Airflow Tile

This article has not been revised for the current version (***U50-587362***). It was last updated for *RP-381414*. It may contain inaccuracies.
This article has not been revised for the current version (***U50-587362***). It was last updated for *RP-381414*. It may contain inaccuracies.

## Airflow Tile

Used to build the walls and floors of rooms.
Blocks Liquid flow without obstructing Gas.

Building with airflow tile promotes better gas circulation within a colony.

## Materials

### Metal Ore

100 kg

**Airflow Tile** is a type of Tile and can be used to enclose rooms and support buildings. Unlike normal Tiles, gases can still pass through Airflow Tiles, at the cost of a small decor penalty in an immediate vicinity.

Airflow Tiles are essential to shelters as they help distribute gasses around the base. Gasses will easily pass through this block in any direction, while acting as a solid block for any and all liquids and items. The gas flow still can be blocked with tiles, blocks or liquids that directly obstruct this tile.

## Heat Exchange

For heat exchange, an airflow tile is classified as an *entity* (e.g. debris). Hence, an airflow tile thermally interacts with two objects:

* the gas tile inside of it
* the solid tile below it

For example, consider an airflow tile and a debris stack both composed of 100 kg Copper Ore. Recall that both airflow tiles and debris thermally behave as *entities*. If they are placed inside of a tile of steam and sitting on top of a sandstone tile, then they will exchange heat at the same rate.

## Tips

* In Spaced Out!, Airflow tiles do not block Radiation.
* Airflow tiles allow sunlight to pass through them with no loss of intensity, but block all other forms of light.
* Airflow tiles block decor.
* Airflow tiles prevent loss of gasses and liquids contained inside them when placed over exposed space in the Space Biome.
* If gas inside Airflow Tile condenses into a liquid or item, it will be pushed into closest open tile (in clock-wise direction starting from top-left tile[*confirmation?*])
	+ Airflow Tile can temporarily contain liquids if gas inside condenses.[*confirmation?*]
	+ If there was enough material to form natural tile it will be created right over the Airflow Tile, blocking it.
	+ If a liquid pipe containing liquid is deconstructed inside an airflow tile, the liquid from the pipe will be placed inside the airflow tile. This also "bridges" the airflow tile, allowing fluid from one side to to flow through it as if the tile were not even present. If the airflow tile was used to hold an infinite pressure liquid tank, this can cause a sudden "explosion" of fluid from the now bridged airflow tile.
* Airflow tiles can hold infinite pressure of liquids without breaking, which makes them perfect for building large liquid tanks or liquid compressors. Manual Airlocks and Mechanized Airlocks also do not get damaged by pressure in addition to **not** letting gas through, and can be used instead of airflow tiles for such builds.
* Can act as insulation tile when "filled" with a Vacuum. Unlike a true vacuum, an airflow tile will still conduct heat from the solid tile directly beneath it.
* Airflow tiles displace any gas inside it when loading a colony.
* Airflow tiles can be placed underneath vertical wind tunnel to prevent pressure build up.

## Bugs

* Liquids may become invisible on top of an airflow tile.

## See also

* Mesh Tile

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