Sulfuric acid

Sulfuric acid is a fluid produced in Chemical plant as part of the intermediate chemistry chain involving Sulfur. It functions as an intermediate product used to feed downstream production such as battery manufacture and Processing unit assembly. Production planning commonly balances the number of Chemical plants making Sulfur against those making Sulfuric acid to match throughput and avoid bottlenecks.

• Optimal production ratio: for every five Chemical plants producing Sulfur, install two Chemical plants producing Sulfuric acid.
• Throughput equivalences: two Chemical plants producing Sulfuric acid produce enough Sulfuric acid to supply 20 Chemical plants producing batteries, or to fully feed 150 Assembling machine 3 units producing Processing units.
• Use the 5:2 Sulfur-to-Sulfuric-acid ratio as a baseline when expanding or scaling a base; adjust only if individual machine module setups or beacons change machine speeds or recipe consumption.
• When designing pipe networks, ensure the Sulfuric acid flow capacity and tank storage support the grouped output of the paired Sulfuric acid Chemical plants to prevent temporary starvation of downstream consumers.