Polluted Oxygen
Polluted Oxygen is a gas resource. Polluted Oxygen is breathable and works similarly to Oxygen, allowing Duplicants to survive. However, it also acts as the primary vector of transmission for Slimelung germs, and can just as easily spread Food Poisoning germs. Polluted Oxygen can be found in the world naturally in the Swamp Biome.
Breathing too much Polluted Oxygen causes the Yucky Lungs debuff, which increases the air consumption rate and causes coughing
A Polluted Oxygen atmosphere causes Food nearby to rot at a +100% rate (double default speed) . Further Information: Food (Resource).
Polluted Oxygen has the same density as Oxygen. When Polluted Oxygen and Oxygen are mixed, they tend to group with the same element and form gas layers; however, the heights of such layers is random, with neither density nor temperature having any effect.
Polluted Oxygen spawns naturally as part of Swamp Biomes.
Usage
- Deodorizers produce Oxygen and Clay from Polluted Oxygen using a Filtration Medium.
- Pufts and Puft Princes can breathe Polluted Oxygen and excrete Slime when they do.
Production
- Slime, Polluted Dirt, and bottled Polluted Water all emit Polluted Oxygen into the air in environments with <1800g of air pressure. This spreads any germs present on the substance into the air.
- Unbottled Polluted Water will also emit germy Polluted Oxygen into the air in environments with <1800g of air pressure. The rate of production is random.
- Morbs produce Polluted Oxygen into the air in environments with <1000g of air pressure without any inputs. They also release Polluted Oxygen upon death.
- There are two types of geysers that produce Polluted Oxygen – Hot and Infectious Polluted Oxygen Vents. Both yield ~95 g/s and are stifled at 5 kg of air pressure, with the latter spreading Slimelung germs. Each of them produces enough polluted oxygen to sustain ~5 wild Pufts, or 1-2 tame ones, but the hotter geyser must be cooled first to not kill critters, especially since it is viable for powering Steam Turbines.
It can be harvested on rocket missions to renewable Space POIs:
- In Oxygen Rich Asteroid Field at a rate of 30–100 kg per cycle.
- In Organic Mass Field at a rate of 54–162 kg per cycle
- Sublimation Station can turn 1000g/s Polluted Dirt into 660g/s Polluted Oxygen.
Tips
- Polluted Oxygen can be converted to Liquid Oxygen by cooling it down to its condensation point using an installation involving Thermo Regulators, and then reheating it (see Guide/Cleaning Polluted Oxygen for an example).
Trivia
- Polluted Oxygen's former name was "Contaminated Oxygen".
