What are wall power outlets made of?
Wall power outlets take brass, copper, plastic and screw directly. Trace them back and you pass 29 made things on the way to 18 raw materials.
How wall power outlets are made See it on the map
What goes straight in
From the ground: 18 raw materials
- Copper ore through copper
- Water through copper
- Air through copper
- Natural gas through plastic
- Zinc ore through screw, zinc
- Lead ore through brass, lead
- Tin ore through brass, tin
- Crude oil through brass, aluminum
- Coal through brass, aluminum
- Sulfur through copper, sulfuric acid
- Bauxite through brass, aluminum, alumina
- Rock salt through brass, aluminum, alumina, caustic soda
- Limestone through screw, steel wire, steel, quicklime
- Iron ore through screw, steel wire, steel, manganese
- Dolomite through screw, steel wire, steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through screw, steel wire, steel, manganese
- Quartz through screw, steel wire, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through screw, steel wire, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
Made along the way: 25 things
Metals 12
Chemicals and fuels 12
Oxygen gasSulfuric acidNaphthaEthylenePropylenePetroleum cokeHydrogenCaustic sodaQuicklimeArgonPropaneCharcoal