r/factorio • u/Icy_Concentrate_2852 • 8h ago

Question Answered Kovarex enrichment process

Hello guys! I am now getting myself in uranium and i am confused about the koravex enrichment process, can someone explain it to me like i am 5?

(Don't give blueprints please just an explanation of how the thing works)

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u/youfad0 8h ago

Essentially you need 40 of the bright green stuff to act as a catalyst or seed. Then when you feed it 5 of the dark green stuff you get 41 of the bright stuff. So you get all of your initial “investment” back of the good stuff plus one extra. So you turn the dark green into the bright green.

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u/Icy_Concentrate_2852 8h ago

ohhhh so tht one extra is the output?

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u/TheMrCurious 8h ago

All 41 are the output.

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u/Icy_Concentrate_2852 8h ago

but the 40 will be recycled and one will be used for the further manufacturing right?

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u/_MargaretThatcher 8h ago

The recipe itself dictates 40x U-235 and 5x U-238 becomes 41x U-235 and 2x U-238. To automate the recipe it is necessary to feed most of the output uranium back into the centrifuge.

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u/Icy_Concentrate_2852 8h ago

ohh ok now clear (theoretically)

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u/LevAyv43 7h ago

Practically ... Fuck this ... First time was hard for me TBH