Hydrogen

Material, Fuel

The most abundant element in the universe is the lightest gas.

Fuel Type		Chemical
Energy		9.00 MJ
Fuel Chamber Gen.		+100%
Made In		Refining Facility Cannot make in replicator
Gathered From		Gas Giant Orbit, Ice Giant Orbit
Stack Size		20

Summary

Hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe. At first, when a player starts to get Hydrogen, they have very little use for it, and may consider it a nuisance. By late game, however, Hydrogen may very well become your bottleneck. There are many ways to get Hydrogen, including several different recipes, as well as gathering it directly from Gas Giants using Orbital Collectors.

Production Chain

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 2 4 s 2		✖
2 1 2 s 2		✖
1 3 4 s 1 2		✖
2 2 2 s 2		✖
1 ?		✖

Production Progression Chart

Critical Photon-based production
Stage 1	Stage 2
60	1 60 60

Fire Ice-based production
Stage 1	Stage 2
60	1 30 60

Crude Oil-based production
Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3
30	1 30 15	2 45 30
30	1 30 15	45

Used In

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 6 s 2 2		✔
1 3 s 1 5		✔
1 4 s 1 2 12		✔
1 4 s 6 2 12		✔
1 12 s 10 10 1 1		✔
1 3 4 s 1 2		✖
1 1 % 1		✖
5 5 s 10		✖

Player Tips & Tricks

Hydrogen can also be stored in storage tanks, since it's a fluid.

In late game, hydrogen can often build up and clog the production process. You can prevent this by either burning it in a thermal power station, and/or craft it into the more energy effective hydrogen fuel rods and then burning it.

A single unit of hydrogen burns for 2.96 seconds in the thermal power station, a full mk3 belt of hydrogen will be consumed by 89 thermal stations.

You can also use leftover hydrogen to craft it into deuterium, which can either be used as a material in multiple crafting recipies, or burned in a mini fusion power station after crafting it into deuterium fuel rods.