# Alternate: Cheap Silica

> Canonical source: [Alternate: Cheap Silica](https://satisfactorybase.its-live.dev/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-silica-c)
> Language: en

## Properties

- Entity type: Recipe
- Cycle time: 8 s
- Cycles / min: 7.5
- Power: 15 MW
- Craft Bench: No
- Equipment Workshop: No

### [Alternate: Cheap Silica](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-silica-c)

8 s. [Assembler](/wiki/buildings/assembler)

[Raw Quartz](/wiki/items/raw-quartz): 3 per cycle; 22.5/min, [Limestone](/wiki/items/limestone): 5 per cycle; 37.5/min → [Silica](/wiki/items/silica): 7 per cycle; 52.5/min.

## Crafted in

- [Assembler](/wiki/buildings/assembler)

## Unlocked by

- [Alternate: Cheap Silica](/wiki/schematics/alternate-cheap-silica): Hard Drive alternate

## Guides

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

## Technical Details

- Class name: Recipe_Alternate_Silica_C
- Native class: FGRecipe
- Asset path: /Game/FactoryGame/Recipes/AlternateRecipes/Parts/Recipe_Alternate_Silica