Polymer
| Polymer | |
|---|---|
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| Properties | |
| Type | Polymer |
| Made With/By | Chemical synthesis |
| Difficulty of Production | Medium-Hard |
| Exists in Reality | Yes |
| Atomic Number | N/A |
Polymer is what its name implies: a polymer, which can often be confusing since there are multiple other polymers added. Polymer is, more specifically, a type of plastic.
Production
Polymer bars can be made with petroleum gas, fluorite, and coal in a chemical plant:
500mB
It can be also acquired by smelting plastic scraps, which can be obtained purely through exploration.
Uses
Polymer is used in many machines, items, and even NTM added music discs; for the player, a major boon from polymer can be electric tools when crafted with high-speed steel.
Petroleum gas is obtainable from schist strata. As such, polymer is obtainable without basic oil processing: if saved for machines like the arc furnace and cracking towers, the player can progress swiftly through or even skip the early oil stage.
It can be used to make insulators (since it is one by itself), another useful crafting component:
Trivia
- Polymer is a name for any plastic or rubber.
- It is specifically polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon), as the recipe suggests, but it isn't specified as such in-game.
- Polymer is the first obtainable plastic; after unlocking oil cracking, it can be replaced with bakelite in every recipe.