What are surfboards made of?
Surfboards take polyurethane, polystyrene, timber, fiberglass and epoxy directly. Trace them back and you pass 23 made things on the way to 14 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 14 raw materials
- Timber goes straight in
- Water through polyurethane
- Silica sand through fiberglass
- Limestone through fiberglass
- Crude oil through epoxy, propylene
- Air through polyurethane, nitric acid
- Rock salt through epoxy, chlorine
- Natural gas through polystyrene, ethylene
- Trona through fiberglass, soda ash
- Sulfur through epoxy, chlorine, sulfuric acid
- Coal through polystyrene, benzene, toluene
- Corn through fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 19 things
Chemicals and fuels 17
PropyleneNitric acidChlorineNaphthaEthyleneBenzeneStyreneSoda ashPhenolAcetoneCaustic sodaAmmoniaSulfuric acidHydrogenTolueneCarbon dioxideQuicklime