What are trampolines made of?
Trampolines take 7 things directly, among them steel pipe, zinc, polypropylene, sewing thread, PVC and polyethylene. Trace them back and you pass 42 made things on the way to 18 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 18 raw materials
- Zinc ore through zinc
- Air through zinc
- Water through PVC
- Sulfur through zinc, sulfuric acid
- Crude oil through polypropylene, propylene
- Natural gas through polyethylene, ethylene
- Rock salt through PVC, chlorine
- Iron ore through PVC, pigment
- Limestone through steel pipe, steel, quicklime
- Dolomite through steel pipe, steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through steel pipe, steel, manganese
- Titanium ore through PVC, pigment, titanium dioxide
- Coal through PVC, pigment, titanium dioxide, coke
- Quartz through steel pipe, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through steel pipe, steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Corn through sewing thread, polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through sewing thread, polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through sewing thread, polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 35 things
Metals 8
Chemicals and fuels 21
Sulfuric acidPropyleneEthyleneChlorinePigmentPlasticizerPaintOxygen gasQuicklimeArgonNaphthaTitanium dioxideCarbon blackPropaneHydrogenPara-xyleneEthylene glycolAmmoniaMethanolCharcoalCarbon dioxide