What are space heaters made of?
Space heaters take 9 things directly, among them nichrome, mica, copper wire, sheet steel, paint and electric motor. Trace them back and you pass 55 made things on the way to 24 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 24 raw materials
- Mica goes straight in
- Water through paint
- Air through ABS plastic
- Nickel ore through nichrome, nickel
- Chromite through nichrome, chromium
- Limestone through nichrome, chromium
- Copper ore through copper wire, copper
- Zinc ore through screw, zinc
- Titanium ore through paint, titanium dioxide
- Iron ore through ABS plastic, pigment
- Sulfur through ABS plastic, pigment
- Crude oil through ABS plastic, propylene
- Natural gas through ABS plastic, ethylene
- Coal through ABS plastic, benzene, toluene
- Rock salt through paint, titanium dioxide, chlorine
- Trona through nichrome, chromium, soda ash
- Dolomite through electric motor, steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through electric motor, steel, manganese
- Corn through nichrome, chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Bauxite through nichrome, chromium, aluminum, alumina
- Quartz through electric motor, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through electric motor, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Sugarcane through nichrome, chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through nichrome, chromium, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 47 things
Metals 13
Metal goods 1
Chemicals and fuels 26
Titanium dioxidePigmentNaphthaPropyleneAmmoniaBenzeneEthyleneStyreneSulfuric acidSoda ashOxygen gasQuicklimeArgonChlorineCarbon blackMethanolPhenolAcetoneCaustic sodaHydrogenToluenePlasticizerCarbon dioxidePetroleum cokePropaneCharcoal