Photonic Metamaterials Reaction

Photonic Metamaterials Reaction Formula · Composite reactor · prices as of 2026-10-08 18:31 UTC

Tatara T2 ME / T2 TE rigs Ignoitton (lowsec) Cost index 10.15% Inputs: Jita 4-4 buy orders Outputs: Jita 4-4 sell orders Edit

Profit / slot / day: 2.44M
Profit: 107.84M
Margin: 18.6%
ROI: 24.4%
Total cost: 441.21M
Output value: 578.55M
Runs: 122
Time per run: 1h 22m 5s
Job duration: 6d 22h 53m
Slot time: 44d 5h 34m

Unrefined reactions replace the Thulium Hafnite reaction here, because that raises the chain's profit/slot/day: their product is reprocessed, and the other reprocessed materials replace purchases of later jobs or are sold. Compare with Full chain, which uses the regular reactions.

Material flow

Bought Produced in the chain Final product Edge labels: quantity each job consumes.

Production steps

2 steps: each step's jobs run side by side and feed the next step.

Multibuy list (7 items)

Oxygen Fuel Block	596
Helium Fuel Block	293
Cobalt	5856
Cadmium	5856
Hydrogen Fuel Block	1450
Vanadium	28988
Hafnium	28988

Step 1 of 2 · 2 intermediates in parallel

Reaction jobs of step 1
Job	Runs	Per run	Duration	Produced	Used	Surplus	Job cost
Crystallite Alloy	60	1h 22m 5s	3d 10h 4m	12,000	11,908	92	3.88M
Unrefined Thulium Hafnite	297	2h 44m 10s	33d 20h 35m	297	297		22.19M

Unrefined Thulium Hafnite replaces the Thulium Hafnite reaction: 297 units reprocessed at 55% yield give 28,259 Hafnium (28,259 sold), 11,924 Thulium Hafnite (11,908 used, 16 surplus).

Buy for step 1

Item	Quantity	Unit price	Total	Broker fee
Helium Fuel Block	293	17.62K	5.16M	77.44K
Cobalt	5,856	564	3.30M	49.56K
Cadmium	5,856	5.50K	32.18M	482.77K
Hydrogen Fuel Block	1,450	16.48K	23.90M	358.44K
Vanadium	28,988	2.42K	70.04M	1.05M
Hafnium	28,988	8.01K	232.22M	3.48M
Total			366.81M	5.50M

Job cost 26.08M = system 17.47M (10.15%) + facility tax 1.72M (1.00%) + SCC 6.88M (4.00%)

Step subtotal 398.38M

Step 2 of 2 · final product

Reaction jobs of step 2
Job	Runs	Per run	Duration	Produced	Used	Job cost
Photonic Metamaterials	122	1h 22m 5s	6d 22h 53m	36,600	36,600	32.26M

Uses 11,908 Crystallite Alloy from step 1, 11,908 Thulium Hafnite from step 1.

Buy for step 2

Item	Quantity	Unit price	Total	Broker fee
Oxygen Fuel Block	596	17.46K	10.41M	156.09K
Total			10.41M	156.09K

Job cost 32.26M = system 21.62M (10.15%) + facility tax 2.13M (1.00%) + SCC 8.52M (4.00%)

Step subtotal 42.83M

Summary

Costs

Purchases: 377.21M
Broker fees: 5.66M
Job cost: 58.34M
Total cost: 441.21M

Sale

Output value: 578.55M
Sales tax & broker fees: 29.51M
Profit: 107.84M

Slot time

Jobs (2 steps): 3
Total slot time: 44d 5h 34m
Profit / run (122 runs): 883.91K
Profit / slot / day: 2.44M

Outputs

Item	Quantity	Unit price	Total	Tax & fees	Volume m³
Photonic Metamaterials	36,600	9.43K	344.99M	17.59M	36,600.00
Hafnium	28,259	8.27K	233.56M	11.91M	1,412.95
Total			578.55M	29.51M	38,012.95

Surplus intermediates (not counted as profit)

Item	Quantity	Unit price	Total	Volume m³
Crystallite Alloy	92	4.55K	418.69K	18.40
Thulium Hafnite	16	18.61K	297.76K	3.20
Total			716.45K	21.60

Price timing

Default 14 days (chain depth × cycle length). Input prices as of 2026-09-24.

Approximate (daily averages)

Profit, inputs bought 14 days ago: 131.42M
Profit at today's prices: 107.84M
Difference: +23.59M

Price and volume history

Profit / slot / day

Output value

Input cost

Traded per day, The Forge

90 of 90 days (≈ in the table) use the region's average daily trade price where no hub prices were collected, for buying and selling alike.

Data table (90 days)

