Crafting beyond atoms

In ElementaryCraft you can go and craft many structures beyond atoms, of which an overview is given below. Some are not entirely filled out yet and are still under development.

# Dihydrogen molecule

Dihydrogen is made spontaneously when two hydrogen items are placed next to each other. Alternatively, the dihydrogen can also be made on the crafting grid.

The element hydrogen does not exist as such in nature, in an isolated form under normal conditions. Hydrogen forms bonds due to the high reactivity. Under atmospheric conditions, hydrogen forms a two-atom molecule: dihydrogen or molecular hydrogen (H2). Dihydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe.

# Hydrogen gas

When 9 dihydrogen blocks are combined together on a crafting grid, you get dihydrogen gas.

Dihydrogen gas, called hydrogen gas for short, is a real block.

Together with oxygen, hydrogen can form water. This releases energy (286 kJ / mol).

2 H2 + O2 ⟶ 2 H2O

This reaction is explosive. Watch out when you place the block in the elementary craft world!

Above a certain altitude, there is not sufficient oxygen in the atmosphere of elementary  craft. At a big height, you can put blocks of hydrogen gas into the world. This might come in handy when growing your own star.

Dihydrogen gas is the main singular substance of the element hydrogen. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless and highly flammable gas at normal pressure and temperature. It is also referred to as hydrogen gas or simply hydrogen. It only occurs in a very low concentration (0.5 ppm) in the earth's atmosphere. Due to its extremely low density, it slowly but surely escapes to space.

# Helium gas

When you put 9 helium atoms together on a crafting grid, you create helium gas.

Helium gas is a real block. The gas is slightly denser than hydrogen gas.

When helium gas is placed in the world it can slowly rise.

Not implemented yet: When helium gas is used on an entity that makes noise (such as a cow), its sound will be higher. When you breathe in helium, you get a high-pitched voice, because the speed of sound in helium is much greater than in air.

Helium is the second lightest and second most abundant element in the universe (after hydrogen). Helium is a colorless noble gas.

# Helium balloon

To craft a helium balloon, put a block of helium gas in the center of the crafting grid. Add a string on the bottom. Surround the helium gas with 5 blocks of wool.

When the player holds the balloon in his left hand and is holding the first item in the hotbar, he has the ability to fly. If you take the balloon in your right hand, the ability will disappear and you will fall down, into an imminent death...

Helium is much lighter than air. It is therefore often used as a filler for balloons and airships. Helium is preferable to hydrogen, which, although lighter, is highly flammable. Helium's lift capacity is 93% that of hydrogen.

# Star

## Introduction

In the early universe, stars were created from the simplest atoms.

After the big bang, the first atoms that were created were hydrogen atoms. Hydrogen atoms are the simplest atoms, consisting of a single proton and a single electron.

Enormous hydrogen clouds permeated the universe. The size of the clouds exceeded several light years.

Sometimes, parts of such a cloud began collapsing under their own gravitational pull. The hydrogen gas gets condensed. The hydrogen atoms come closer and closer and start smashing into each other. This heats the cloud up and it begins to shine. A star is born. The gravitational pull keeps squishes the cloud together more and more more. In the center of the cloud, the temperature gets so high that the electrons escapes from the electromagnetic pull of the protons. When the electrons get detached from their atoms, we call it a plasma. In the center of the compressed cloud is now a dense and hot plasma of single protons and electrons.

Sometimes, the protons are on collision course with one another proton. However, the protons don’t smash into each other because they repel each other because they both have an electric charge of +1.

With only protons, no higher atoms can be created. However, the protons would be able to bind with neutrons. Unfortunately, no neutrons are available in the plasma…

Here, the weak force comes to the rescue. Because of the weak force, protons can convert spontaneously into neutrons. The universe favors protons over neutrons because protons have slightly less mass. After several seconds the free neutron will change again into a proton. If in the short life time of the neutron, a proton would smash into it, the neutron and the proton would stick together. The bound neutron will not change again into a proton.

It is very unlikely that simultaneously a proton converts in a neutron and collides with another proton, but the plasma is huge and a proton is tiny, so the seemingly impossible happens quite often..

The proton neutron duo can collide with other protons and neutrons, such that bigger nuclei are formed in the center of the star. The process of sticking together more and more protons and neutrons, is called fusion.

## Dense hydrogen gas

In elementary craft you can make dense hydrogen gas by combining 4 blocks of hydrogen gas on the crafting grid. The hydrogen gas is compressed to dense hydrogen.

## Fusion plasma

Create fusion plasma by adding 4 weak bosons to 5 blocks of dense hydrogen gas.

Be careful, fusion plasma is not to mess around with! If you were to place the fusion plasma in the world, it will melt its surroundings to smoldering lava and set the rest on fire!

# Solar plasma

Solar plasma is created when hydrogen or dense hydrogen blocks are placed next to fusion plasma. This needs to be done high enough so the hydrogen doesn't explode. The solar plasma will turn into blocks of coal in the center of your star if you have a big enough star and you leave it alone for a while.

# Entropy mob

The entropy mob (known officially as the *dorky creeper*) is a creature that might mess up your day. Although the entropy mob looks adorable, it operates similar to a creeper. The entropy mob loves chaos. When the entropy mob runs into you, it won’t explode but it will randomly mix up all blocks near you. Have fun cleaning and rearranging!