Lye
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| Type | Liquid | ||||||
| Made With/By | Chemical synthesis | ||||||
| Difficulty of Production | Easy-Medium | ||||||
| Exists in Reality | Yes | ||||||
| Can Be Placed | No | ||||||
| Temperature | ~20°C | ||||||
| Renewable? | Yes | ||||||
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| Lye [Corrosive] [Liquid] Hbm's Nuclear Tech | |||||||
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Lye is an alkaline solution, useful for bauxite treatment. It is a corrosive, cream-colored liquid.
Production
Lye can be obtained by roasting cryolite chunks in the combination oven, yielding aluminum powder as a byproduct:
150mB
It can also be obtained by mixing water with wood ash in the industrial mixer, though this only generates 50mB of lye:
500mB
50mB
Finally, lye is a byproduct of the electrolysis of red mud:
450mB
150mB50mB
Because red mud is a later byproduct of the bauxite processing chain, it can be used to regain a small amount of lye.
Uses
Currently, lye only has one use : dissolve bauxite.
50mB
300mB
Trivia
- In real life, "lye" refers to family of alkaline products, often used in hygiene and food preservation
- Unlike most corrosive liquids in the mod, Lye is not an acid, but rather a base. Potash lye in particular can be a very strong base, with its pH going as high as 13 or 14.