Carbon

Carbon

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Recipe
1 + 2 + 20 → 1
Total raw
1 + 2 + 20
Stack size	50
Rocket capacity	1000 (20 stacks)
Fuel value	2 MJ (burner)
Prototype type	item
Internal name	carbon
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Used as fuel by

Space Age expansion exclusive feature.

Carbon is a resource added in Space Age. It is an intermediate product that takes a variety of roles across different surfaces, and when present, it is often critical to a core process in the new environment.

In space, carbon is created by crushers processing carbonic asteroid chunks, and is used in both recipes for thruster fuel.

On Vulcanus, it is mainly crafted from coal and sulfuric acid, but can also be found when destroying ashland trees. It is an ingredient in tungsten carbide.

On Gleba, it is made from spoilage in biochambers. It is an ingredient in carbon fiber.

Carbon is also useful in coal synthesis. As neither Gleba nor space platforms have natural access to coal, synthesizing it is the only way to produce explosives.

Alternative recipes

Process	Input	Output	Made in	Required technology
Burnt spoilage	12 + 6	1		Biochamber (research)
Carbonic asteroid crushing	2 + 1	10 + 0.2		Space platform (research)
Advanced carbonic asteroid crushing	5 + 1	5 + 2 + 0.05		Advanced asteroid processing (research)

Note that even with the highest quality productivity module 3s possible, converting carbon into coal results in a net decrease in carbon or coal (besides consuming sulfur and sulfuric acid).

History

• 2.0.7:
  • Introduced in Space Age expansion.