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Use for Na (sodium)

The-Silver-Kid opened this issue ยท 10 comments

commented

Please make some use for sodium like make Sodium Nitrate NaNO3 for soda or something

commented

There are far more... practical uses for sodium. Sodium can either burn or explode when mixed with water, producing hydrogen in both cases. This would mean that there are three things that sodium can be used for when combined with water.

  • a new type of explosive
  • power generation
  • hydrogen production

The reaction also forms natrium hydroxide, which is caustic. Chemical weaponry perhaps? Alternatively, natrium could be recombined with chloride to form salt. This could then be used to essentially 'store' brine for later usage, though with a power cost. Not useful, I know.

commented

Yes well i just want a use for it other then just sitting in a tank not doing anything

commented

Fair enough. I just use it to keep track of how much chlorine I use. A little over three bedrockium drums now. Then again I am a chronic hoarder. Unless you are too, just fill up a reasonably compact tank and dump the excess.

commented

that is what i am doing now but i would still like a use for it

commented

Use Minetweaker and create a use for it.

commented

Minetweaker can do that? cool but i would still like some sort of official use for it

commented

Minetweaker and Modtweaker

commented

This has already been brought to my attention; though I can't promise anything for v9, there are differently uses planned for the future.

commented

thanks

commented

Actually, if it is producing sodium, it should be using molten salt and not brine. In reality, brine gives chlorine, hydrogen, and sodium hydroxide solution. After all chlorine is out, it starts hydrolysing water in the solution, giving hydrogen and oxygen... but never sodium, at least not until it uses up all the water, effectively drying the solution... and then you would have to melt the sodium hydroxide anyways to give hydrogen, oxygen and sodium.
As much as I know that the mod is not realistic... I still think realism is affordable in such cases. When you will be adding some uses for sodium, please either make it more complex and realistic by making it give hydrogen and chlorine + the solution remaining to be handled, or simply exchange brine for molten salt. Aside of some recipe changes, it shouldn't be that hard, would it?