Aluminum Powder

Adds a new item, Aluminum Powder, and associated recipes for creating it.

<h4 style="color:Yellow;">⚠️ Alert ⚠️</h4>
<b>This mod is pointless if installed on its own.</b></br>
It will add the ability to make aluminum powder in game, but will not add anything to the game that uses that item. It is meant as a prerequisite mod for others that I have created (or will create) that use aluminum powder as an ingredient for their recipes.</br>
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<b style="color:Yellow;">You are advised to install those mods instead (if you want them), and let the Satisfactory Mod Manager install this mod for you automatically as the prerequisite that it is.</b></br>
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The mods I have currently made and published that use this mod (as of Thanksgiving Day, 11/27/2025) include <a href="https://ficsit.app/mod/EvhPK8E4N6Zcic">Thermite-Welded Plate</a> and <a href="https://ficsit.app/mod/CefNepw29z947A">Thermite-Welded Frame</a>.</br>
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If anyone wants to make mods that use aluminum powder for something, feel free. Here are some details about this mod to help you:</br>
<b>Item Class Name:</b> Desc_AluminumPowder</br>
<b>Recipe Class Names:</b> Recipe_AluminumScrapGrinding, Recipe_AluminumIngotGrinding</br>
Source is also available here: <a href="https://github.com/Jade-Isentry/AluminumPowder">https://github.com/Jade-Isentry/AluminumPowder</a></br>
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Last, but not least, I must give credit where credit is due. This mod was (in part) made using Robb's ContentLib. Without that mod, I would have had to add a whole new milestone to the hub just to unlock the recipes for this one item. Thanks to him, I could simply have them be unlocked in Milestone 7-1 (Bauxite Refinement).

<h3>Item Details</h3>
<b><u>Aluminum Powder</u></b></br>
Powdered aluminum used mainly for thermite welding applications.</br>
<b>Abbreviation:</b> AlPwd</br>
<b>Stack Size:</b> 500</br>
<b>Sink Points:</b> 65</br>
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<h3>Recipe Details</h3>
<b><u>Aluminum Scrap Grinding</u></b></br>
<b>Ingredients:</b></br>
- 4 Aluminum Scrap (50/min)</br>
<b>Products:</b></br>
- 4 Aluminum Powder (50/min)</br>
<b>Cycle Time:</b> 4.8 Seconds</br>
<b>Produced In:</b> Constructor, Craft Bench</br>
<b>Prerequisites:</b></br>
- <a href="https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Tier_7">Tier 7</a> - Bauxite Refinement</br>
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<b><u>Aluminum Ingot Grinding</u></b></br>
<b>Ingredients:</b></br>
- 2 Aluminum Ingot (25/min)</br>
<b>Products:</b></br>
- 4 Aluminum Powder (50/min)</br>
<b>Cycle Time:</b> 4.8 Seconds</br>
<b>Produced In:</b> Constructor, Craft Bench</br>
<b>Prerequisites:</b></br>
- <a href="https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Tier_7">Tier 7</a> - Bauxite Refinement</br>
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<h4>Final Notes</h4>
Both recipes are exactly equivalent in terms of ultimate total resource consumption, and in terms of production speed. They exist simply for flexibility in where you divert resources from to make the powder. Either divert some scrap to turn into powder instead of ingots, or turn it all into ingots and slot powder production in with other aluminum parts like sheet and casing.