What is nichrome made of?
Nichrome takes nickel and chromium directly. Trace them back and you pass 14 made things on the way to 15 raw materials.
How nichrome is made See it on the map
What goes straight in
From the ground: 15 raw materials
- Nickel ore through nickel
- Chromite through chromium
- Limestone through chromium
- Air through chromium
- Water through chromium
- Sulfur through nickel, sulfuric acid
- Coal through chromium, aluminum
- Rock salt through chromium, soda ash
- Trona through chromium, soda ash
- Crude oil through chromium, aluminum
- Natural gas through chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Corn through chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Bauxite through chromium, aluminum, alumina
- Sugarcane through chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses