What are neon signs made of?
Neon signs take glass, mercury, neon, argon and paint directly. Trace them back and you pass 23 made things on the way to 16 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 16 raw materials
- Silica sand through glass
- Limestone through glass
- Cinnabar through mercury
- Air through argon
- Water through paint
- Rock salt through glass, soda ash
- Trona through glass, soda ash
- Titanium ore through paint, titanium dioxide
- Iron ore through paint, pigment
- Sulfur through paint, pigment
- Natural gas through paint, acrylic, methanol
- Corn through glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Coal through paint, titanium dioxide, coke
- Crude oil through paint, pigment, carbon black
- 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: 18 things
Metals 1
Chemicals and fuels 14
Soda ashOxygen gasTitanium dioxidePigmentAmmoniaCarbon dioxideQuicklimeChlorineSulfuric acidCarbon blackPropyleneMethanolNaphthaHydrogen