Guide to Chemistry

This guide will primarily be useful for chemists but may come in handy to any player and especially traitors.

Chemicals

You have all sorts of things here, and can make so much. You can make medicines, foam, flash powder, poisons, space lube, window hardener, and so much more. The limit on combinations is a limit that exists only in your creativity (and the game engine). Be sure to be careful though, mixing the wrong chemicals can be bad for your health and please make sure you know what a chemical does before you use it. Experiment at your own risk.

Most pure chemicals are lethal or will cause heavy toxin damage if injected or ingested in their pure form.

Chemical	Description	Notes
Water	A ubiquitous chemical substance that is composed of hydrogen and oxygen.	Also known as Dihydrogen Monoxide. Put out toxin fires with this.
Oxygen	A colorless, odorless gas.
Nitrogen	A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas.
Hydrogen	A colorless, odorless, nonmetallic, tasteless, highly combustible diatomic gas.
Potassium	A soft, low-melting solid that can easily be cut with a knife. Reacts violently with water.	Mixing with water will cause this to explode.
Mercury	A liquid metal.	Poisonous, do not inject or swallow.
Carbon	A highly stable element found in organics.
Chlorine	A noxious gas.
Fluorine	A highly reactive chemical element.
Phosphorus	A highly reactive element, glows on contact with oxygen.
Lithium	A soft, silver metallic element.
Sulphur	A foul smelling non-metallic crystalline element.
Sulphuric Acid	A strong mineral acid with the molecular formula H2SO4.	Very dangerous, do not splash on faces, eat, or inject people with this.
Radium	Radium is an alkaline earth metal. It is extremely radioactive.	Deals out radiation damage, and will raise the radiation level of the subject it is used on.
Iron	A metallic element, reacts with oxygen.	Cures certain diseases. May be worthwhile to create a pill bottle of this. Also used in certain alcoholic concoctions.
Aluminum	A silvery white and ductile member of the boron group of chemical elements.
Silicon	A tetravalent metalloid, silicon is less reactive than its chemical analog carbon.
Plasma	Liquefied plasma.	Highly dangerous when ingested, must acquire from the mines.
Sugar	The organic compound commonly known as table sugar and sometimes called saccharose. This white, odorless, crystalline powder has a pleasing, sweet taste.
Ethanol	A well-known alcohol with a variety of applications.	Do not drink unless seeking pure drunkatude.
Uranium	A black, incredibly dense, slightly radioactive, actinide. Often used in its depleted state in military ballistics and heavy armor.	Must acquire from the mines, radioactive!
Gold	A dark yellow, dense, valuable conductive metal. Often used in electronics.	Must acquire from the mines!
Silver	A white, valuable conductive metal. Often used in harmonic wiring.	Must acquire from the mines!

Quick Recipes

These are a few quick guides to making the more involved medicines without messing with the Chemmaster.
All reagents are to be added in the order shown. Some may require splitting via the Chemmaster.

Chemical	Formula	Amount
Alkysine	10u Silicon, 10u Potassium, 10u Nitrogen, 30u Chlorine, 30u Nitrogen	Results in 90u Alkysine.
Bicaridine	10u Oxygen, 10u Sugar, 40u Carbon	Results in 60u Bicaridine.
Dermaline	10u Carbon, 10u Silicon, 20u Oxygen, 20u Phosphorus	Results in 60u Dermaline.
Ryetalyn	5u Nitrogen, 5u Silicon, 5u Potassium, 15u Radium, 30u Hydrogen, 40u Carbon	Results in 20u Arithrazine, and 80u Ryetalyn.
Tricordrazine	10u Carbon, 10u Oxygen, 10u Sugar, 10u Nitrogen, 10u Potassium, 10u Silicon	Results in 60u Tricordrazine.
Dexalin Plus	5-20 units of Plasma, 40u Oxygen, 20u Iron, 20u Carbon	Results in 60u Dexalin Plus and 5-20 units of Plasma.
Clonexadone	5-20 units of Plasma, 20u Oxygen, 10u Water, 10u Oxygen, 30u Sodium	Results in 60u Clonexadone and 5-20 units of Plasma.
More Clonexadone	5u liquid plasma, 20u Oxygen, 20u Water, 20u Oxygen, 30u Sodium, 5u Oxygen, 15u Sodium	Results in 90u Clonexadone and 5u Plasma.
Imidazoline	10u Nitrogen, 10u Silicon, 10u Potassium, 30u Carbon, 30u Hydrogen	Results in 60u Imidazoline.

Formulas

These are some sample formulas for you chemists out there, ask about in game to learn more! Experimentation can be dangerous, or rewarding.

