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Alumina Solution is a fluid solution of Bauxite and Water. It is only used to produce Aluminum Scrap for further processing, and Batteries.

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

RecipeIngredientsBuildingProductsPrerequisites
Alumina Solution
12 × Bauxite
Bauxite
120 / min
18 × Water
Water
180 / min
Refinery
6 sec
12 × Alumina Solution
Alumina Solution
120 / min
15 MJ/item
5 × Silica
Silica
50 / min
36 MJ/item
Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Unpackage Alumina Solution
2 × Packaged Alumina Solution
Packaged Alumina Solution
120 / min
Packager
1 sec
2 × Alumina Solution
Alumina Solution
120 / min
5 MJ/item
2 × Empty Canister
Empty Canister
120 / min
5 MJ/item
Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Tier 5 - Alternative Fluid Transport
Sloppy Alumina
Alternate
10 × Bauxite
Bauxite
200 / min
10 × Water
Water
200 / min
Refinery
3 sec
12 × Alumina Solution
Alumina Solution
240 / min
7.5 MJ/item
Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement

Alternate recipes analysis[]

The following shows different ways to produce 1 m3 Alumina Solution / second, or 60 m3/min:
Alumina Solution alts

Recipe Bauxite
/min (WP)
Net WP Total Energy
/item (MJ)
Space
(m2)
Building
counts
Default 60
(61.35)
47.77 21.91 (+43) (+0.45)
Sloppy 50
(51.13)
51.13 25.15 50 0.25
  • Weighted Point is the weighted consumption rate which is calculated by: (resource consumption rate / maximum extraction rate) * 10,000. The lower the better.
  • Energy per item can be used to measure how much power is consumed for the entire production chain. The lower the better.
  • Space refers to building space, excluding belts and pipes. The lower the better.
  • Silica byproduct can be used to supplement 1/3 of the Silica usage for the next production step. Thus, resources are not wasted and some of the WP, Energy and space can be recovered.
    • More resources, energy and space has to be spent to create Silica from 'fresh' resources.
    • Silica is assumed to be produced using 'Cheap Silica' recipe.
  • Using Pure Aluminum Ingot together with the standard recipe allows the byproduct Silica produced to be used elsewhere, saving on the use of Raw Quartz.

Usage[]

Crafting[]

RecipeIngredientsBuildingProductsPrerequisites
Aluminum Scrap
4 × Alumina Solution
Alumina Solution
240 / min
2 × Coal
Coal
120 / min
Refinery
1 sec
6 × Aluminum Scrap
Aluminum Scrap
360 / min
5 MJ/item
2 × Water
Water
120 / min
15 MJ/item
Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Battery
2.5 × Sulfuric Acid
Sulfuric Acid
50 / min
2 × Alumina Solution
Alumina Solution
40 / min
Blender
3 sec
1 × Battery
Battery
20 / min
225 MJ/item
1.5 × Water
Water
30 / min
150 MJ/item
Tier 7 - Aeronautical Engineering
1 × Aluminum Casing
Aluminum Casing
20 / min
 
Packaged Alumina Solution
2 × Alumina Solution
Alumina Solution
120 / min
2 × Empty Canister
Empty Canister
120 / min
Packager
1 sec
2 × Packaged Alumina Solution
Packaged Alumina Solution
120 / min
5 MJ/item
Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Tier 5 - Alternative Fluid Transport
Electrode - Aluminum Scrap
Alternate
12 × Alumina Solution
Alumina Solution
180 / min
4 × Petroleum Coke
Petroleum Coke
60 / min
Refinery
4 sec
20 × Aluminum Scrap
Aluminum Scrap
300 / min
6 MJ/item
7 × Water
Water
105 / min
17.14 MJ/item
Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement

Tips[]

  • The Silica produced as a byproduct does not suffice for Aluminum Ingot production (using the standard recipe), more of it has to be produced from Raw Quartz. It can be omitted with the Pure Aluminum Ingot alternate recipe, which however reduces ingot yield by 25%.
    • Routing 1/3 of the Scrap into Aluminum Ingot Foundries and the rest into Pure Aluminum Ingot Smelters consumes exactly all of the Silica byproduct, and reduces ingot yield by 12.5%.
    • Using the Sloppy Alumina alternate recipe produces no byproduct Silica. This plus Pure Aluminum Ingot reduces ingot yield by 10%, but greatly increases energy efficiency.

Trivia[]

  • The in-game refinement process resembles the real-life refining processes, in which bauxite is refined to pure alumina by the Bayer process and then to aluminum metal by the Hall-Héroult process.
    • The Electrode-Aluminum Scrap alternate recipe represents a refinement in the Hall-Héroult process, using "prebaked" carbon anodes rather than cheaper but less efficient "self-baking" ones made from pitch.
  • Alumina is another name for aluminum oxide, Al2O3.
  • In real life, Alumina Solution is used both as a refining intermediate and as a polishing abrasive.
  • Alumina Solution is technically a suspension or slurry rather than a true solution, as aluminum oxide is insoluble in water.

History[]

  • Patch 0.4.0.8:
    • Alternate: Sloppy Alumina:
      • Changed recipe craft time from 6 to 3 seconds
      • Changed Bauxite cost from 15 to 10
      • Changed Water cost from 15 to 10
      • Changed Alumina Solution product from 18 to 12
  • Patch 0.4.0.0:
    • Introduced Sloppy Alumina alternate recipe
    • Default recipe:
      • Changed Bauxite cost from 7 to 12
      • Changed Water cost form 10 to 18
      • Changed Alumina Solution product from 8 to 12
      • Changed Silica product from 2 to 5
  • Patch 0.3: Introduced



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