Graphene

Material, Fuel

If one layer of graphene is laid on top of another layer of graphene, through rotation, the double-layer graphene will form a complex repeating structure - a superlattice. Upon rotation to a certain "Magic Angle", the double-layer graphene will become superconductive and become a new type of nano-superconducting material.

Fuel Type		Chemical
Energy		96.0 kJ
Fuel Chamber Gen.		-70%
Made In		Chemical Facility
		Cannot make in replicator
Stack Size		100

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Summary

Graphene is an ultra-strong superconductive synthetic material composed of pure carbon in a hexagonal lattice. It is used in a number of advanced recipes and in the manufacture of carbon nanotubes. It can be synthesized in a chemical plant from graphite and sulfuric acid, or from fire ice.

Production Chain

Recipe	Replicator?	Technology
2 3 s 3 1	✖
2 1 2 s 2	✖
2.6-4.0 0.90% Lvl 9+	✖	N/A

Production Progression Chart

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Fire Ice-based production
Stage 1	Stage 2
60	1 60 30
Buildings Required		1
Raw Materials Required (per minute)		60
Raw Materials Required (per unit)		1

Coal and Sulfuric Acid-based production
Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3
120	2 60	1 40
20		1 40
Buildings Required		2 1
Raw Materials Required (per minute)		120 20
Raw Materials Required (per unit)		3 0.5

Crude Oil and Sulfuric Acid-based production
Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4
60	2 60 30	4 60 90	1 40 90
60	2 60 30	90
20
Buildings Required		6 1
Raw Materials Required (per minute)		60 20
Raw Materials Required (per unit)		1.5 0.5

Note: Hydrogen created during the refining process during Crude Oil-based production must be recycled through the system to ensure full efficiency. Hydrogen quantity shown in final Stage is remaining surplus Hydrogen which can be diverted elsewhere.

Stone, Water, Coal and Crude Oil-based production
Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4
240	4 120		2 80 30
60	2 60 30	1 40 30
80
40
Buildings Required		4 2 3
Raw Materials Required (per minute)		240 60 80 40
Raw Materials Required (per unit)		3 0.75 1 0.5

Stone, Water, and Crude Oil-based production
Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4
120	4 120 60	8 120 180	2 80 210
120	4 120 60	180
60	2 60 30	1 40 30
80
40
Buildings Required		14 3
Raw Materials Required (per minute)		180 80 40
Raw Materials Required (per unit)		2.25 1 0.5

Note: Hydrogen created during the refining process during Crude Oil-based production must be recycled through the system to ensure full efficiency. Hydrogen quantity shown in final Stage is remaining surplus Hydrogen which can be diverted elsewhere.

Used in

Components

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 4 s 1 2 12		✔
1 4 s 8 2 12		✖
2 4 s 3 1		✖
2 4 s 1 1		✔
1 4 s 2 2 2		✔
1 2 s 1 2 10		✔

Buildings

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 15 s 20 20 25 10 8		✔
1 3 s 1 8 4		✔
3 1 s 3 1 1		✔

Player Tips & Tricks

Although Graphene can be used as fuel, its energy value per unit is extremely low--even lower than the ingredients used to make the Graphene. However, the ability to burn Graphene means it can be easily disposed of when extracting Hydrogen from Fire Ice (although in the late game there are more efficient ways to gather Hydrogen in large quantities).
Graphene may be rarely harvested in small quantities from certain plants. However, this is not a reliable way to get Graphene for even medium-scale production.