What is spandex made of?
Spandex takes benzene, formaldehyde, chlorine and ethylene glycol directly. Trace them back and you pass 14 made things on the way to 11 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 11 raw materials
- Air through formaldehyde
- Water through ethylene glycol
- Rock salt through chlorine
- Crude oil through benzene, naphtha
- Natural gas through benzene, hydrogen
- Coal through benzene, toluene
- Sulfur through chlorine, sulfuric acid
- Corn through ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Limestone through ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses