What are jet engines made of?
Jet engines take titanium, nickel, turbine blade and jet fuel directly. Trace them back and you pass 26 made things on the way to 23 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 23 raw materials
- Titanium ore through titanium
- Nickel ore through nickel
- Crude oil through jet fuel
- Rock salt through titanium, chlorine
- Water through titanium, chlorine
- Dolomite through titanium, magnesium
- Air through titanium, argon
- Sulfur through nickel, sulfuric acid
- Clay through turbine blade, ceramic
- Kaolin through turbine blade, ceramic
- Feldspar through turbine blade, ceramic
- Quartz through turbine blade, ceramic
- Cobalt ore through turbine blade, cobalt
- Chromite through turbine blade, chromium
- Limestone through turbine blade, chromium
- Natural gas through jet fuel, hydrogen
- Coal through turbine blade, chromium, aluminum
- Timber through titanium, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Trona through turbine blade, chromium, soda ash
- Bauxite through turbine blade, chromium, aluminum, alumina
- Corn through turbine blade, chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through turbine blade, chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through turbine blade, chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 22 things
Metals 6
Chemicals and fuels 12
ChlorineArgonSulfuric acidParaffin waxHydrogenSoda ashCharcoalPetroleum cokeAmmoniaCarbon dioxideQuicklimeCaustic soda