The ChemiSeparator

[atomic1fire]

Also, I'd like to see you centrifuge something like nitroglycerine or NI3. If we're working with IRL analogues, centrifuging has a set of requirements, it's not a one shot solve-it-all.

You might be missing the greater good of such a machine. We already have the dangers of mixing without protection with fumes, why not include the dangers of trying to put napalm (or goddamn, ClF3) through a nanofilter? Sure, you could try to separate it out, but don't be surprised if the centrifuge starts belching fire every which way.

hell, i'm picturing a beaker with 5 reagents in it, and the only reagent centrifuged out of it was a stabilizer that kept the solution from turning into hellfire. that would be a great learning experience!

Here's a compromise I doubt people will like.

Lets put the swirly whirly machine o fun in the biodome where only the bravest of scientists will actually use it. Not every device in telescience zlevels has to be "broken computer" and not every useful device has to be on the station, the crew can use somehow pristine equipment in the middle of a biohazard zone can't they? Biodome is not even that hard with guns, and I want to hear stories about how someone wanted to mass produce meth but got ate by a zombie because they weren't prepared enough.

I feel like "lets put the machine where only some really smart nerds will reach it" satisfies the "it makes chemistry too easy" problem, while still encouraging scientists to do their jobs.