Deuterium

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Deuterium
Deuterium Fluid Icon
Properties
TypeGas
Made With/ByDeuterium Cells, Cryo-Electrolysis
Exists in RealityYes
Temperature~20°C
Renewable?Yes
Flammable5.0 kTU
Combustible10.0 kHE
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Deuterium
[Flammable]
Provides 5.0kTU per bucket
[Combustible]
Provides 10.0kHE per bucket
Fuel grade High
[Gaseous]
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Warnings
Fire Diamond
NFPA 704
NFPA 704 four-colored diamondHealth 3: Short exposure could cause serious temporary or residual injury. E.g. chlorine gasFlammability 4: Will rapidly or completely vaporize at normal atmospheric pressure and temperature, or is readily dispersed in air and will burn readily. Flash point below 23 °C (73 °F). E.g. propaneInstability 0: Normally stable, even under fire exposure conditions, and is not reactive with water. E.g. liquid nitrogenSpecial hazards (white): no code
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Deuterium


Deuterium () is a dark-blue, flammable, combustible gas with a high fuel grade, providing 5.0 kTU and 10.0 kHE per bucket. Although being stated as a high fuel grade gas, deuterium is not efficient to produce energy as stated earlier due to 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.

It is an important fluid, being primarily used as fuel in the fusion reactor alongside tritium to produce deuterium-tritium plasma (see plasma heater).

Production

Deuterium can be produced in a few ways, two of those being in the deuterium extractor and the deuterium extraction tower, where regular water goes in, and heavy water comes out, which is the product used to produce deuterium.

The heavy water can be turned into deuterium with the electrolysis machine with the following recipe:

Heavy Water
2,000mB
Electrolysis Machine
Deuterium
200mB
Liquid Oxygen
200mB

Uses

Deuterium has a few uses, primarily alongside tritium in the plasma heater, a machine used in conjunction with the fusion reactor to produce various different plasmas. It also has a few other uses, some of them being in the assembly machine:

Assembly Machine Recipes
Inputs Recipe
Assembly Template: Thermonuclear Warhead

Production Time: 25.0 seconds

Assembly MachineAssembly Factory
Thermonuclear Warhead
Assembly Template: Tritium-Deuterium-Cake

Production Time: 7.5 seconds

Assembly MachineAssembly Factory
Tritium-Deuterium-Cake
Assembly Template: Deuterium Tank

Production Time: 10.0 seconds

Iron Plate12
Steel Plate16
Deuterium Cell10
Assembly MachineAssembly Factory
Deuterium Tank
Assembly Template: Plasma Grenade

Production Time: 15.0 seconds

Tritium Cell
Assembly MachineAssembly Factory
Plasma Grenade2

Another use of deuterium is in a regular crafting table. Being used to make a makeshift energy core, an item used to power machines and armors. It is made with the following recipe:

Advanced Alloy Plate
Super Conducting Coil
Super Conductor
Tungsten Ingot
Tritium CellDeuterium Cell
Deuterium CellTritium Cell
Advanced Alloy Plate
Super Conducting Coil
Super Conductor
Makeshift Energy Core

Trivia

  • The deuterium Tank item is one of the main ingredients used to detonate the Ivy Mike bomb, just like in real life, where the real explosive used as a fusion fuel for the reaction.

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