What are eyeglass frames made of?
Eyeglass frames take 10 things directly, among them plastic, cellulose acetate, pigment, acetone, nickel and solder. Trace them back and you pass 53 made things on the way to 25 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
- Plasticat Press the acetate block
- Cellulose acetateat Press the acetate block
- Pigmentat Press the acetate block
- Acetoneat Press the acetate block
- Nickelat Build the metal frames
- Solderat Build the metal frames
- Paintat Build the metal frames
- Steelat Attach hinges and temples
- Screwat Attach hinges and temples
- Eyeglass lensat Fit lenses and adjust
From the ground: 25 raw materials
- Natural gas through plastic
- Water through paint
- Iron ore through pigment
- Sulfur through pigment
- Air through acetone
- Nickel ore through nickel
- Crude oil through acetone, propylene
- Timber through cellulose acetate, wood pulp
- Titanium ore through paint, titanium dioxide
- Tin ore through solder, tin
- Lead ore through solder, silver
- Silver ore through solder, silver
- Zinc ore through solder, silver
- Copper ore through solder, copper
- Limestone through steel, quicklime
- Dolomite through steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through steel, manganese
- Silica sand through eyeglass lens, glass
- Rock salt through paint, titanium dioxide, chlorine
- Coal through paint, titanium dioxide, coke
- Quartz through steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Trona through eyeglass lens, glass, soda ash
- Corn through eyeglass lens, glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through eyeglass lens, glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through eyeglass lens, glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 43 things
Metals 11
Chemicals and fuels 25
NaphthaEthylenePropyleneAcetic anhydridePlasticizerTitanium dioxideCarbon blackBenzeneSulfuric acidOxygen gasQuicklimeArgonHydrogenCaustic sodaHydrogen peroxideMethanolCarbon monoxideChlorineTolueneAmmoniaPropanePhenolSoda ashCharcoalCarbon dioxide