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It is required to oxidize a [[plasma]] fire. A room with 100% plasma will not burn. More oxygen causes plasma fires to increase in heat and size. Oxygen mixed suddenly with heated plasma causes explosions when in a tank. See [[Temperature]]. | It is required to oxidize a [[plasma]] fire. A room with 100% plasma will not burn. More oxygen causes plasma fires to increase in heat and size. Oxygen mixed suddenly with heated plasma causes explosions when in a tank. See [[Temperature]]. | ||
Oxygen is an invisible gas. To detect it, use your [[PDA]] or a wall mounted [[Air Alarm]]. Oxygen [[canister]]s are marked in blue. [[Emergency Oxygen Tank]]s, filled with about 300 kPa, spawn in your emergency [[Internals Box]]. Larger [[Oxygen Tank]]s are in [[Emergency Locker]]s all across ship, which start with about 600 kPa. | Oxygen is an invisible gas. To detect it, use your [[PDA]] or a wall mounted [[Air Alarm]]. Oxygen [[canister]]s are marked in blue. [[Emergency Oxygen Tank]]s, filled with about 300 kPa, spawn in your emergency [[Internals Box]]. Larger [[Oxygen Tank]]s are in [[Emergency Locker]]s all across ship, which start with about 600 kPa. Can be mined from Lavaland with a bit of ingenuity, but generally will never need to be done unless using an extreme tritium synthesis setup. | ||
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Nitrogen. Not particularly more heat absorbant than any other gas. However, it cannot burn at all, which may slow down fires simply by taking up space. It can reduce the heat penalty on the SM, which will keep temperatures down. | Nitrogen. Not particularly more heat absorbant than any other gas. However, it cannot burn at all, which may slow down fires simply by taking up space. It can reduce the heat penalty on the SM, which will keep temperatures down. | ||
Can be found in Atmospherics in red canisters. | Can be found in Atmospherics in red canisters. Can also be gasmined from lavaland. | ||
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===[[File:Water_vapor.png]]Water Vapor=== | ===[[File:Water_vapor.png]]Water Vapor=== | ||
{{anchor|Water Vapor}} | {{anchor|Water Vapor}} | ||
Pure H<sub>2</sub>O. Keep away from the [[Clown]] - this slips people and even freezes tiles when released at low temperatures. | Pure H<sub>2</sub>O. Keep away from the [[Clown]] - this slips people and even freezes tiles when released at low temperatures. Can be used as fusion fuel to make particularly exothermic reactions, | ||
The [[Janitor]] starts with a tank in his closet; created as a waste product when tritium burns. | The [[Janitor]] starts with a tank in his closet; created in massive amounts as a waste product when tritium burns. | ||
===[[File:CO2_Canister.png]]CO<sub>2</sub>=== | ===[[File:CO2_Canister.png]]CO<sub>2</sub>=== | ||
{{anchor|Carbon Dioxide}} | {{anchor|Carbon Dioxide}} | ||
What the fuck is Carbon Dioxide!? It's an invisible, heavy gas. It chokes people effectively and quickly, and if you can be bothered to set the alarms up, will result in a invisible room that kills those in it. Takes some setup and can be very, very annoying. Causes people to ''gasp'' at low levels. | What the fuck is Carbon Dioxide!? It's an invisible, heavy gas. It chokes people effectively and quickly, and if you can be bothered to set the alarms up, will result in a invisible room that kills those in it. Takes some setup and can be very, very annoying. Causes people to ''gasp'' at low levels. Also used as fuel for fusion, with an absolute minimum of 250 moles, though you generally want more. | ||
Can be found in Atmospherics in black canisters. | Can be found in Atmospherics in black canisters. | ||
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Nitrous Oxide, a.k.a. Sleeping Agent. A white-flecked gas. | Nitrous Oxide, a.k.a. Sleeping Agent. A white-flecked gas. | ||
Makes you laugh at low doses and at higher ones puts you to sleep. If using this as a sleep gas mix '''do not forget''' to mix in at least 16 kPa of O2, or you will suffocate someone. | Makes you laugh at low doses and at higher ones puts you to sleep. If using this as a sleep gas mix '''do not forget''' to mix in at least 16 kPa of O2, or you will suffocate someone. Used as an anesthetic in the surgery room and as a "pacifier" in security for especially robust criminals. | ||
