What are kites made of?
Kites take 8 things directly, among them nylon, polyester, sewing thread, adhesive, fiberglass and carbon fiber. Trace them back and you pass 36 made things on the way to 14 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 14 raw materials
- Bamboo goes straight in
- Water through adhesive
- Silica sand through fiberglass
- Limestone through fiberglass
- Air through carbon fiber
- Natural gas through carbon fiber, ammonia
- Crude oil through adhesive, paraffin wax
- Rock salt through fiberglass, soda ash
- Trona through fiberglass, soda ash
- Coal through nylon, benzene, toluene
- Sulfur through adhesive, acrylic, sulfuric acid
- Corn through fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- 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: 29 things
Chemicals and fuels 21
BenzeneNitric acidAmmoniaParaffin waxSoda ashPropyleneNaphthaHydrogenToluenePara-xyleneEthyleneEthylene glycolSulfuric acidMethanolPhenolAcetoneChlorineCaustic sodaCarbon dioxideQuicklimeOxygen gas