What are digital thermometers made of?
Digital thermometers take 8 things directly, among them manganese, nickel, copper, epoxy, glass and microchip. Trace them back and you pass 52 made things on the way to 26 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 26 raw materials
- Manganese ore through manganese
- Iron ore through manganese
- Natural gas through manganese
- Nickel ore through nickel
- Copper ore through copper
- Water through copper
- Air through ABS plastic
- Silica sand through glass
- Limestone through glass
- Coal through manganese, coke
- Sulfur through copper, sulfuric acid
- Crude oil through ABS plastic, propylene
- Rock salt through epoxy, caustic soda
- Trona through glass, soda ash
- Quartz through microchip, silicon wafer
- Tin ore through microchip, tin
- Gold ore through microchip, gold
- Corn through glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Bauxite through microchip, aluminum, alumina
- Zinc ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Lead ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Silver ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Titanium ore through ABS plastic, pigment, titanium dioxide
- Timber through microchip, silicon wafer, polysilicon, metallurgical silicon
- Sugarcane through glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 44 things
Metals 9
Chemicals and fuels 26
Sulfuric acidOxygen gasPhenolPropyleneAcetoneChlorineCaustic sodaSoda ashNaphthaAmmoniaBenzeneEthyleneStyrenePigmentCarbon dioxideQuicklimeArgonPetroleum cokeHydrogenTolueneTitanium dioxideCarbon blackHydrochloric acidFormaldehydeCharcoalMethanol