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: 1.33M
Profit: 37.25M
Margin: 5.4%
ROI: 6.0%
Total cost: 617.54M
Output value: 689.98M
Runs: 244
Time per run: 1h 22m 5s
Job duration: 6d 22h 53m
Slots: 4

Material flow

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

Slot allocation

Optimal slots: 2 parallel lines sized so every job fits one 7-day cycle; the figures on this page are per steady cycle.

2 lines · 4 slots · 98.5% utilisation

Initial investment 1.15B

Slots per reaction
Reaction	Slots	Runs / slot	Duration / slot	First cycle
Photonic Metamaterials	2	122	6d 22h 53m	2
Crystallite Alloy	1	120	6d 20h 9m	1
Thulium Hafnite	1	120	6d 20h 9m	1

Cycle 1: 2 slots (intermediates)
· Cycle 2+: 4 slots (steady state)

Start-up

One-time cycle before cycle 2, from which every cycle runs the production steps below.

Cycle 1, start-up

Runs Crystallite Alloy (1 × 120 runs), Thulium Hafnite (1 × 120 runs).

Buy for cycle 1

Item	Quantity	Unit price	Total	Broker fee
Helium Fuel Block	586	17.62K	10.33M	154.88K
Cobalt	11,712	564	6.61M	99.12K
Cadmium	11,712	5.50K	64.37M	965.54K
Hydrogen Fuel Block	586	16.48K	9.66M	144.86K
Hafnium	11,712	8.01K	93.82M	1.41M
Thulium	11,712	27.63K	323.60M	4.85M
Total			508.39M	7.63M

Multibuy list (6 items)

Helium Fuel Block	586
Cobalt	11712
Cadmium	11712
Hydrogen Fuel Block	586
Hafnium	11712
Thulium	11712

Job cost 15.88M · with purchases 531.89M

Production steps

Every cycle from cycle 2: 2 steps, every job in its own slots, side by side; a step's output feeds the next step in the following cycle.

Multibuy list (7 items)

Oxygen Fuel Block	1192
Helium Fuel Block	586
Cobalt	11712
Cadmium	11712
Hydrogen Fuel Block	586
Hafnium	11712
Thulium	11712

Step 1 of 2 · 2 intermediates in parallel

Reaction jobs of step 1
Job	Slots	Runs / slot	Per run	Duration / slot	Produced	Used	Surplus	Job cost
Crystallite Alloy	1	120	1h 22m 5s	6d 20h 9m	24,000	23,816	184	7.76M
Thulium Hafnite	1	120	1h 22m 5s	6d 20h 9m	24,000	23,816	184	8.12M

Buy for step 1

Item	Quantity	Unit price	Total	Broker fee
Helium Fuel Block	586	17.62K	10.33M	154.88K
Cobalt	11,712	564	6.61M	99.12K
Cadmium	11,712	5.50K	64.37M	965.54K
Hydrogen Fuel Block	586	16.48K	9.66M	144.86K
Hafnium	11,712	8.01K	93.82M	1.41M
Thulium	11,712	27.63K	323.60M	4.85M
Total			508.39M	7.63M

Job cost 15.88M = system 10.64M (10.15%) + facility tax 1.05M (1.00%) + SCC 4.19M (4.00%)

Step subtotal 531.89M

Step 2 of 2 · final product

Reaction jobs of step 2
Job	Slots	Runs / slot	Per run	Duration / slot	Produced	Used	Job cost
Photonic Metamaterials	2	122	1h 22m 5s	6d 22h 53m	73,200	73,200	64.53M

Uses 23,816 Crystallite Alloy from step 1, 23,816 Thulium Hafnite from step 1.

Buy for step 2

Item	Quantity	Unit price	Total	Broker fee
Oxygen Fuel Block	1,192	17.46K	20.81M	312.18K
Total			20.81M	312.18K

Job cost 64.53M = system 43.23M (10.15%) + facility tax 4.26M (1.00%) + SCC 17.04M (4.00%)

Step subtotal 85.65M

Summary

Costs

Purchases: 529.20M
Broker fees: 7.94M
Job cost: 80.41M
Total cost: 617.54M

Sale

Output value: 689.98M
Sales tax & broker fees: 35.19M
Profit: 37.25M

Slot time

Jobs (2 steps): 4
Slot time (4 slots × 7 d): 28d
Profit / run (244 runs): 152.66K
Profit / slot / day: 1.33M

Outputs

Item	Quantity	Unit price	Total	Tax & fees	Volume m³
Photonic Metamaterials	73,200	9.43K	689.98M	35.19M	73,200.00
Total			689.98M	35.19M	73,200.00

Surplus intermediates (not counted as profit)

Item	Quantity	Unit price	Total	Volume m³
Crystallite Alloy	184	4.55K	837.38K	36.80
Thulium Hafnite	184	18.61K	3.42M	36.80
Total			4.26M	73.60

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: 34.68M
Profit at today's prices: 37.25M
Difference: -2.57M

Price and volume history

Profit / slot / day

Output value

Input cost

Traded per day, The Forge

30 of 30 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 (30 days)

Date	Profit / slot / day	Output value	Input cost	Traded
2026-09-08 ≈	4.90M	809.59M	542.48M	833,993
2026-09-09 ≈	5.64M	797.88M	511.25M	243,852
2026-09-10 ≈	4.30M	797.15M	547.58M	477,989
2026-09-11 ≈	4.35M	783.97M	533.80M	479,663
2026-09-12 ≈	3.93M	782.51M	543.90M	753,160
2026-09-13 ≈	3.15M	742.98M	528.61M	686,517
2026-09-14 ≈	2.89M	740.05M	532.96M	406,435
2026-09-15 ≈	2.65M	733.46M	533.50M	351,018
2026-09-16 ≈	2.78M	730.68M	527.14M	572,655
2026-09-17 ≈	2.24M	729.95M	541.41M	604,707
2026-09-18 ≈	2.27M	729.73M	540.42M	627,498
2026-09-19 ≈	2.36M	729.22M	537.61M	771,146
2026-09-20 ≈	2.70M	729.00M	527.92M	1,289,372
2026-09-21 ≈	2.67M	728.49M	528.20M	702,761
2026-09-22 ≈	2.62M	725.85M	527.23M	381,487
2026-09-23 ≈	2.05M	721.75M	539.04M	481,006
2026-09-24 ≈	2.30M	721.24M	531.74M	392,858
2026-09-25 ≈	2.68M	720.36M	520.45M	445,619
2026-09-26 ≈	1.92M	718.02M	539.26M	315,185
2026-09-27 ≈	1.81M	717.29M	541.51M	609,351
2026-09-28 ≈	2.58M	712.68M	516.08M	702,551
2026-09-29 ≈	2.66M	712.60M	513.54M	2,004,222
2026-09-30 ≈	1.88M	715.09M	537.61M	465,564
2026-10-01 ≈	1.72M	715.31M	542.13M	517,266
2026-10-02 ≈	355.01K	715.68M	580.13M	509,179
2026-10-03 ≈	1.19M	717.36M	558.75M	2,193,703
2026-10-04 ≈	1.11M	720.95M	564.14M	701,977
2026-10-05 ≈	950.57K	717.14M	565.07M	551,040
2026-10-06 ≈	1.46M	695.40M	530.79M	728,544
2026-10-07 ≈	261.00K	691.01M	559.66M	216,476