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: 2.55M
Profit: 231.92M
Margin: 33.6%
ROI: 54.8%
Total cost: 422.87M
Output value: 689.98M
Runs: 244
Time per run: 1h 22m 5s
Job duration: 6d 22h 53m
Slots: 13

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 Reprocessing byproduct from last cycle 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 · 13 slots · 97.2% utilisation

Initial investment 1.22B

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
Unrefined Thulium Hafnite	10	60 / 59	6d 20h 9m	1

Cycle 1: 11 slots (intermediates)
· Cycle 2+: 13 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), Unrefined Thulium Hafnite (10 × 60 / 59 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	2,900	16.48K	47.79M	716.88K
Vanadium	57,978	2.42K	140.07M	2.10M
Hafnium	57,978	8.01K	464.46M	6.97M
Total			733.63M	11.00M

Multibuy list (6 items)

Helium Fuel Block	586
Cobalt	11712
Cadmium	11712
Hydrogen Fuel Block	2900
Vanadium	57978
Hafnium	57978

Job cost 52.15M · with purchases 796.79M

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	2900
Vanadium	57978
Hafnium	1459

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
Unrefined Thulium Hafnite	10	60 / 59	2h 44m 10s	6d 20h 9m	594	594		44.39M

Unrefined Thulium Hafnite replaces the Thulium Hafnite reaction: 594 units reprocessed at 55% yield give 56,519 Hafnium (56,519 replace purchases), 23,849 Thulium Hafnite (23,816 used, 33 surplus).

Uses 56,519 Hafnium from the previous cycle's reprocessing in step 1.

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	2,900	16.48K	47.79M	716.88K
Vanadium	57,978	2.42K	140.07M	2.10M
Hafnium	1,459	8.01K	11.69M	175.32K
Total			280.86M	4.21M

Job cost 52.15M = system 34.94M (10.15%) + facility tax 3.44M (1.00%) + SCC 13.77M (4.00%)

Step subtotal 337.22M

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: 301.67M
Broker fees: 4.53M
Job cost: 116.68M
Total cost: 422.87M

Sale

Output value: 689.98M
Sales tax & broker fees: 35.19M
Profit: 231.92M

Slot time

Jobs (2 steps): 13
Slot time (13 slots × 7 d): 91d
Profit / run (244 runs): 950.49K
Profit / slot / day: 2.55M

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	33	18.61K	614.13K	6.60
Total			1.45M	43.40

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: 241.75M
Profit at today's prices: 231.92M
Difference: +9.83M

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 ≈	3.82M	809.59M	299.28M	833,993
2026-09-09 ≈	3.72M	797.88M	297.79M	243,852
2026-09-10 ≈	3.75M	797.15M	293.85M	477,989
2026-09-11 ≈	3.55M	783.97M	299.46M	479,663
2026-09-12 ≈	3.50M	782.51M	303.31M	753,160
2026-09-13 ≈	3.20M	742.98M	293.12M	686,517
2026-09-14 ≈	3.27M	740.05M	283.78M	406,435
2026-09-15 ≈	3.05M	733.46M	297.15M	351,018
2026-09-16 ≈	3.08M	730.68M	291.88M	572,655
2026-09-17 ≈	3.12M	729.95M	287.77M	604,707
2026-09-18 ≈	3.14M	729.73M	286.16M	627,498
2026-09-19 ≈	3.07M	729.22M	291.92M	771,146
2026-09-20 ≈	3.14M	729.00M	284.90M	1,289,372
2026-09-21 ≈	3.15M	728.49M	284.10M	702,761
2026-09-22 ≈	3.02M	725.85M	292.84M	381,487
2026-09-23 ≈	2.98M	721.75M	292.65M	481,006
2026-09-24 ≈	2.98M	721.24M	291.99M	392,858
2026-09-25 ≈	3.06M	720.36M	284.58M	445,619
2026-09-26 ≈	2.83M	718.02M	302.74M	315,185
2026-09-27 ≈	2.37M	717.29M	343.29M	609,351
2026-09-28 ≈	2.59M	712.68M	319.26M	702,551
2026-09-29 ≈	2.66M	712.60M	312.40M	2,004,222
2026-09-30 ≈	2.69M	715.09M	312.77M	465,564
2026-10-01 ≈	2.85M	715.31M	298.56M	517,266
2026-10-02 ≈	2.69M	715.68M	312.90M	509,179
2026-10-03 ≈	2.61M	717.36M	322.00M	2,193,703
2026-10-04 ≈	2.75M	720.95M	312.97M	701,977
2026-10-05 ≈	2.66M	717.14M	317.42M	551,040
2026-10-06 ≈	2.47M	695.40M	313.58M	728,544
2026-10-07 ≈	2.52M	691.01M	305.04M	216,476