Guide to Atmospherics: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→The Gases and Their Functions: Added canister pics!
imported>Kingofkosmos (→N2O: added N2O canister color info.) |
imported>Kingofkosmos (→The Gases and Their Functions: Added canister pics!) |
||
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
Let's start with some theory about the gases. Below are the different gases that can be found in game. | Let's start with some theory about the gases. Below are the different gases that can be found in game. | ||
===O<sub>2</sub>=== | ===[[File:O2_Canister.png]]O<sub>2</sub>=== | ||
Oxygen. All humans, pets and lizardpeople need more than 16 kPa of oxygen in the air or internals to breathe. Any less and the creature starts to suffocate. | Oxygen. All humans, pets and lizardpeople need more than 16 kPa of oxygen in the air or internals to breathe. Any less and the creature starts to suffocate. | ||
| Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
===N<sub>2</sub>=== | ===[[File:N2_Canister.png]]N<sub>2</sub>=== | ||
Nitrogen. Soaks up heat in the air, and lowers the temperature of a fire. By association, it can very quickly lower the temperature of a fiery rupture to the point where the flames self-extinguish. | Nitrogen. Soaks up heat in the air, and lowers the temperature of a fire. By association, it can very quickly lower the temperature of a fiery rupture to the point where the flames self-extinguish. | ||
| Line 31: | Line 31: | ||
===Air=== | ===[[File:Air_Canister.png]]Air=== | ||
A 1/5 gasmix of O2 and N2 (20% O2, 80% N2). The station is filled with this. | A 1/5 gasmix of O2 and N2 (20% O2, 80% N2). The station is filled with this. | ||
| Line 39: | Line 39: | ||
===CO<sub>2</sub>=== | ===[[File:CO2_Canister.png]]CO<sub>2</sub>=== | ||
Carbon Dioxide. An invisible, heavy gas, CO2 is one of the first and fastest gases the scrubbers suck out of the air. Humans produce very small amounts of CO2 through breathing. | Carbon Dioxide. An invisible, heavy gas, CO2 is one of the first and fastest gases the scrubbers suck out of the air. Humans produce very small amounts of CO2 through breathing. | ||
| Line 47: | Line 47: | ||
===N<sub>2</sub>O=== | ===[[File:N2O_Canister.png]]N<sub>2</sub>O=== | ||
Nitrous Oxide, a.k.a. Sleeping Agent. A white-flecked gas. | Nitrous Oxide, a.k.a. Sleeping Agent. A white-flecked gas. | ||
| Line 54: | Line 54: | ||
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. | ||
===[[Plasma]]=== | ===[[File:Plasma_Canister.png]][[Plasma]]=== | ||
Toxins. The one truly flammable gas on the station, plasma is purple, and highly toxic. | Toxins. The one truly flammable gas on the station, plasma is purple, and highly toxic. | ||
Of note is the fact that in the presence of any oxygen at high pressures, Plasma pumped into air, and Burn Mix (O2 and Plasma), can and will spontaneously ignite in an open area at high pressures. | Of note is the fact that in the presence of any oxygen at high pressures, Plasma pumped into air, and Burn Mix (O2 and Plasma), can and will spontaneously ignite in an open area at high pressures. | ||
==Physical Characteristics of Gases== | ==Physical Characteristics of Gases== | ||