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saltpeter
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A handful of saltpeter. Sometimes used as a fertilizer, this ubiquitous nitrate is the principal constituent of black gunpowder and simple rocket propellants, such as rocket candy.
Chems3 supported recipe routes
Properties & access
Weight5275 mg
Volume250 ml
Planner recipes & alternatives
Material calculator: Stable 0.I.
Access & prerequisites
- Crafting skill: chemistry; source difficulty 4
- Tool requirements: water boiling heat (3 tool charges)
- Required tool qualities: Boil level 1, Strain level 2
- Proficiencies: prof_intro_chemistry, prof_intro_chem_synth, prof_inorganic_chemistry
- Source nominal craft time: 4 h; skills/proficiencies and batch savings are separate.
- Tool requirements: surface heat (25 tool charges)
- Required tool qualities: Boil level 2, Chem level 2
- Proficiencies: prof_intro_chemistry, prof_inorganic_chemistry, prof_intro_chem_synth
- Source nominal craft time: 25 m; skills/proficiencies and batch savings are separate.
- Required tool qualities: Boil level 2, Contain level 1
- Source nominal craft time: 40 m; skills/proficiencies and batch savings are separate.
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