What are golf clubs made of?
Golf clubs take 8 things directly, among them paraffin wax, silica sand, stainless steel, paint, steel and carbon fiber. Trace them back and you pass 50 made things on the way to 23 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 23 raw materials
- Silica sand goes straight in
- Crude oil through paraffin wax
- Water through adhesive
- Air through carbon fiber
- Natural rubber latex through vulcanized rubber
- Sulfur through vulcanized rubber
- Natural gas through paraffin wax, hydrogen
- Chromite through stainless steel, chromium
- Limestone through stainless steel, chromium
- Nickel ore through stainless steel, nickel
- Titanium ore through paint, titanium dioxide
- Iron ore through paint, pigment
- Dolomite through steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through steel, manganese
- Coal through stainless steel, chromium, coke
- Rock salt through adhesive, epoxy, caustic soda
- Trona through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash
- Quartz through steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Corn through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Bauxite through stainless steel, chromium, aluminum, alumina
- Sugarcane through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through stainless steel, chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 43 things
Metals 9
Chemicals and fuels 26
HydrogenOxygen gasArgonTitanium dioxidePigmentQuicklimePropyleneAmmoniaCarbon blackPropaneSoda ashSulfuric acidChlorineMethanolNaphthaEthylenePhenolAcetoneCaustic sodaNitric acidBenzeneStyreneCarbon dioxidePetroleum cokeCharcoalToluene