Purifying Ores into Copper Clumps in Mekanism

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Ore purification in Mekanism utilizes oxygen-injected chemical purification chambers to triple raw copper yields into concentrated mineral clumps.

Establishing the Chemical Purification Chamber

Advancing beyond basic double smelting into three-times ore multiplication requires chemical purification infrastructure:

Construct an electric purification chamber using steel casings, advanced control circuits, and enriched alloy plates.
Install an electrolytic separator nearby to separate water into pressurized oxygen gas and hydrogen.
Connect pressurized chemical tubes from the separator's oxygen output port into the purification chamber's gas intake.
Supply steady RF or joule energy to the chamber from your factory power grid or solar generators.
The purification chamber utilizes pressurized oxygen gas to wash away stubborn mineral impurities from raw ores.
Regulating electrical power feeds ensures uninterrupted gas delivery during peak industrial smelting operations.

Injecting pure oxygen into raw ore chunks produces concentrated intermediate metallic clumps:

Feed raw copper chunks or mined ore blocks into the purification chamber's primary item slot.
Oxygen gas reacts vigorously with the copper ore, stripping away rock crusts to yield a concentrated Copper Clump.
Transfer copper clumps into an adjacent crusher machine to pulverize the dense nuggets into fine copper dust.
Smelting the resulting mineral dust inside an energized smelter yields three pure ingots per processed raw ore chunk.
Tripling metal yields vastly accelerates resource accumulation, supplying endless copper for wiring and alloy synthesis.
Purifying ores saves substantial mining labor, generating massive metal reserves from relatively modest quarry runs.

Integrating purification chambers into automated factory pipelines maximizes metallurgical throughput:

Install logistical transporter pipes to route raw ores automatically from quarry chests into purification chambers.
Regulate oxygen gas pressure using dynamic chemical tanks to ensure uninterrupted purification during mining rushes.
Connect crushers and enrichment chambers downstream to automate the complete journey from clump to finished ingot.
Mastering chemical purification marks the transition into a truly modern, high-efficiency industrial powerhouse.
Establishing tripling lines for iron, gold, and osmium alongside copper provides total metallurgical abundance.