What are felt-tip markers made of?
Felt-tip markers take 7 things directly, among them polyester, nylon, phenolic resin, polypropylene, ink and ethanol. Trace them back and you pass 32 made things on the way to 16 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 16 raw materials
- Water through ethanol
- Corn through ethanol
- Sugarcane through ethanol
- Iron ore through pigment
- Sulfur through pigment
- Air through nylon, ammonia
- Natural gas through nylon, ammonia
- Crude oil through polypropylene, propylene
- Soybeans through ink, vegetable oil
- Rapeseed through ink, vegetable oil
- Clay through ink, vegetable oil
- Titanium ore through pigment, titanium dioxide
- Coal through pigment, titanium dioxide, coke
- Rock salt through pigment, titanium dioxide, chlorine
- Sugar beet through ethanol, baker's yeast, molasses
- Limestone through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
Made along the way: 25 things
Metals 1
Chemicals and fuels 20
BenzeneNitric acidAmmoniaPhenolFormaldehydePropyleneCarbon blackTitanium dioxideEthylenePara-xyleneEthylene glycolNaphthaHydrogenTolueneMethanolHexaneChlorineOxygen gasSulfuric acidCarbon dioxide