Iron

Iron

(Fe) Iron is a common industrial Metal.

Type

Refined Metal

Chemical Symbol

Fe

Melting Point

1534.85 °C / 2794.73 °F

Melts into

Molten Iron (SHC: 0.449)

Specific Heat Capacity

0.449 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{g}{}^{\circ }\text{C}}$ / 0.25 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{g}{}^{\circ }\text{F}}$

Thermal Conductivity

55 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{m}\text{s}{}^{\circ }\text{C}}$ / 30.56 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{m}\text{s}{}^{\circ }\text{F}}$

Hardness

50 (Very Firm)

Strength

1

Light Absorption Factor

100%

Radiation Absorption Factor

66%

Molar Mass

55.845 $\frac{\text{g}}{\text{mol}}$

Default Mass

1000 kg

Max Mass

7870 kg

Overheat Temperature

+50 °C / +90 °F

Properties

Solid, General Buildable

Code

elementId

Iron

localizationID

STRINGS.ELEMENTS.IRON.NAME

Iron is a Refined Metal produced by processing Iron Ore with a Rock Crusher, Metal Refinery, or Smooth Hatches. It can be obtained by making a trip to a Metallic Asteroid with a Cargo Bay. Iron is also produced in its Liquid phase by Iron Volcanoes.

Usage

Iron is a main material in Steel production in Metal Refinery. 70 kg Iron + 20 kg Refined Carbon + 10 kg Lime = 100 kg Steel. It requires Duplicants operation.

As a Refined Metal, Iron can be used to build advanced Power systems, buildings, and Automation systems.

Exosuit Forge can produce Atmo Suit with Iron. 300 kg Aluminum, Copper, Cobalt or Iron + 2 unit Reed Fiber = 1 unit Atmo Suit.

Solid Fuel Thruster burns Iron as a fuel.

Production

Metal Refinery can produce Iron from Iron Ore or Pyrite in 1:1 ratio. 100 kg Iron Ore = 100 kg Iron. It requires Duplicants operation.

An alternative way to produce Iron is Smooth Hatches herding. A Smooth Hatch roughly eats 100 kg Iron Ore and excretes 75 kg Iron.

Rock Crusher can produce Iron from Iron Ore too. This is not recommended due to lower efficiency of 50%. 100 kg Iron Ore = 50 kg Iron + 50 kg Sand. It requires Duplicants operation.

Barren Biome contains natural Iron.

Some Meteor Showers bring Iron in Space Biome.

Can be found in Metallic Asteroid.

Tips

Iron has no remarkable characteristic, and is the ideal selection when building Conductive Wires. (Note since lead has negative characteristics it should be used if the building area temperature is lower than lead's melting point, this also goes for other building without overheating points.)

See also

• Refined Metal
• Steel

History

• RU-284571: Can now be obtained from the Metallic Asteroid.