What are zippers made of?
Zippers take polyester, nylon, brass, sewing thread and aluminum directly. Trace them back and you pass 29 made things on the way to 16 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 16 raw materials
- Water through sewing thread
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Air through nylon, ammonia
- Natural gas through nylon, ammonia
- Copper ore through brass, copper
- Zinc ore through brass, zinc
- Lead ore through brass, lead
- Tin ore through brass, tin
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Sulfur through brass, zinc, sulfuric acid
- Rock salt through aluminum, alumina, caustic soda
- Limestone through aluminum, alumina, quicklime
- Corn through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 24 things
Metals 6
Chemicals and fuels 15
BenzeneNitric acidAmmoniaPetroleum cokePara-xyleneEthyleneEthylene glycolNaphthaHydrogenTolueneOxygen gasSulfuric acidCaustic sodaQuicklimeCarbon dioxide