Aromatic Hydrocarbons

NFPA 704;
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Aromatic Hydrocarbons
	Aromatic Hydrocarbons Fluid Icon
Properties
Type	Liquid
Made With/By	Chemical synthesis
Difficulty of Production	Easy-Medium
Exists in Reality	Yes
Can Be Placed	No
Temperature	20°C
Renewable?	No
Warnings
NFPA 704;
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For more info regarding the Petroleum Processes, check the Petroleum Processing page.

Aromatic Hydrocarbons is an aromatic compound. The word "aromatic" originates from the past grouping of molecules based on odor, before their general chemical properties were understood. It is a highly flammable viscous liquid that can be polluting to your environment. It is also somewhat important to progression, such as in the creation of TNT and Bakelite.

It is also useful for the creation of fluids in the mod that can also be used for various other things the mod offers. Mostly Solvent and Coker Gas. But we'll see those in a while.

Production

All production of aromatic hydrocarbons requires the use of a catalytic cracking tower to produce the requisite cracked oil variants. Once you have your first cracking tower, many new oil options open up to you

Aromatic hydrocarbons can be produced in an oil refinery, the aforementioned cracking tower, in fractioning towers, and in the catalytic reformer

Refining Cracked Oil
Hot Cracked Oil	Desulfurized Hot Cracked Oil
1,000mB 150mB 400mB 300mB 150mB	1,000mB 150mB 350mB 350mB 150mB

Fractioning Tower
Coker Gas	Reformate
1,000mB 250mB 750mB	1,000mB 400mB 600mB

Cracking Tower
Input	Recipe
Wood Oil	1,000mB 2,000mB 400mB 100mB 20mB
Bitumen	1,000mB 2,000mB 800mB 200mB 20mB
BTX	1,000mB 2,000mB 800mB 200mB 20mB

In a Catalytic Reformer:
- 1000mB Cracked Naphtha > 100mB Aromatic Hydrocarbons + 500mB Reformate + 50mB Liquid Hydrogen
- 1000mB Cracked Light Oil > 500mB Aromatic Hydrocarbons + 50mB Reformate Gas + 200mB Liquid Hydrogen
- 1000mB Light Oil > 500mB Aromatic Hydrocarbons + 100mB Reformate Gas + 150mB Liquid Hydrogen

Uses

Aromatic hydrocarbons have quite a few uses, and can be utilized to create useful new materials and even explosives.

Chemical Plant
Inputs	Recipe
Template: Organic Solvent Mixing Production time: 2.5 seconds Inputs: Naptha, Aromatic Hydrocarbons Produces: Solvent	500mB 500mB 1,000mB
Template: Bakelite Production Production time: 5.0 seconds Inputs: Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Petroleum Gas Produces: Bakelite Bars	500mB 500mB
Template: TNT Synthesis Production time: 7.5 seconds Inputs: Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Niter Produces: TNT	500mB 4