt through window glass, soda ash
- Trona through window glass, soda ash
- Tin ore through window glass, tin
- Natural gas through window glass, hydrogen
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Quartz through silicone, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through silicone, metallurgical silicon
- Corn through window glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Sulfur through adhesive, acrylic, sulfuric acid
- Sugarcane through window glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through window glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 32 things
Metals 3
Chemicals and fuels 22
Soda ashNitrogen gasHydrogenPetroleum cokeParaffin waxMethanolHydrochloric acidAmmoniaCarbon dioxideQuicklimeCaustic sodaEthylenePropyleneSulfuric acidPhenolAcetoneChlorineNitric acidCharcoalNaphthaBenzeneToluene