What are yo-yos made of?
Yo-yos take plastic, steel, aluminum, ball bearing and sewing thread directly. Trace them back and you pass 34 made things on the way to 18 raw materials.
How yo-yos are made See it on the map
What goes straight in
From the ground: 18 raw materials
- Natural gas through plastic
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Water through sewing thread
- Iron ore through steel, manganese
- Limestone through steel, quicklime
- Air through steel, argon
- Dolomite through steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through steel, manganese
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Quartz through steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Sulfur through steel, manganese, sulfuric acid
- Rock salt through aluminum, alumina, caustic soda
- Zinc ore through ball bearing, sheet steel, zinc
- 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: 29 things
Metals 9
Chemicals and fuels 15
NaphthaEthylenePropyleneOxygen gasQuicklimeArgonPetroleum cokeHydrogenPropaneSulfuric acidCaustic sodaCharcoalPara-xyleneEthylene glycolCarbon dioxide