Deuterium
| Deuterium | |||||||
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 Deuterium Fluid Icon | |||||||
| Properties | |||||||
| Type | Gas | ||||||
| Made With/By | Deuterium Cells, Cryo-Electrolysis | ||||||
| Exists in Reality | Yes | ||||||
| Temperature | ~20°C | ||||||
| Renewable? | Somewhat renewable | ||||||
| Flammable | 5.0 kTU | ||||||
| Combustible | 10.0 kHE | ||||||
| Tooltip | |||||||
| Deuterium[Flammable] Provides 5.0kTU per bucket [Combustible] Provides 10.0kHE per bucket Fuel grade: High [Gaseous] Hbm's Nuclear Tech | |||||||
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In Nuclear Tech Mod, Deuterium is an important fluid, being primarily used as fuel in the Fusion Reactor, alongside Tritium to produce Deuterium-Tritium Plasma (see Plasma Heater).
Deuterium is a dark-blue, flammable, combustible gas with a high fuel grade, providing 5.0kTU and 10.0kHE per bucket. Although being stated as a high fuel grade gas, Deuterium is not efficient to produce energy as stated earlier by how much energy it produces per bucket, the "high" fuel grade can probably be linked to the fact it is used in the Fusion Reactor as its main fuel.
Production
Deuterium can be produced in a few ways, two of those being in machines called the Deuterium Extractor and the Deuterium Extraction Tower, where regular Water goes in, and outputs Heavy Water, which is the product used to produce Deuterium.
With the Heavy Water, you can make Deuterium in a Chemical Plant in the following way:
| Inputs | Recipe |
|---|---|
| Chemistry Template: Heavy Water Cryo-Electrolysis
Production Time: 7.5 seconds Inputs: Heavy Water Produces: Deuterium, Liquid Oxygen |
 2,000mB   200mB 200mB |
Another way of producing Deuterium is through the Electrolysis Machine, with an identical recipe to the above chemical plant recipe.
Uses
Deuterium has a few ways of being used, primarily, as stated earlier, Deuterium is used alongside Tritium in the Plasma Heater, a machine used also with the Fusion Reactor to produce all the different plasmas the mod offers. But other than that it also has a few other uses, some of them being in a Assembly Machine, these are all ways it can be used in the machine:
| Inputs | Recipe |
|---|---|
| Assembly Template: Thermonuclear Warhead
Production Time: 25.0 seconds |
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| Assembly Template: Tritium-Deuterium-Cake
Production Time: 7.5 seconds |
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| Assembly Template: Deuterium Tank
Production Time: 10.0 seconds |
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| Assembly Template: Plasma Grenade
Production Time: 15.0 seconds |
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And another use of Deuterium is in a regular Crafting Table. Being used to make a Makeshift Energy Core, a item used to power machines, and armors. It is made in the following recipe:
Note: The Tritium and Deuterium cells can be switched places, still being able to produce the Makeshift Energy Core.
Trivia
- A "Deuterium Tank" item is one of the main ingredients used to explode the Ivy Mike bomb, just like in real life, which the real explosive used as a fusion fuel for the reaction.
Gallery
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A Deuterium Cell, containing each 1000mB of the Deuterium fluid.
