Photonic Metamaterials Reaction

Photonic Metamaterials Reaction Formula · Composite reactor · prices as of 2026-10-08 17:31 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: 2.45M
Profit: 108.36M
Margin: 18.7%
ROI: 24.6%
Total cost: 440.79M
Output value: 578.66M
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	5.44K	31.86M	477.85K
Hydrogen Fuel Block	1,450	16.46K	23.87M	358.00K
Vanadium	28,988	2.41K	69.98M	1.05M
Hafnium	28,988	8.01K	232.22M	3.48M
Total			366.39M	5.50M

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

Step subtotal 397.96M

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: 376.80M
Broker fees: 5.65M
Job cost: 58.34M
Total cost: 440.79M

Sale

Output value: 578.66M
Sales tax & broker fees: 29.51M
Profit: 108.36M

Slot time

Jobs (2 steps): 3
Total slot time: 44d 5h 34m
Profit / run (122 runs): 888.22K
Profit / slot / day: 2.45M

Outputs

Item	Quantity	Unit price	Total	Tax & fees	Volume m³
Photonic Metamaterials	36,600	9.43K	345.10M	17.60M	36,600.00
Hafnium	28,259	8.27K	233.56M	11.91M	1,412.95
Total			578.66M	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	18.65K	298.40K	3.20
Total			717.09K	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: 131.53M
Profit at today's prices: 108.36M
Difference: +23.17M

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 ≈	3.60M	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