What are graphics cards made of?
Graphics cards take 9 things directly, among them microchip, printed circuit board, solder, memory chip, aluminum and copper. Trace them back and you pass 63 made things on the way to 26 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 26 raw materials
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Copper ore through copper
- Water through copper
- Air through ABS plastic
- Quartz through memory chip, silicon wafer
- Tin ore through solder, tin
- Gold ore through microchip, gold
- Silica sand through printed circuit board, fiberglass
- Limestone through printed circuit board, fiberglass
- Lead ore through solder, silver
- Silver ore through solder, silver
- Zinc ore through solder, silver
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Sulfur through copper, sulfuric acid
- Natural gas through ABS plastic, ethylene
- Iron ore through ABS plastic, pigment
- Rock salt through electric motor, epoxy, caustic soda
- Trona through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash
- Titanium ore through ABS plastic, pigment, titanium dioxide
- Dolomite through electric motor, steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through electric motor, steel, manganese
- Timber through electric motor, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Corn through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 54 things
Metals 15
TinGoldLeadSilverAluminaSheet steelCopper wireSteelSteel wireZincCokePig ironMagnesiumSteel scrapManganese
Metal goods 1
Chemicals and fuels 28
Oxygen gasNitrogen gasPetroleum cokeSulfuric acidNaphthaPropyleneAmmoniaBenzeneEthyleneStyrenePigmentArgonQuicklimeChlorineSoda ashPhenolAcetoneCaustic sodaHydrogenTolueneTitanium dioxideCarbon blackHydrochloric acidFormaldehydeCarbon dioxidePropaneCharcoalMethanol