Brackwax

Brackwax
Brackwax is a Solid byproduct of Brackene.
ID	MilkFat
Type	Consumable Ore
Melting point	159.9 °C / 319.82 °F → Naphtha
Strength	0.4
Hardness	1 (Very Soft)
Specific Heat Capacity	1.920 (DTU/g)/°C
Thermal Conductivity	0.150 (DTU/(m*s))/°C
Default Mass	913 kg
Max Mass	913 kg
Molar Mass	42.08 g/mol
Properties	Solid, Consumable Ore

Brackwax is an end-game intermediate product directly obtained from Brackene required to manufacture Plastium and that can also be used to accelerate travel speed inside Transit Tubes.

Usage

• Molecular Forge:
  • 15 kg Thermium + 70 kg Plastic + 15 kg Brackwax = 100 kg Plastium.
• As said in the Brackwax Gleaner's description, Duplicants can slather up themselves with Brackwax to increase their travel speed inside Transit Tubes (verification and details needed).

Production

• Brackwax Gleaner:
  • 1000 g/s Brackene = 90 g/s Brackwax + 810 g/s Brine + 100 g/s Carbon Dioxide.

• Heating Brackene:
  • When heated to 83 C, 1000 g of Brackene will convert to 900 g Brine and 100 g Brackwax, approximately 11% more Brackwax than using a Brackwax Gleaner and without the Carbon Dioxide as a byproduct. If heated further to 105.75 C, the Brine will boil, leaving 630 g Steam, 270 g Salt, and 100 g Brackwax. This second transition makes the byproducts of Brackwax production much easier to manage, since Brackene dripped into a steam room at 110+ C will rapidly convert to only extra Steam and solid products, which can be easily shipped out by a suited duplicant or an Auto-Sweeper. Care must be taken to not let the Brackwax reach 162.9C, since it will melt irreversibly into Naphtha. Brackwax's poor thermal conductivity makes this feasible even in steam rooms of 200 C, as long as the Brackene is dripped quickly enough (5+ kg/s) into a single-tile-wide pool. 1 kg piles of Brackwax can survive several seconds in 200 C steam, enough time to be swept onto rails and removed by auto sweepers. Larger piles can survive longer, which can allow duplicants time to remove the brackwax manually. Piles of Brackwax kept cool by a constant drip of fresh Brackene can survive indefinitely.

Trivia

• Although its description states that Brackwax is a byproduct of Brackene, this is not technically true, since none of the production methods that produce Brackene produces Brackwax at the same time. It would also mean that Brackwax is not the main point of setting up Brackene refinement, although it actually is (most of the time).