# Polymer Resin

> Canonical source: [Polymer Resin](https://satisfactorybase.its-live.dev/wiki/items/polymer-resin)
> Language: en

A by-product of Crude Oil refinement into Fuel. Commonly used to manufacture Plastic and Rubber.

## Properties

- Entity type: Item
- Form: solid
- Stack size: 200
- Sink points: 12
- Radioactive: No
- Can be discarded: Yes

## Produced by

### [Alternate: Heavy Oil Residue](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-heavyoilresidue-c)

6 s. [Refinery](/wiki/buildings/refinery)

[Crude Oil](/wiki/items/crude-oil): 3 m³ per cycle; 30 m³/min → [Heavy Oil Residue](/wiki/items/heavy-oil-residue): 4 m³ per cycle; 40 m³/min, [Polymer Resin](/wiki/items/polymer-resin): 2 per cycle; 20/min.

### [Alternate: Polymer Resin](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-polymerresin-c)

6 s. [Refinery](/wiki/buildings/refinery)

[Crude Oil](/wiki/items/crude-oil): 6 m³ per cycle; 60 m³/min → [Polymer Resin](/wiki/items/polymer-resin): 13 per cycle; 130/min, [Heavy Oil Residue](/wiki/items/heavy-oil-residue): 2 m³ per cycle; 20 m³/min.

### [Fuel](/wiki/recipes/recipe-liquidfuel-c)

6 s. [Refinery](/wiki/buildings/refinery)

[Crude Oil](/wiki/items/crude-oil): 6 m³ per cycle; 60 m³/min → [Fuel](/wiki/items/fuel): 4 m³ per cycle; 40 m³/min, [Polymer Resin](/wiki/items/polymer-resin): 3 per cycle; 30/min.

## Used as recipe ingredient

### [Alternate: Polyester Fabric](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-polyesterfabric-c)

2 s. [Refinery](/wiki/buildings/refinery)

[Polymer Resin](/wiki/items/polymer-resin): 1 per cycle; 30/min, [Water](/wiki/items/water): 1 m³ per cycle; 30 m³/min → [Fabric](/wiki/items/fabric): 1 per cycle; 30/min.

### [Residual Plastic](/wiki/recipes/recipe-residualplastic-c)

6 s. [Refinery](/wiki/buildings/refinery)

[Polymer Resin](/wiki/items/polymer-resin): 6 per cycle; 60/min, [Water](/wiki/items/water): 2 m³ per cycle; 20 m³/min → [Plastic](/wiki/items/plastic): 2 per cycle; 20/min.

### [Residual Rubber](/wiki/recipes/recipe-residualrubber-c)

6 s. [Refinery](/wiki/buildings/refinery)

[Polymer Resin](/wiki/items/polymer-resin): 4 per cycle; 40/min, [Water](/wiki/items/water): 4 m³ per cycle; 40 m³/min → [Rubber](/wiki/items/rubber): 2 per cycle; 20/min.

## Used in schematic costs

- [Synthetic Polyester Fabric](/wiki/schematics/synthetic-polyester-fabric): 100

## Related items

- [Crude Oil](/wiki/items/crude-oil)
- [Heavy Oil Residue](/wiki/items/heavy-oil-residue)
- [Fuel](/wiki/items/fuel)
- [Water](/wiki/items/water)
- [Fabric](/wiki/items/fabric)
- [Plastic](/wiki/items/plastic)
- [Rubber](/wiki/items/rubber)

## Unlocked by

- [Oil Processing](/wiki/schematics/oil-processing): Milestone · Tier 5
- [Alternate: Heavy Oil Residue](/wiki/schematics/alternate-heavy-oil-residue): Hard Drive alternate
- [Alternate: Polymer Resin](/wiki/schematics/alternate-polymer-resin): Hard Drive alternate

## Guides

- [Alternate recipes and Hard Drives](/guides/alternate-recipes)

## Technical Details

- Class name: Desc_PolymerResin_C
- Native class: FGItemDescriptor
- Asset path: /Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/PolymerResin/Desc_PolymerResin
- Resource form (export): RF_SOLID