Date	Profit / slot / day	Output value	Input cost	Traded
2026-07-10 ≈	3.19M	616.43M	379.79M	403,439
2026-07-11 ≈	2.69M	600.29M	386.45M	121,707
2026-07-12 ≈	2.58M	610.85M	401.11M	1,294,641
2026-07-13 ≈	2.53M	620.47M	412.57M	382,332
2026-07-14 ≈	2.71M	621.14M	405.27M	281,872
2026-07-15 ≈	2.76M	619.40M	401.47M	545,249
2026-07-16 ≈	2.78M	617.06M	398.12M	546,937
2026-07-17 ≈	2.47M	598.27M	394.04M	821,014
2026-07-18 ≈	2.56M	609.08M	400.65M	735,325
2026-07-19 ≈	2.60M	614.66M	404.01M	3,975,715
2026-07-20 ≈	2.82M	635.63M	413.97M	552,187
2026-07-21 ≈	3.02M	669.82M	437.04M	974,245
2026-07-22 ≈	3.27M	662.06M	418.89M	581,297
2026-07-23 ≈	3.15M	672.80M	434.12M	238,775
2026-07-24 ≈	2.95M	660.60M	431.56M	391,857
2026-07-25 ≈	2.55M	621.82M	412.72M	748,192
2026-07-26 ≈	2.82M	657.96M	435.01M	301,705
2026-07-27 ≈	2.93M	634.49M	408.06M	522,166
2026-07-28 ≈	2.64M	602.62M	390.92M	547,166
2026-07-29 ≈	2.82M	645.70M	423.42M	651,364
2026-07-30 ≈	2.49M	627.86M	421.22M	789,105
2026-07-31 ≈	2.42M	633.33M	429.31M	753,158
2026-08-01 ≈	2.48M	632.26M	425.70M	575,565
2026-08-02 ≈	2.60M	640.94M	428.55M	293,912
2026-08-03 ≈	2.70M	637.72M	421.07M	424,485
2026-08-04 ≈	2.85M	601.55M	380.97M	479,793
2026-08-05 ≈	2.61M	631.24M	418.89M	241,215
2026-08-06 ≈	2.57M	631.00M	420.57M	517,846
2026-08-07 ≈	2.75M	599.47M	383.09M	1,172,279
2026-08-08 ≈	2.87M	628.67M	405.46M	365,277
2026-08-09 ≈	2.80M	603.15M	384.42M	612,730
2026-08-10 ≈	2.85M	605.47M	384.55M	248,124
2026-08-11 ≈	3.08M	623.26M	390.89M	823,678
2026-08-12 ≈	3.39M	633.17M	386.94M	193,619
2026-08-13 ≈	3.27M	623.99M	383.59M	860,169
2026-08-14 ≈	2.93M	609.16M	384.23M	421,301
2026-08-15 ≈	2.78M	594.80M	377.56M	1,058,690
2026-08-16 ≈	2.77M	605.40M	388.03M	404,800
2026-08-17 ≈	3.31M	629.45M	386.74M	361,445
2026-08-18 ≈	2.41M	580.53M	380.31M	422,048
2026-08-19 ≈	3.16M	621.45M	385.91M	518,581
2026-08-20 ≈	2.43M	579.68M	378.82M	1,037,405
2026-08-21 ≈	3.03M	591.87M	364.02M	194,587
2026-08-22 ≈	2.92M	599.87M	376.32M	444,881
2026-08-23 ≈	2.89M	599.48M	377.11M	451,148
2026-08-24 ≈	2.98M	603.36M	376.80M	820,375
2026-08-25 ≈	3.01M	608.57M	380.20M	713,994
2026-08-26 ≈	3.18M	603.34M	368.13M	659,435
2026-08-27 ≈	3.14M	594.00M	360.85M	1,020,038
2026-08-28 ≈	2.93M	593.24M	369.55M	752,196
2026-08-29 ≈	3.25M	612.82M	374.01M	474,356
2026-08-30 ≈	3.28M	614.14M	373.61M	553,859
2026-08-31 ≈	3.57M	621.20M	367.56M	712,005
2026-09-01 ≈	3.66M	637.17M	378.88M	354,096
2026-09-02 ≈	3.81M	633.67M	368.82M	443,227
2026-09-03 ≈	3.70M	626.15M	366.51M	862,041
2026-09-04 ≈	3.84M	640.65M	374.10M	436,140
2026-09-05 ≈	3.68M	637.94M	378.70M	526,938
2026-09-06 ≈	3.81M	629.24M	364.91M	802,333
2026-09-07 ≈	3.85M	606.27M	341.76M	468,453
2026-09-08 ≈	3.60M	629.46M	374.29M	833,993
2026-09-09 ≈	3.51M	606.56M	356.51M	243,852
2026-09-10 ≈	3.57M	596.98M	345.32M	477,989
2026-09-11 ≈	3.34M	601.10M	358.84M	479,663
2026-09-12 ≈	3.26M	615.94M	376.34M	753,160
2026-09-13 ≈	2.95M	596.35M	371.41M	686,517
2026-09-14 ≈	3.06M	575.33M	347.19M	406,435
2026-09-15 ≈	2.81M	590.40M	372.24M	351,018
2026-09-16 ≈	2.84M	584.26M	364.86M	572,655
2026-09-17 ≈	2.88M	588.14M	367.04M	604,707
2026-09-18 ≈	2.89M	587.52M	365.73M	627,498
2026-09-19 ≈	2.83M	583.62M	364.96M	771,146
2026-09-20 ≈	2.91M	583.20M	361.14M	1,289,372
2026-09-21 ≈	2.90M	586.95M	364.75M	702,761
2026-09-22 ≈	2.78M	581.74M	365.22M	381,487
2026-09-23 ≈	2.73M	583.39M	368.83M	481,006
2026-09-24 ≈	2.76M	568.61M	353.97M	392,858
2026-09-25 ≈	2.83M	567.55M	349.65M	445,619
2026-09-26 ≈	2.58M	580.36M	372.72M	315,185
2026-09-27 ≈	2.10M	586.67M	399.66M	609,351
2026-09-28 ≈	2.32M	589.64M	392.93M	702,551
2026-09-29 ≈	2.41M	576.92M	376.81M	2,004,222
2026-09-30 ≈	2.43M	581.72M	380.55M	465,564
2026-10-01 ≈	2.58M	590.88M	382.50M	517,266
2026-10-02 ≈	2.44M	578.91M	377.51M	509,179
2026-10-03 ≈	2.34M	590.40M	392.72M	2,193,703
2026-10-04 ≈	2.48M	592.20M	388.20M	701,977
2026-10-05 ≈	2.38M	592.10M	392.23M	551,040
2026-10-06 ≈	2.21M	573.43M	382.52M	728,544
2026-10-07 ≈	2.26M	571.75M	378.76M	216,476