What are swimsuits made of?
Swimsuits take nylon, polyurethane, spandex, polyester and sewing thread directly. Trace them back and you pass 24 made things on the way to 11 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 11 raw materials
- Water through sewing thread
- Air through nylon, ammonia
- Natural gas through nylon, ammonia
- Crude oil through polyurethane, propylene
- Rock salt through spandex, chlorine
- Coal through spandex, benzene, toluene
- Sulfur through spandex, chlorine, sulfuric acid
- Corn through spandex, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Limestone through spandex, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through spandex, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through spandex, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 19 things
Chemicals and fuels 16
BenzeneNitric acidAmmoniaPropyleneChlorineFormaldehydeEthylene glycolNaphthaHydrogenTolueneSulfuric acidMethanolEthyleneOxygen gasCarbon dioxidePara-xylene