Airflow Tile

Used to build the walls and floors of rooms.
Blocks Liquid flow without obstructing Gas.

Research

Pressure Management

Dimensions

1×1 tiles

Heat Exchange

For heat exchange, an Airflow Tile is classified as an entity (e.g. debris). Hence, an airflow tile thermally interacts with two objects:

the gas tile inside of it
the solid tile below it

For example, consider an Airflow Tile and a debris stack both composed of 100 kg Copper Ore. Recall that both airflow tiles and debris thermally behave as entities. If they are placed inside of a tile of steam and sitting on top of a sandstone tile, then they will exchange heat at the same rate.

Tips

In Spaced Out!, Airflow tiles do not block Radiation.
Airflow tiles allow sunlight to pass through them with no loss of intensity, but block all other forms of light.
Airflow tiles block decor.
Airflow tiles prevent loss of gasses and liquids contained inside them when placed over exposed space in the Space Biome.
If gas inside Airflow Tile condenses into a liquid or item, it will be pushed into closest open tile (in clock-wise direction starting from top-left tile^{[confirmation?]})
- Airflow Tile can temporarily contain liquids if gas inside condenses.^{[confirmation?]}
- If there was enough material to form natural tile it will be created right over the Airflow Tile, blocking it.
- If a liquid pipe containing liquid is deconstructed inside an airflow tile, the liquid from the pipe will be placed inside the airflow tile. This also "bridges" the airflow tile, allowing fluid from one side to to flow through it as if the tile were not even present. If the airflow tile was used to hold an infinite pressure liquid tank, this can cause a sudden "explosion" of fluid from the now bridged airflow tile.
Airflow tiles can hold infinite pressure of liquids without breaking, which makes them perfect for building large liquid tanks or liquid compressors. For cases where gas flow needs to be prevented, Manual Airlocks and Mechanized Airlocks share the same property.

Airflow tiles holding tens of thousands tons of water without breaking.

Airflow tiles can act as insulation when "filled" with a Vacuum. Unlike a true vacuum, an airflow tile will still conduct heat from the solid tile directly beneath it.

In a vacuum, airflow tiles will exchange heat with solid tiles below them.
Airflow tiles displace any gas inside it when loading a colony.
Airflow tiles can be placed underneath vertical wind tunnel to prevent pressure build up.