Aluminum Scrap

Aluminum Scrap is an intermediate item created from Alumina Solution. It is smelted into Aluminum Ingots for further processing.

Obtaining[]

Recipe	Ingredients		Building	Products		Prerequisites
Aluminum Scrap	4 × Alumina Solution 240 / min	2 × Coal 120 / min	Refinery 1 sec	6 × Aluminum Scrap 360 / min 5 MJ/item	2 × Water 120 / min 15 MJ/item	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Electrode - Aluminum Scrap Alternate	12 × Alumina Solution 180 / min	4 × Petroleum Coke 60 / min	Refinery 4 sec	20 × Aluminum Scrap 300 / min 6 MJ/item	7 × Water 105 / min 17.14 MJ/item	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Instant Scrap Alternate	15 × Bauxite 150 / min	10 × Coal 100 / min	Blender 6 sec	30 × Aluminum Scrap 300 / min 15 MJ/item	5 × Water 50 / min 90 MJ/item	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement Tier 7 - Aeronautical Engineering
Instant Scrap Alternate	5 × Sulfuric Acid 50 / min	6 × Water 60 / min	Blender 6 sec	30 × Aluminum Scrap 300 / min 15 MJ/item	5 × Water 50 / min 90 MJ/item

The following shows different ways to produce 1 Aluminum Scrap / second, or 60 / min:

Recipe	Bauxite /min (WP)	Coal /min (WP)	Crude Oil m³/min (WP)	Sulfur /min (WP)	Total WP	Total Energy /item (MJ)	Space (m²)	Building counts
Default	40 (40.9)	20 (6.47)	-	-	38.32	19.86	5	(+0.14)
Electrode	36 / 30* (36.81)*	-	3 (2.56)	-	31.22	23.39	54	0.13
Instant	30 (30.68)	20 (6.47)	-	10 (14.62)	51.77	33.98	98	0.4

Note that for Electrode - Aluminum Scrap, combination with Sloppy Alumina Solution results in equal Bauxite efficiency compared to Instant Scrap.
Weighted Point is the weighted consumption rate which is calculated by: (resource consumption rate / maximum extraction rate) * 10,000. The lower the better.
Energy per item can be used to measure how much power is consumed for the entire production chain. The lower the better.
Space refers to building space, excluding belts and pipes. The lower the better.
Among multiple ways to produce each of the ingredient, the recipe with the lowest WP is chosen. See also:
- Alumina Solution#Alternate recipes analysis
Water byproduct can be recycled back to the previous step, reducing the need of 'fresh' water from Water Extractor.
Silica byproduct can be used to supplement 1/3 of the Silica usage for the next production step. Thus, resources are not wasted and some of the WP, Energy and space can be recovered.

Want to get the most out of your Alumina Solution? Electrode-Aluminum Scrap is your friend then. At the cost of Crude Oil in the form of Petroleum Coke, you can get up to 11.111% more Aluminum Scrap compared to the standard recipe. Just keep in mind that this recipe is a bit slower.
- "I don't know who Rode is and I don't want to Elect him either!"
If you like simple production lines, Instant Scrap can help you with that. While it does need Sulfuric Acid made from valuable Sulfur, it produces Scrap just as efficiently as other alternative recipe combinations.
- "So good I'll Instant Crap my pants!"

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Aluminum Ingot	6 × Aluminum Scrap 90 / min						5 × Silica 75 / min						Foundry 4 sec × 6	4 × Aluminum Ingot 60 / min 16 MJ/item		Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Pure Aluminum Ingot Alternate	2 × Aluminum Scrap 60 / min												Smelter 2 sec	1 × Aluminum Ingot 30 / min 8 MJ/item		Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement

Aluminum Scrap can be sunk into the

AWESOME Sink to yield 27 points.

Patch 0.4.0.8:
- Alternate: Instant Scrap:
  - Changed Water cost from 11 to 6
  - Changed Water product from 4 to 5
- Alternate: Electrode - Aluminum Scrap:
  - Changed recipe craft time from 2 to 4 seconds
  - Changed Alumina Solution cost from 3 to 12
  - Changed Petroleum Coke cost from 1 to 4
  - Changed Aluminum Scrap product from 8 to 20
Patch 0.4.0.0: Changed all recipes and introduced Instant Scrap alternate recipe
Patch 0.3: Introduced

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