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+// changelog
+
+// 1.0 update - the base update
+// added seasoning
+// added seasoned_water
+
+elements.seasoning = {
+    color: "#876461",
+    behavior: behaviors.POWDER,
+    category: "powders",
+    tempHigh: 900,
+    stateHigh: "salt",
+    state: "solid",
+    reactions: {
+        "water": { elem1: "null", elem2: "seasoned_water" },
+        "salt_water": { elem1: "null", elem2: "seasoned_water" },
+    },
+    density: 2,
+};
+
+elements.seasoned_water = {
+    color: "#73d627",
+    behavior: behaviors.LIQUID,
+    tempHigh: 100,
+    stateHigh: "steam",
+    tempLow: 0,
+    stateLow: "ice",
+    category: "liquids",
+    heatCapacity: 4.184,
+    reactions: {
+        "dirt": { 
+            elem1: null, 
+            elem2: "mud",
+        },
+        "sand": { elem1: null, elem2: "wet_sand" },
+        "clay_soil": { elem1: null, elem2: "clay" },
+        "salt": { elem1: "salt_water", elem2: null, temp1:-20 },
+        "sugar": { elem1: "sugar_water", elem2: null },
+        "honey": { elem1: "sugar_water" },
+        "caramel": { elem1: "sugar_water" },
+        "molasses": { elem1: "sugar_water" },
+        "dust": { elem1: "dirty_water", elem2: null },
+        "ash": { elem1: "dirty_water", elem2: null },
+        "cyanide": { elem1: "dirty_water", elem2: null },
+        "cyanide_gas": { elem1: "dirty_water", elem2: null },
+        "carbon_dioxide": { elem1: "seltzer", elem2: null, oneway:true },
+        "sulfur": { elem1: "dirty_water", elem2: null },
+        "rat": { elem1: "dirty_water", chance:0.005 },
+        "plague": { elem1: "dirty_water", elem2: null },
+        "rust": { elem1: "dirty_water", chance:0.005 },
+        "lead": { elem1: "dirty_water", chance:0.005 },
+        "solder": { elem1: "dirty_water", chance:0.005 },
+        "fallout": { elem1: "dirty_water", chance:0.25 },
+        "radiation": { elem1: "dirty_water", chance:0.25 },
+        "uranium": { elem1: "dirty_water", chance:0.25 },
+        "rotten_meat": { elem1: "dirty_water", chance:0.25 },
+        "rotten_cheese": { elem1: "dirty_water", chance:0.25 },
+        "cancer": { elem1: "dirty_water", chance:0.25 },
+        "oil": { elem1: "dirty_water", chance:0.005 },
+        "dioxin": { elem1: "dirty_water", chance:0.1 },
+        "quicklime": { elem1: "slaked_lime", elem2: "slaked_lime", temp2:100, temp1:100, chance:0.05 },
+        "rock": { elem2: "wet_sand", chance: 0.00035 },
+        "limestone": { elem2: "wet_sand", chance: 0.00035 },
+        "tuff": { elem2: "wet_sand", color2:"#7a6b5c", chance: 0.00035 },
+        "ruins": { elem2: "rock", chance: 0.00035 },
+        "mudstone": { elem2: "mud", chance: 0.00035 },
+        "methane": { elem1:"primordial_soup", elem2:"primordial_soup", tempMin:60, charged:true },
+        "ammonia": { elem1:"primordial_soup", elem2:"primordial_soup", tempMin:60, charged:true },
+        "fly": { elem2:"dead_bug", chance:0.1, oneway:true },
+        "firefly": { elem2:"dead_bug", chance:0.1, oneway:true },
+        "bee": { elem2:"dead_bug", chance:0.05, oneway:true },
+        "stink_bug": { elem2:"dead_bug", chance:0.1, oneway:true },
+        "cured_meat": { elem1:"salt_water", elem2:"meat" },
+        "aluminum": { elem1:["hydrogen","hydrogen","oxygen"], charged:true, chance:0.0025 },
+        "zinc": { elem1:["hydrogen","hydrogen","oxygen"], charged:true, chance:0.015 },
+        "steel": { elem1:["hydrogen","hydrogen","oxygen"], charged:true, chance:0.0125 },
+        "iron": { elem1:["hydrogen","hydrogen","oxygen"], charged:true, chance:0.0125 },
+        "tin": { elem1:["hydrogen","hydrogen","oxygen"], charged:true, chance:0.01 },
+        "brass": { elem1:["hydrogen","hydrogen","oxygen"], charged:true, chance:0.001 },
+        "bronze": { elem1:["hydrogen","hydrogen","oxygen"], charged:true, chance:0.001 },
+        "copper": { elem1:["hydrogen","hydrogen","oxygen"], charged:true, chance:0.0075 },
+        "silver": { elem1:["hydrogen","hydrogen","oxygen"], charged:true, chance:0.0075 },
+        "gold": { elem1:["hydrogen","hydrogen","oxygen"], charged:true, chance:0.0075 },
+    },
+    state: "liquid",
+    density: 999,
+    conduct: 0.02,
+    stain: -0.9,
+    extinguish: true
+};
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