What are socks made of?
Socks take cotton yarn, wool yarn, nylon, sewing thread and water directly. Trace them back and you pass 19 made things on the way to 11 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 11 raw materials
- Water goes straight in
- Raw cotton through cotton yarn
- Wool fleece through wool yarn
- Air through nylon, ammonia
- Natural gas through nylon, ammonia
- Crude oil through nylon, benzene, naphtha
- Coal through nylon, benzene, toluene
- Corn through sewing thread, polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Limestone 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: 15 things
Chemicals and fuels 11
BenzeneNitric acidAmmoniaNaphthaHydrogenToluenePara-xyleneEthyleneEthylene glycolOxygen gasCarbon dioxide