What are microwave ovens made of?
Microwave ovens take 7 things directly, among them sheet steel, paint, copper, glass, electrical transformer and electric motor. Trace them back and you pass 52 made things on the way to 24 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 24 raw materials
- Water through copper
- Copper ore through copper
- Air through copper
- Silica sand through glass
- Limestone through glass
- Zinc ore through sheet steel, zinc
- Titanium ore through paint, titanium dioxide
- Iron ore through paint, pigment
- Sulfur through paint, pigment
- Rock salt through glass, soda ash
- Trona through glass, soda ash
- Dolomite through electric motor, steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through electric motor, steel, manganese
- Natural gas through glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Coal through paint, titanium dioxide, coke
- Crude oil through paint, acrylic, propylene
- Corn through glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Tin ore through printed circuit board, solder, tin
- Lead ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Silver ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Quartz through electric motor, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through electric motor, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Sugarcane through glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 45 things
Metals 13
Metal goods 1
Chemicals and fuels 23
Titanium dioxidePigmentOxygen gasSulfuric acidSoda ashQuicklimeArgonChlorineCarbon blackPropyleneAmmoniaMethanolCarbon dioxidePhenolAcetoneCaustic sodaPropaneNaphthaBenzeneFormaldehydeCharcoalHydrogenToluene