Ashes is a LV-tier material, it has to be processed in LV-tierCentrifuge in order for its chemical components to be obtained. It can also be used to create Fertilizer from IndustrialCraft2 mod.
Ashes is obtained as a byproduct in a great amount of recipes, therefore it should not be targeted as primary output, but as a small bonus to the output if fully processed.
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