Pharmaceutical chemicals can usually be identified by a light pink-ish color.

Medicine

The vast majority of chemicals you will be called on to make. Typically, a small amount of each should be kept on hand. Assuming the medical team is not incompetent, they should be able to keep everyone alive and quite healthy with your assistance.

Alkysine
Formula	1 part Chlorine, 1 part Nitrogen, 1 part Anti-Toxin
Effects	Lessens the damage to neurological tissue, effective even after catastrophic injury. Used for treating brain damage (Results in 2 units instead of 3).

Anti-Toxin
Formula	1 part Silicon, 1 part Nitrogen, 1 part Potassium
Effects	A broad-spectrum anti-toxin, which treats toxin damage in the blood stream. It is also known as Dylovene.

Arithrazine
Formula	1 part Hyronalin, 1 part Hydrogen
Effects	An unstable medication used to treat the most extreme cases of radiation poisoning in addition to toxin damage. May cause some physical damage to the patient, but such damage is easily treatable.

Bicaridine
Formula	1 part Inaprovaline, 1 part Carbon
Effects	An analgesic which is highly effective at treating brute damage. It is useful for stabilizing people who have been severely beaten, as well as treating less life-threatening injuries.

Citalopram
Formula	1 parts MindBreaker Toxin, 1 parts Carbon
Effects	Stabilizes the mind a little.

Cryoxadone
Formula	1 part Dexalin, 1 part Water, 1 part Oxygen
Effects	Required for the proper function of cryogenics. It heals all standard types of damage, but only works in temperatures under 170K (usually this means cryo cells). Heals clone damage slowly, such as caused by cloning or Slimes.

Clonexadone
Formula	1 part Cryoxadone, 1 part Sodium, 0.1 parts Plasma, 5 units Plasma (catalyst)
Effects	This chemical reforms clones much faster then Cryoxadone. This includes damage done by Slimes. Only works in temperatures under 170K (usually this means cryo cells). Doesn't heal non-clone damage.

Dermaline
Formula	1 part Kelotone, 1 part Oxygen, 1 part Phosphorus
Effects	A chemical, which is more effective at treating burns damage than kelotone.

Dexalin
Formula	2 part Oxygen, 0.1 parts Plasma, 5 units Plasma (catalyst)
Effects	Used for treating oxygen deprivation. In most cases where it is likely to be needed, the strength of Dexalin Plus will probably be more useful (Results in 1 unit instead of 2).

Dexalin Plus
Formula	1 part Dexalin, 1 part Carbon, 1 part Iron
Effects	Used in treatment of extreme cases of oxygen deprivation. It immediately counters all oxygen loss, which is hugely useful in many circumstances.

Peridaxon
Formula	2 part Clonex, 2 part Bicaridine, 5 units Plasma (catalyst)
Effects	Heals internal damage, but has a low overdose threshold of 10 (results in 2 units instead of 4).

Ethylredoxrazine
Formula	1 part Oxygen, 1 part Anti-Toxin, 1 part Carbon
Effects	Neutralises alcohol in the blood stream. Though it is commonly needed, it is rarely requested.

Hyperzine
Formula	1 part Sugar, 1 part Sulfur, 1 part Phosphorus
Effects	Hyperzine is a highly effective, long lasting, muscle stimulant.

Hyronalin
Formula	1 part Radium, 1 part Anti-Toxin
Effects	Treats radiation damage. Considered to be useful mainly for genetic modification, where it reduces radiation levels, and thus the chance of genetic mutations.

Imidazoline
Formula	1 part Hyrdogen, 1 part Carbon, 1 part Anti-Toxin
Effects	Effective in treating eye trauma. It heals damage caused by physical or chemical trauma, though it is ineffective in treating genetic defects in the eyes (Results in 2 units instead of 3).

Inaprovaline
Formula	1 part Oxygen, 1 part Carbon, 1 part Sugar
Effects	Inaprovaline is a synaptic stimulant and cardiostimulant. Commonly used to stabilize patients- it stops the rate of decline in a patient's body if it has reached 0% or lower.

Kelotane
Formula	1 part Silicon, 1 part Carbon
Effects	Treats burn damage effectively, vastly speeding up healing of even full thickness burns.

Leporazine
Formula	1 part Silicon, 1 part Copper, 5 units Plasma (catalyst)
Effects	This keeps a patient's body temperature stable. High doses can allow short periods of unprotected EVA.

Methylphenidate
Formula	1 parts MindBreaker Toxin, 1 parts Hydrogen
Effects	Improves the ability to concentrate.

