Chemistry/Components

To see the rest of the reagents available on /tg/station, go to Guide to chemistry

Components

These are very basic chemicals that you'll use in a lot of other more complicated chems. They can still be toxic, though.

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Name	Formula	Reaction conditions	Description
Ash▮ Inverse: Toxic Monomers <25% pH: 6.5▮	1 part Oil 1 part Welding Fuel 1 part Carbon 1 part Hydrogen Temperature 480K	Min temp: 480K Overheat: 900K Optimal pH: 5 to 9 Unstable purity: <15% Weakly Exothermic H+ consuming	Ingredient in a few recipes. Can also be aquired by lighting a piece of paper on fire and scooping up the resulting ashes with a beaker. 30u per paper. Used in: Lye, Multiver and Plastic Sheets.
Oil▮ Inverse: Toxic Monomers <25% pH: 4▮	1 part Welding Fuel 1 part Carbon 1 part Hydrogen	Min temp: 100K Overheat: 900K Optimal pH: 5 to 9 Unstable purity: <15% Weakly Exothermic H+ consuming	Can be heated into Ash. Can be scooped up from destroyed cyborgs and such. Flammable. Ingredient in many recipes. Used in: Phenol, Acetone, Convermol, Ephedrine, Diphenhydramine, Miner's Salve, Haloperidol, Napalm, Plastic Sheets, Spray Tan and Cyanide.
Acetone▮ Inverse: Toxic Monomers <25% pH: 7▮	1 part Oil 1 part Welding Fuel 1 part Carbon 1 part Hydrogen 1 part Welding Fuel 1 part Oxygen	Min temp: 100K Overheat: 900K Optimal pH: 5 to 9 Unstable purity: <15% Weakly Exothermic H+ consuming	Ingredient in many recipes. Used in: Cryoxadone, Atropine, Mutadone, Epinephrine, Probital, Tirimol Smart Foaming Agent, Sulfonal, Modafinil, Acetaldehyde, Acetone Oxide and Neurine.
Diethylamine▮ Inverse: Toxic Monomers <25% pH: 12▮	1 part Ammonia 3 parts Hydrogen 1 part Nitrogen 1 part Ethanol	Min temp: 100K Overheat: 900K Optimal pH: 5 to 9 Unstable purity: <15% Weakly Exothermic H+ consuming	A very potent fertilizer. Ingredient in many recipes. Used in: Atropine, Ephedrine, Diphenhydramine, Epinephrine, Modafinil, Meth Explosion and Lipolicide.
Phenol▮ Inverse: Toxic Monomers <25% pH: 5.5▮	1 part Oil 1 part Welding Fuel 1 part Carbon 1 part Hydrogen 1 part Chlorine 1 part Water	Min temp: 100K Overheat: 900K Optimal pH: 5 to 9 Unstable purity: <15% Weakly Exothermic H+ producing	Ingredient in many recipes. Used in: Salicylic Acid, Oxandrolone, Atropine, Epinephrine, Libital, Higadrite and Modafinil.
Ammonia▮ Inverse: Toxic Monomers <25% pH: 11.6▮	3 parts Hydrogen 1 part Nitrogen	Min temp: 100K Overheat: 900K Optimal pH: 1 to 12 Unstable purity: <15% Weakly Exothermic H+ consuming	An effective fertilizer. Ingredient in many recipes. (Results in 3 units instead of 4) Used in: Diethylamine, Aiuri, Salbutamol, Pentetic Acid, Modafinil, Nitrous Oxide, Space Cleaner, Cyanide, Itching Powder and Weed Killer.
Saltpetre▮ Inverse: Toxic Monomers <25% pH: 11.2▮	3 parts Oxygen 1 part Potassium 1 part Nitrogen	Min temp: 100K Overheat: 900K Optimal pH: 5 to 9 Unstable purity: <15% Weakly Exothermic H+ consuming	Works as a fertilizer. Ingredient in a few recipes. (Results in 3 units instead of 5) Used in: Bath Salts and Gunpowder.
