Chemistry Lab

The Chemistry Lab is a module used to synthesize composite resources in Astroneer. It is the successor to the earlier Hydrazine Catalyzer and keeps a very similar overall appearance, but its role was expanded beyond refining Ammonium into Hydrazine. Once built and supplied with the correct inputs, it produces resources inside its chamber and can be used as a midgame manufacturing step for several important materials.

The lab completes the actual synthesis in 10.0 seconds, but a full production cycle takes 13.5 seconds when the tray animation is included. Even so, the finished resource can be pulled directly out of the chamber at the base as soon as synthesis finishes, without waiting for the tray to fully emerge.

• It is used to create multiple composite resources, with the exact output depending on the supplied input materials.
• Some recipes require 2x of a listed input.
• The device replaced the Hydrazine Catalyzer, which was dedicated to making Hydrazine from Ammonium.
• Because the finished item is accessible immediately, the output can be collected as soon as the crafting process ends.