What is fiberglass insulation made of?
Fiberglass insulation takes silica sand and adhesive directly. Trace them back and you pass 20 made things on the way to 8 raw materials.
How fiberglass insulation is made See it on the map
What goes straight in
From the ground: 8 raw materials
- Silica sand goes straight in
- Water through adhesive
- Crude oil through adhesive, paraffin wax
- Natural gas through adhesive, polyethylene, ethylene
- Air through adhesive, acrylic, sulfuric acid
- Sulfur through adhesive, acrylic, sulfuric acid
- Rock salt through adhesive, epoxy, caustic soda
- Coal through adhesive, epoxy, acetone, benzene, toluene
Made along the way: 19 things
Chemicals and fuels 15
Paraffin waxEthylenePropyleneAmmoniaSulfuric acidMethanolPhenolAcetoneChlorineCaustic sodaNitric acidHydrogenNaphthaBenzeneToluene