What are hockey sticks made of?
Hockey sticks take carbon fiber, epoxy, fiberglass and paint directly. Trace them back and you pass 27 made things on the way to 15 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 15 raw materials
- Air through carbon fiber
- Silica sand through fiberglass
- Limestone through fiberglass
- Water through paint
- Crude oil through epoxy, propylene
- Natural gas through carbon fiber, ammonia
- Rock salt through epoxy, caustic soda
- Trona through fiberglass, soda ash
- Titanium ore through paint, titanium dioxide
- Iron ore through paint, pigment
- Sulfur through paint, pigment
- Corn through fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Coal through paint, titanium dioxide, coke
- Sugarcane through fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 23 things
Metals 1
Chemicals and fuels 19
PropyleneAmmoniaPhenolAcetoneChlorineCaustic sodaSoda ashTitanium dioxidePigmentNaphthaBenzeneSulfuric acidCarbon dioxideQuicklimeOxygen gasCarbon blackMethanolHydrogenToluene