What are parachutes made of?
Parachutes take nylon, sewing thread and steel directly. Trace them back and you pass 29 made things on the way to 15 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 15 raw materials
- Water through sewing thread
- Air through nylon, ammonia
- Natural gas through nylon, ammonia
- Iron ore through steel, manganese
- Limestone through steel, quicklime
- Dolomite through steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through steel, manganese
- Crude oil through steel, steel scrap, propane
- Coal through steel, manganese, coke
- Quartz through steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Sulfur through steel, manganese, sulfuric acid
- Corn through sewing thread, polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through sewing thread, polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through sewing thread, polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 26 things
Metals 5
Chemicals and fuels 16
BenzeneNitric acidAmmoniaOxygen gasQuicklimeArgonNaphthaHydrogenToluenePropaneSulfuric acidPara-xyleneEthyleneEthylene glycolCharcoalCarbon dioxide