What are die-cast toy cars made of?
Die-cast toy cars take 7 things directly, among them zinc, aluminum, magnesium, copper, paint and plastic. Trace them back and you pass 32 made things on the way to 17 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 17 raw materials
- Zinc ore through zinc
- Air through copper
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Dolomite through magnesium
- Copper ore through copper
- Water through paint
- Natural gas through plastic
- Sulfur through copper, sulfuric acid
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Quartz through magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Titanium ore through paint, titanium dioxide
- Iron ore through paint, pigment
- Limestone through steel, quicklime
- Manganese ore through steel, manganese
- Rock salt through paint, titanium dioxide, chlorine
Made along the way: 25 things
Metals 5
Chemicals and fuels 18
Sulfuric acidPetroleum cokeOxygen gasTitanium dioxidePigmentNaphthaEthylenePropyleneQuicklimeArgonCaustic sodaCharcoalChlorineCarbon blackAmmoniaMethanolHydrogenPropane