What are flags made of?
Flags take nylon, polyester, ink, sewing thread and brass directly. Trace them back and you pass 42 made things on the way to 21 raw materials.
How flags are made See it on the map
What goes straight in
From the ground: 21 raw materials
- Water through sewing thread
- Air through nylon, ammonia
- Natural gas through nylon, ammonia
- Soybeans through ink, vegetable oil
- Rapeseed through ink, vegetable oil
- Clay through ink, vegetable oil
- Crude oil through ink, carbon black
- Titanium ore through ink, titanium dioxide
- Iron ore through ink, pigment
- Sulfur through ink, pigment
- Corn through ink, ethanol
- Sugarcane through ink, ethanol
- Copper ore through brass, copper
- Zinc ore through brass, zinc
- Lead ore through brass, lead
- Tin ore through brass, tin
- Coal through brass, aluminum
- Rock salt through ink, titanium dioxide, chlorine
- Bauxite through brass, aluminum, alumina
- Limestone through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Sugar beet through ink, ethanol, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 37 things
Metals 7
Chemicals and fuels 25
BenzeneNitric acidAmmoniaCarbon blackTitanium dioxidePigmentEthanolNaphthaHydrogenToluenePara-xyleneEthyleneEthylene glycolHexanePhenolFormaldehydeChlorineOxygen gasSulfuric acidPetroleum cokeCarbon dioxidePropyleneMethanolCaustic sodaQuicklime