feedstock
Industrial process ingredient
Feedstock is raw material supplied to a machine or industrial process.
Oil refineries convert crude oil feedstock into gasoline and other products.
Chemical plants use various feedstocks—natural gas, coal, biomass—as starting materials.
The term emphasizes the material's role as input rather than its intrinsic nature: Recycled plastic can serve as feedstock for new manufacturing.
Fuel from organic sources
- ethanolDrinkable volatile spirit
- biodieselPlant-based motor fuel
- sustainableAble to endure long-term
- recycledConverted waste into material
green · circular economy · upcycled · replenishable · regenerative · carbon-neutral · second-generation · non-fossil
Product from crude processing
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
- polymerLarge repeated-unit molecule
- plasticsMoldable petroleum-based materials
- chemicalsManufactured or isolated substances
pharmaceuticals · manufacturing · processing · input · supply chain · intermediates · precursor · catalyst
Cultivated agricultural plants
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- harvestGathering mature crops
- silageFermented crop fodder
- cornCereal grown on cobs
soybean · sugarcane · cassava · sorghum · wheat · oilseed · straw · chaff
Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- crude oilUnrefined fossil fuel
- natural gasSubterranean hydrocarbon fuel
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- naphthaVolatile petroleum-derived solvent
bitumen · tar sands · shale · hydrocarbons · condensate · liquefied gas · extraction · drilling
Plant wall polysaccharide
- ligninStructural plant polymer
- algaePrimitive aquatic photosynthesizers
- switchgrassNative prairie grass species
- woodchipsShredded timber fragments
sawdust · organic matter · biogas · fermentation · bioenergy · carbon neutral · decomposition · compostable
biofuel
Fuel from organic sources
- ethanolDrinkable volatile spirit
- biodieselPlant-based motor fuel
- sustainableAble to endure long-term
recycled · green · circular economy · upcycled · replenishable · regenerative · carbon-neutral · second-generation · non-fossil · alternative
petrochemical
Product from crude processing
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
- polymerLarge repeated-unit molecule
- plasticsMoldable petroleum-based materials
chemicals · pharmaceuticals · manufacturing · processing · input · supply chain · intermediates · precursor · catalyst · downstream
crop
Cultivated agricultural plants
corn · soybean · sugarcane · cassava · sorghum · wheat · oilseed · straw · chaff · bagasse
petroleum
Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- crude oilUnrefined fossil fuel
- natural gasSubterranean hydrocarbon fuel
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
naphtha · bitumen · tar sands · shale · hydrocarbons · condensate · liquefied gas · extraction · drilling · pipeline
cellulose
Plant wall polysaccharide
- ligninStructural plant polymer
- algaePrimitive aquatic photosynthesizers
- switchgrassNative prairie grass species
woodchips · sawdust · organic matter · biogas · fermentation · bioenergy · carbon neutral · decomposition · compostable · biodegradable
ore
Metal-bearing rock
- bauxiteAluminum hydroxide ore
- iron oreExtractable metallic mineral deposit
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
zinc · nickel · limestone · silica · phosphate · potash · gypsum · alumina · concentrate · smelting
- petroleumcrude oil, crude, petroleum, oil wells, oil fields
- recyclingrecycle, recycling, recycling bin, recycle bin, recycling bins
- chemical engineeringchemical engineer, chemical engineering, reactors, distillation, heat transfer
- agroenergybiofuel, biofuels, biodiesel, bioethanol, biogas
- biodieselbiodiesel, used cooking oil, soybean oil, canola oil, rapeseed oil
- Biogasbiogas, methane, biomethane, fermenter, reactor
feedstockfinished product
Completed manufactured good
end product · final product · output · finished goods · deliverable