What are office chairs made of?
Office chairs take 7 things directly, among them polypropylene, nylon, aluminum, nitrogen gas, steel and polyurethane. Trace them back and you pass 37 made things on the way to 17 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 17 raw materials
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Air through nitrogen gas
- Water through polyurethane
- Natural gas through nylon, ammonia
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Iron ore through steel, manganese
- Limestone through steel, quicklime
- Dolomite through steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through steel, manganese
- Rock salt through polyurethane, chlorine
- Quartz through steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Sulfur through steel, manganese, sulfuric acid
- Corn through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 30 things
Metals 6
Chemicals and fuels 20
PropyleneBenzeneNitric acidAmmoniaPetroleum cokeOxygen gasQuicklimeArgonChlorineNaphthaHydrogenTolueneCaustic sodaPropaneSulfuric acidPara-xyleneEthyleneEthylene glycolCharcoalCarbon dioxide