Made Of

Everything is made of something.

← What it takes

What it leads to →

2 ways to make it

Made from

copper ore

Made with

furnace

4steps from the big bang

115things can go into it

refined copper

MaterialSubstance

People were smelting copper from ore 7,000 years ago. Today it's purified to 99.99% by dissolving it in acid and plating it back out with electricity.

First appearedc. 5,000 BCE

Goes into

copper wirefinished waferpackage substrate

People were smelting copper from ore 7,000 years ago. Today it's purified to 99.99% by dissolving it in acid and plating it back out with electricity.

From the big bang to refined copper

The most direct chain from the start of the universe, following what things are made from and, for living things, what they evolved from. Each step shows when it first appeared.

big bang13.8 bn yrs ago

Hhydrogen13.8 bn yrs ago

water4.4 bn yrs ago

sulfuric aciddate unknown

refined copperc. 5,000 BCE