What are hip implants made of?
Hip implants take cobalt, chromium, titanium, ceramic and polyethylene directly. Trace them back and you pass 25 made things on the way to 22 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 22 raw materials
- Cobalt ore through cobalt
- Chromite through chromium
- Limestone through chromium
- Air through chromium
- Water through chromium
- Titanium ore through titanium
- Clay through ceramic
- Kaolin through ceramic
- Feldspar through ceramic
- Quartz through ceramic
- Sulfur through cobalt, sulfuric acid
- Crude oil through chromium, aluminum
- Coal through chromium, aluminum
- Rock salt through chromium, soda ash
- Trona through chromium, soda ash
- Dolomite through titanium, magnesium
- Natural gas through polyethylene, ethylene
- Bauxite through chromium, aluminum, alumina
- Corn through chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Timber through titanium, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Sugarcane through chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 20 things
Metals 4
Chemicals and fuels 13
Sulfuric acidSoda ashChlorineArgonEthylenePetroleum cokeAmmoniaCarbon dioxideQuicklimeNaphthaCaustic sodaCharcoalHydrogen