Tin Dust
Tin Dust is Ala Industrial's ground tin — macerate one ore into two dust and smelt each into an ingot for early LV cables and circuits.
Description
Block properties
| Item ID |
alaindustrial:tin_dust
|
|---|---|
| /give command |
/give @p alaindustrial:tin_dust
|
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Renewable | No |
| Java Edition | Java Edition 26.2 |
Ala Industrial Guide
How to get Tin Dust in Ala Industrial
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1
Mine tin ore
Tin ore spawns in stone and deepslate at middling depths in Ala Industrial; mine it with a stone pickaxe or better to drop raw tin.
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2
Build and power a Macerator
The Macerator is an LV machine with an 800 EU buffer; supply it 2 EU/t so it can run its 150-tick grinding cycles.
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3
Macerate ore or raw tin
Place one ore block or one raw tin in the Macerator to grind it into 2 Tin Dust; a finished ingot only yields 1 dust.
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4
Smelt the dust into ingots
Cook each Tin Dust in a furnace, blast furnace, or Electric Furnace to recover one tin ingot — two ingots per ore.
A finished tin ingot grinds into only 1 Tin Dust, so reprocessing an ingot is net-zero. Ore doubling works only on ore blocks and raw drops.
How to craft this block
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Tin Dust in Ala Industrial?
Run tin ore, raw tin, or a tin ingot through a Macerator. Ore and raw drop 2 Tin Dust per cycle; an ingot gives only 1.
How many tin ingots does one ore yield through dust?
Two. Macerate one ore into 2 Tin Dust, then smelt each dust into an ingot — the doubling loop costs 300 EU per Macerator cycle.
Can you duplicate tin by macerating ingots?
No. A tin ingot grinds into a single Tin Dust, which smelts back into one ingot, so the ingot-dust-ingot loop is net-zero.
What is Tin Dust used for?
Tin Dust smelts into tin ingots, the backbone of Ala Industrial's LV tier — tin cables, the Electronic Circuit, and tin plates.
Does Tin Dust generate naturally in the world?
No. Tin Dust is produced only by the Macerator; you mine tin ore in the world and process it into dust.
Is tin renewable?
No. Tin ore is a finite world-generation resource, so tin and its dust are non-renewable.
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