Oxycodone
Formula	1 parts Ethanol, 1 parts Tramadol, 1 parts Plasma
Effects	An effective and very addictive painkiller. Even better than Tramadol for patients in shock (results in 1 unit instead of 3).

Paroxetine
Formula	1 parts MindBreaker Toxin, 1 parts Oxygen, 1 Inaprovaline
Effects	Stabilizes the mind greatly, but has a chance of adverse effects.

Rezadone
Formula	1 parts Carpotoxin, 1 parts Cryptobiolin, 1 parts Copper
Effects	A medicine derived from fish toxin; heals brute and clone damage, but has undesired side-effects at high doses.

Ryetalyn
Formula	1 part Arithrazine, 1 part Carbon
Effects	Repairs all genetic defects, restoring a patient to an ideal state. May be useful if genetics is unable to function properly.

Spaceacillin
Formula	1 part Cryptobiolin, 1 part Inaprovaline
Effects	A theta-lactam antibiotic. A common and very useful medicine, effective against many diseases likely to be encountered in space. Slows progression of diseases.

Synaptizine
Formula	1 part Lithium, 1 part Sugar, 1 part Water
Effects	Treats hallucinagenic related phenomena and perks the patient up. Also reduces the duration of stuns.

Tramadol
Formula	1 part Inaprovaline, 1 part Ethanol, 1 part Oxygen
Effects	A simple, yet effective painkiller. Very effective for patients in shock.

Tricordrazine
Formula	1 part Inaprovaline, 1 part Anti-Toxin
Effects	A highly potent stimulant that can heal all damage types. Often used in a wide range of applications.

Other Recipes

These are either pure reactions that typically leave nothing remaining or other chemicals that have non-medicinal uses. Many of these are useful in the manufacture of grenades, but many can be quite dangerous.

Ammonia
Formula	3 parts Hydrogen, 1 part Nitrogen
Effects	An effective fertilizer which is better than what is available to the botanist initially, though it isn't as powerful as Diethylamine (Results in 3 units instead of 4).

Chloral Hydrate
Formula	1 part Ethanol, 3 parts Chlorine, 1 part Water
Effects	A powerful sedative which causes death in doses around 30 units (Results in 1 units instead of 5).

Coolant
Formula	1 part Tungsten, 1 part Oxygen, 1 part Water
Effects	A highly specialized and pure coolant used in Xenoarcheology machines.

Condensed Capsaicin
Formula	2 parts Capsaicin, 5 parts plasma (Catalyst)
Effects	This is the primary reagent present in pepperspray.

Cryptobiolin
Formula	1 part Potassium, 1 part Oxygen, 1 part Sugar
Effects	Causes confusion and dizziness.

Diethylamine
Formula	1 part Ammonia, 1 part Ethanol
Effects	A very potent fertilizer.

EMP
Formula	1 part Uranium, 1 part Iron
Effects	This reacts immediately on mixing, it creates a large electromagnetic pulse which affects all electronical devices; very useful for causing chaos.

Explosion
Formula	1 part Potassium, 1 part Water
Effects	This explodes immediately on mixing, which may knock you over or even kill you. Only useful in grenade production.

Flash Powder
Formula	1 part Sulphur, 1 part Aluminium, 1 part Potassium
Effects	Creates a flash similar to that of a flashbang immediately on mixing. Only useful in grenade production.

Foaming Agent
Formula	1 part Lithium, 1 part Hydrogen
Effects	Makes foam such as that required in metal foam grenades (Results in 1 unit instead of 2).

Foam Surfactant
Formula	2 parts Fluorine, 2 parts Carbon, 1 part Sulphuric Acid.
Effects	Creates a large cloud of foam when mixed with an equal amount of water.

Glycerol
Formula	3 parts Corn Oil, 2 part Sulphuric Acid
Effects	Requires blended corn, so thus help from the botanist. This is only useful in other reactions.

Impedrezene
Formula	1 part Mercury, 1 part Oxygen, 1 part Sugar
Effects	A narcotic that impedes one's ability by slowing down the higher brain cell functions. Causes massive brain damage (Results in 2 units instead of 3).

Lexorin
Formula	1 part Plasma, 1 part Hydrogen, 1 part Nitrogen
Effects	Temporarily stops respiration and causes tissue damage. Large doses are fatal, and will cause people to pass out very quickly.

Lipozine
Formula	1 part Salt, 1 part Ethanol, 1 part Radium
Effects	Causes weight loss upon consumption.

Iron/Aluminum Metal Foam
Formula	3 parts Iron/Aluminium, 1 part Foaming Agent, 1 part Polytrinic Acid
Effects	Creates lightweight metal foam walls. These can be easily torn through, but may be useful for plugging hull breaches. Can be made with either iron or aluminium.

