Igneous Rock

Igneous Rock

Igneous Rock is a composite of solidified volcanic rock. It is useful as a Construction Material.

Type

Raw Mineral

at 1409.85 °C / 2569.73 °F melts into

Magma (SHC: 1)

Specific Heat Capacity

1 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{g}{}^{\circ }\text{C}}$ / 0.56 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{g}{}^{\circ }\text{F}}$

Thermal Conductivity

2 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{m}\text{s}{}^{\circ }\text{C}}$ / 1.11 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{m}\text{s}{}^{\circ }\text{F}}$

Hardness

25 (Firm)

Strength

1

Light Absorption Factor

100%

Radiation Absorption Factor

75%

Molar Mass

50 $\frac{\text{g}}{\text{mol}}$

Default Mass

1840 kg

Max Mass

1840 kg

Properties

Solid, Plumbable, Crushable, General Buildable

Code

elementId

IgneousRock

localizationID

STRINGS.ELEMENTS.IGNEOUSROCK.NAME

Igneous rock is a Mineral found in abundance in the Caustic and Oil Biomes and in smaller quantities in the Frozen and Temperate Biomes. It can be used as a general construction material.

Usage

While Igneous Rock possesses no Decor bonus, its primary value lies in its high thermal volume and low conductivity. Together, this makes it extremely useful as an insulator in the early- to mid-game before Ceramic and Insulation is readily available. It is especially useful when used to build Insulated Tiles, Insulated Liquid Pipes and Insulated Gas Pipes.
Igneous Rock also possesses together with Obsidian the highest Radiation Absorption rate of Raw Minerals.

• Rock Crusher can break Igneous Rock into Sand.

  100 kg Igneous Rock = 100 kg Sand.

• Stone Hatches can eat Igneous Rock and excrete Coal.

Production

It forms from solidified Magma, which is a renewable resource on maps with volcanoes. Alternatively it can be sourced from melted Regolith, which is a renewable on every map, it also in addition creates enormous amount of heat to be utilized.

It can be harvested on rocket missions to renewable Space POIs:

• In Forested Ore Fields at a rate of 378 – 1134 kg per cycle.
• In Rocky Asteroid Fields at a rate of 216 – 648 kg per cycle.