Sodium Chloride▮ pH: 7▮	1 part Sodium 1 part Chlorine	Min temp: 100K Overheat: 900K Optimal pH: 5 to 9 Unstable purity: <15% Weakly Exothermic H+ producing	Commonly known as table salt, Sodium Chloride is often used to season food. Special uses include messing with Revenants - they can't jaunt through salt piles.
Lye▮ Inverse: Toxic Monomers <25% pH: 11.9▮	1 part Sodium 1 part Hydrogen 1 part Oxygen	Min temp: 10K Overheat: 900K Optimal pH: 5 to 9 Unstable purity: <15% Weakly Exothermic H+ consuming	Ingredient in Soap.
Lye▮ Inverse: Toxic Monomers <25% pH: 11.9▮	1 part Ash 1 part Oil 1 part Welding Fuel 1 part Carbon 1 part Hydrogen Temperature 480K 1 part Water 1 part Carbon	Min temp: 100K Overheat: 900K Optimal pH: 5 to 9 Unstable purity: <15% Weakly Exothermic H+ consuming	Ingredient in Soap. (Results in 2 units instead of 3)
Hydrogen Peroxide▮ Inverse: Toxic Monomers <25% pH: 6.2▮	1 part Chlorine 1 part Oxygen 1 part Water	Min temp: 100K Overheat: 900K Optimal pH: 5 to 9 Unstable purity: <15% Weakly Exothermic H+ producing	Burns people on touch.
Pentaerythritol▮ Inverse: Toxic Monomers <25% pH: 7▮	1 part Acetaldehyde 1 part Acetone 1 part Oil 1 part Welding Fuel 1 part Carbon 1 part Hydrogen 1 part Welding Fuel 1 part Oxygen 1 part Formaldehyde 1 part Ethanol 1 part Oxygen 1 part Silver Temperature 420K 1 part Water Temperature 450K 3 parts Formaldehyde 1 part Ethanol 1 part Oxygen 1 part Silver Temperature 420K 1 part Lye 1 part Sodium 1 part Hydrogen 1 part Oxygen	Min temp: 100K Overheat: 900K Optimal pH: 5 to 9 Unstable purity: <15% Weakly Exothermic H+ consuming	Results in 2 units instead of 5.
Acetaldehyde▮ Inverse: Toxic Monomers <25% pH: 7▮	1 part Acetone 1 part Oil 1 part Welding Fuel 1 part Carbon 1 part Hydrogen 1 part Welding Fuel 1 part Oxygen 1 part Formaldehyde 1 part Ethanol 1 part Oxygen 1 part Silver Temperature 420K 1 part Water Temperature 450K	Min temp: 450K Overheat: 900K Optimal pH: 5 to 9 Unstable purity: <15% Weakly Exothermic H+ consuming
Acetone Oxide▮ Inverse: Toxic Monomers <25% pH: 7▮	2 parts Acetone 1 part Oil 1 part Welding Fuel 1 part Carbon 1 part Hydrogen 1 part Welding Fuel 1 part Oxygen 1 part Hydrogen Peroxide 1 part Chlorine 1 part Oxygen 1 part Water 1 part Oxygen	Min temp: 100K Overheat: 900K Optimal pH: 5 to 9 Unstable purity: <15% Weakly Exothermic H+ producing	On touch, deals 2 burn damage, affected by touch protection but not volume. Adds 1 firestack per 10 units touched. (Results in 2 units instead of 4)
Wittel ▮	Extract from a Geyser with a liquid pump.	N/A	A lavaland geyser has a 5 in 21 chance to produce Wittel. Does nothing, but can be used to make Gravitum.
Hyper-Plasmium Oxide ▮	Extract from a Geyser with a liquid pump.	N/A	A lavaland geyser has a chance to produce this. Does nothing, but can be used to make Exotic Stabilizer.
Exotic Stabilizer ▮	1 part Hyper-Plasmium Oxide Extract from a Geyser with a liquid pump. 1 part Stabilizing Agent 1 part Iron 1 part Oxygen 1 part Hydrogen	N/A	Is required to stabilize Nitroglycerin and TaTP.