Can be found in Atmospherics in red canisters with a white stripe on them. | Can be found in Atmospherics in red canisters with a white stripe on them. | ||
===[[File:Plasma_Canister.png]][[Plasma]]=== | ===[[File:Plasma_Canister.png]][[Plasma]]=== | ||
Toxins. One of the two flammable gases on the station, plasma is purple and highly toxic. | Toxins. One of the two flammable gases on the station, plasma is purple and highly toxic. Used primarily for fusion, an absolute minimum of 250 moles is required to start the process, though you generally want to use more. | ||
Heating this in the presence of a large amount of oxygen will cause the formation of tritium, an even more flammable gas that burns hotter, brighter and far deadlier than plasma. | |||
===[[File:BZ_canister.png]]BZ=== | ===[[File:BZ_canister.png]]BZ=== | ||
BZ gas is a potent hallucinogenic that also put slimes into stasis, degenerates changeling chemicals and | BZ gas is a potent hallucinogenic that also put slimes into stasis, degenerates changeling chemicals and suppresses their hivemind. As a side effect, affected people will take low brain damage, but breathing it long enough will cause brain death. An extremely insidious gas that is much harder to detect than N20 or Plasma, or at least until the hallucinations start. | ||
BZ is formed when N2O and Plasma are combined at low pressures. The optimal pressure for this is 0.1 atmosphere, or about 10 kPa. Efficiency might be higher if you get it even lower somehow, though. | BZ is formed when N2O and Plasma are combined at low pressures. The optimal pressure for this is 0.1 atmosphere, or about 10 kPa. Efficiency might be higher if you get it even lower somehow, though. | ||
If mixed in a tank with oxygen, it can be used for internals, to [[Chaplain|encourage spiritual development]]. Breathing it also produces [[Guide_to_chemistry#BZ_Metabolites|BZ Metabolites]]. | If mixed in a tank with oxygen, it can be used for internals, to [[Chaplain|encourage spiritual development]]. Breathing it also produces [[Guide_to_chemistry#BZ_Metabolites|BZ Metabolites]]. | ||
Export Price per Mole: 4 | |||
===[[File:Nitryl_no2.png]]Nitryl (NO<sub>2</sub>)=== | ===[[File:Nitryl_no2.png]]Nitryl (NO<sub>2</sub>)=== | ||
Nitryl (formerly Brown Gas) speeds you up - pretty good until the acid eats your lungs. | Nitryl (formerly Brown Gas) speeds you up - pretty good until the acid eats your lungs. Generally produced only as a precursor to stimulum, or when somebody's pet star gets loose and starts turning the station into its burning core. | ||
The result of heating Oxygen and Nitrogen to | The result of heating Oxygen and Nitrogen to 25000k at a 1:1 ratio, with at least 5 moles of N2O. | ||
===[[File:Tritium.png]]Tritium=== | ===[[File:Tritium.png]]Tritium=== | ||
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Radioactive, flammable gas that is used in plenty of chemical reactions. Created by heating loadsa O2 with Plasma. Also, radiation collectors convert plasma into this. Tritium, though not naturally radioactive, releases radiation when it is burned. Might not want to put this into any engine unless you plan to set it on fire. | Radioactive, flammable gas that is used in plenty of chemical reactions. Created by heating loadsa O2 with Plasma. Also, radiation collectors convert plasma into this. Tritium, though not naturally radioactive, releases radiation when it is burned. Might not want to put this into any engine unless you plan to set it on fire. | ||
Tritium is created in fires that are highly oxygenated, or, in fires where oxygen takes up a vast majority of the gasses. For example, 97% oxygen and 3% plasma. Different ratios may be used, and sometimes different ratios will end up being better for the highest level of efficiency depending on space in the incinerator and temperature of the fire. Experiment! Important to remember is that tritium will likely be very hot, and if allowed to react with oxygen will burn up into water vapor. Keep this in mind when attempting to get sizable amounts of it. | |||