Napalm
Formula	1 part Plasma, 1 part Aluminium, 1 part Sulphuric Acid
Effects	Creates a large fire immediately on mixing. Only useful for grenades (Results in 1 unit instead of 3).

Mindbreaker Toxin
Formula	1 part Silicon, 1 part Hydrogen, 1 part Anti-toxin
Effects	A potent hallucinogenic compound that is illegal under space law.

Nitroglycerin
Formula	1 part Glycerol, 1 part Polytrinic Acid, 1 part Sulphuric Acid
Effects	A heavy, colourless, oily, explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol. Explodes immediately on mixing (Results in 2 units instead of 3).

Atrazine
Formula	1 part Hydrogen, 1 Part Chlorine, 1 Part Nitrogen
Effects	A potent herbicide which is useful to replace the limited supply the botanist starts with. Kills Dionea very quickly.

Solid Plastic
Formula	10 parts Polytrinic Acid, 20 parts Plasticide
Effects	Combine together to create a sheet of plastic (yields 1 sheet).

Polytrinic Acid
Formula	1 part Sulphuric Acid, 1 part Chlorine, 1 part Potassium
Effects	An extremely corrosive chemical substance.

Potassium Chloride
Formula	1 part Potassium , 1 part Sodium Chloride
Effects	A delicious salt that stops the heart when overdosed on.

Potassium Chlorophoride
Formula	1 part Potassium Chloride, 1 part Plasma, 1 part Chloral Hydrate
Effects	A specific chemical based on Potassium Chloride to stop the heart for surgery. Not safe to eat!

Smoke
Formula	1 part Potassium, 1 part Sugar, 1 part Phosporous
Effects	This creates a large cloud of smoke that will take on the properties of everything (if anything) in the container of the reaction.

Sodium Chloride
Formula	1 part Chlorine, 1 part Sodium
Effects	Commonly known as salt, Sodium Chloride is often used to season food.

Solid Plasma
Formula	5 parts iron, 5 parts frostoil, 20 parts plasma
Effects	Converts liquid plasma back into solid plasma (yields 1 sheet).

Soporofic (Sleep Toxin)
Formula	1 part Chloral Hydrate, 4 parts sugar
Effects	A less powerful sedative that takes a while to work. Is safe in large quantities. Can be counteracted with anti-toxin (Dylovene).

Space Cleaner
Formula	1 part Ammonia, 1 part Water
Effects	This is able to clean almost all surfaces of almost anything that may dirty them. The janitor is likely to appreciate refills.

Space Drugs
Formula	1 part Mercury, 1 part Sugar, 1 part Lithium
Effects	An illegal compound which induces a number of effects such as loss of balance and visual artifacts.

Space Lube
Formula	1 part Water, 1 part Silicon, 1 part Oxygen
Effects	Space Lube is a high performance lubricant intended for maintenance of extremely complex mechanical equipment; cause people to slip whether walking or running (Results in 4 units instead of 3).

Synthmeat
Formula	Blood, Cloneoxydone
Effects	A tasty alternative to actual meat; use it for additional biomass for the cloner.

Thermite
Formula	1 part Iron, 1 part Aluminium, 1 part Oxygen
Effects	A mixture that becomes extremely hot when ignited, and which can burn straight through walls when applied and ignited.

Unstable Mutagen
Formula	1 part Radium, 1 part Phosphorus, 1 part Chlorine
Effects	Causes mutations when injected into living people or plants. High doses may be lethal, especially in humans. Only useful for Botany.

Virus Food
Formula	5 part water, 5 part milk, 5 part oxygen
Effects	Creates additional virus food in case the Virologist uses all his up.

Zombie Powder
Formula	1 parts CarpoToxin, 1 parts Sleeping Toxin, 1 parts Copper
Effects	Paralyses people, and makes them appear dead to the most rudimentary of tests. Requires CarpoToxin, which must be harvested from Space Carp or acquired through Botany.

BS12 specific recipes

Methylphenidate
Formula	1 part MindBreaker Toxin, 1 part Hydrogen
Effects	Helps you concentrate.

Citalopram
Formula	1 part MindBreaker Toxin, 1 part Carbon
Effects	Mild antidepressant.

Paroxetine
Formula	1 part MindBreaker Toxin, 1 part Oxygen, 1 part Inaprovaline
Effects	Stronger antidepressant, with chance of hallucinations.

Beyond the Dispenser

Just because it isn't found in the dispenser or the guide above doesn't mean you can't use it! Holy water, Slime cores and plenty of other things can provide limitless fun for an enterprising and curious chemist.