Red Mud
From HBM's Nuclear Tech Wiki
Red Mud | |||||||
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Red Mud Fluid Icon | |||||||
Properties | |||||||
Type | Liquid | ||||||
Difficulty of Production | Easy | ||||||
Exists in Reality | Yes | ||||||
Can Be Placed | No | ||||||
Viscosity | Moderately viscous | ||||||
Temperature | ~20°C | ||||||
Renewable? | No | ||||||
Warnings | |||||||
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Red Mud, or also termed bauxite residue, is a industrial waste generated during the processing of Bauxite into Aluminium in a Combination Furnace. It is also Strongly Corrosive, and requires a hazardous material tank to be held.
Production of Red Mud
- The only way to produce Red Mud, is what the term suggests, it is produced from processing Bauxite in a Combination Furnace.
- It's also the only way to acquire Red Mud.
Uses to Red Mud
- Red Mud doesn't have many uses.
- Although you can solidfy it in a Solidification Machine, you will need 1000mB Red Mud and you will get 1 Iron Ingot in return.
- Another use is in a Coker Unit, where you can coke 1000mB Red Mud to get in return 1 Iron Ingot and 50mB Mercury.
- As it is Flammable, it will give you 1.0kTU per bucket.
Trivia
- Less commonly, this material is also known as bauxite tailings, red sludge, or alumina refinery residues.
- In Real Life, Red Mud is also used to make things like Concrete, or be used in things like dyes, water treatment chemical, oil drilling or gas excavation, etc.