Export price Per Mole: 5 | |||
===[[File:Freon_canister.png]]Hyper-Noblium=== | ===[[File:Freon_canister.png]]Hyper-Noblium=== | ||
Extremely inert, Hyper-Noblium stops other gases from reacting. (Specifically, it stops reactions when >5 moles) | Extremely inert, Hyper-Noblium stops other gases from reacting. (Specifically, it stops reactions when >5 moles). The rarest and most precious gas in the game and for good reason. Each mole synthesized contributes 1000 research points into the R&D servers and can later be sold for 1000 credits each. Synthesizing 500 moles in a shift is usually enough to get all the researches and give cargo a practically limitless budget. | ||
Can be created when Nitrogen is combined with Tritium at extremely high temperatures. BZ works as a catalyst. | Can be created when Nitrogen is combined with Tritium at extremely high temperatures. BZ works as a catalyst. 10:1 Nitrogen to Tritium is about optimal here. Counter to the Nitryl reaction, BZ is not a requirement at all. But rather, it decreases how much the temperature / energy drops of your gas mix during the reaction. As such, BZ can often be entirely ignored. The minimum temperature for this reaction to occur is 5000000K, making fusion absolutely critical in its manufacturing process. | ||
Export price Per Mole: 1000 | |||
===[[File:Stimulum.png]]Stimulum=== | ===[[File:Stimulum.png]]Stimulum=== | ||
An experimental gas that makes you stun and sleep immune. | An experimental gas that makes you stun and sleep immune while also speeding you up. While incredibly cumbersome to manufacture, its effects give the enterprising technician a decisive advantage in combat as it has no addictive or negative effects. Try giving it to security so they can robust traitors and lings, or don't because security is more likely to arrest you for making meth gas because they don't have any idea what the hell stimulum is. Better yet, export it via cargo for some very high margins. While not as valuable as Hypernoblium, you can generally synthesize more moles of it and make more money, it's just even more of a chore to make than fusion. Also generates 40 Research Points per mole synthesized, making it a very nice gas overall if you can somehow produce large batches of it. | ||
Formed by combining Tritium with Plasma, BZ and Nitryl, then heating it. | |||
Export price Per Mole: 100 | |||
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A non-reactive Oxygen substitute that delivers eight times as much O2 to the bloodstream, with as little 3 kPa minimum pressure required for internals! | A non-reactive Oxygen substitute that delivers eight times as much O2 to the bloodstream, with as little 3 kPa minimum pressure required for internals! | ||
Formed by irradiating tiles with 2 part CO2 1 part O2 in the air. The [[Supermatter]] can | Formed by irradiating tiles with 2 part CO2 1 part O2 in the air. The [[Supermatter]] is often the greatest source of pluoxium, though it would require adding CO2 into the cooling loop. Depending on the efficiency of the setup, you can get between just enough pluoxium to fill an internals tank or so much that you consume all the CO2 within the station's atmospheric reserve tanks and export it via cargo for upwards of 500 thousand credits. Be careful when attempting the latter however, pumping the SM full of CO2 and O2 risks a tritium delamination which is nigh impossible to contain unless your setup is extremely robust. | ||
Export price Per Mole: 5 | |||
===Miasma=== | |||
Miasma is created from rotting corpses, gibs, and other things. Miasma smells bad and can cause diseases to spontaneously appear. The higher concentration of miasma in the air, the higher level symptoms can appear. Can be converted back into oxygen by heating it to 373.15K. Also generates a small amount of research points when converted this way. | |||
Export price per mol: 10 credits, for some bizzare reason. | |||
==Physical Characteristics of Gases== | ==Physical Characteristics of Gases== | ||