Chapter 331 The Key to Art

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The church seemed to pop up suddenly.

Until he returned to the office, Roland still had this sentence echoed in his heart.

He closed his eyes and searched the fourth prince's memory carefully, but still couldn't find more related content.

His understanding of the church was similar to that of ordinary nobles when he was in the palace. The fourth prince didn't spend much effort on learning knowledge at all, and the mystery was almost blank.

But if what Tilly said is true, then the church's propaganda strategy would be too strange.

Take the religious legends of the original world as an example. When the gods originated from the beginning of the world, it was basically a pediatrics. The world was created by gods, which was the routine that everyone chose at the same time.

For example, seven-day creation, karma reincarnation, etc.... A set of legends that fully describe the power of God is the standard for every religion.

Compared with this world, the church seems quite...innocent.

However, Roland did not have any more clues to continue researching. He shook his head and decided to throw these thoughts behind his head.

Perhaps after exploring the ancient ruins of the hidden forest, everything will have an answer.

He walked to the window and looked at the huge coating spread flat on the ground in the garden in the vast white snow, and its turquoise green appearance was particularly eye-catching.

Now Soloya is bonding larger airbags, the new hot air balloon will be larger in size and can carry more people.

This is considered that if you can't find a way to rescue the trapped woman when exploring the remains, you simply ask Anna to chop the entire ice coffin and take her back to the border town with a part of the transparent crystal.

The departure time is set for two days.

The personnel have made arrangements, including Tilly, Sylvie, Sawei, Ashes and Andrea on the Sleeping Island Witch.

The Witch Alliance will send Anna, Wendy, Nightingale, Nanava, Lightning, and Maisie.

This time the lineup is unprecedentedly powerful, with attack, defense and battlefield perception reaching the highest level. As long as the Divine Punishment Stone is not used, it is difficult for the devil to have a chance to get close to them.

Your Highness, the chief alchemist, Lord Kemospier, wanted to see you, and the guard said outside the door.

Let him in.

Kaimo did not come alone this time. He also brought his colleague Chames, Your Highness, the large-scale nitric acid production method you have already made.

real?Roland was slightly stunned, and then a burst of joy surged into his heart.

This is probably the best news he has heard in recent days. He stood up excitedly and poured a cup of tea for the two chemists himself. Tell me, how did it be prepared?

This is Chames's credit. He touched his beard and smiled, let him explain it to you.

Dear Your Highness, the young Chames seemed a little restrained. He bowed and said, "Your alchemy workshop... No, the chemical laboratory produces nitric acid, and then uses saltpeter to dissolve dilute nitric acid, and then purify it with concentrated sulfuric acid.I tried to combine the two and heat the saltpeter directly into concentrated sulfuric acid. As a result, I successfully obtained a nitric acid solution, and the purity was very high. I could even observe the smoke phenomenon recorded in "Elementary Chemistry".

Common heat?But the two are not the same thing. Roland strangely said that the temperature of dry distillation is much higher than that of the coheating, and the gases distilled should be nitrogen oxides, which will only be dilute nitric acid will be introduced into water.The purification of concentrated sulfuric acid is nothing more than using its high boiling point and strong water absorption to reduce the water content in nitric acid, and does not involve chemical reactions.

I don't understand why, but Mr. Spier then did several experiments and thought that my discovery was a coincidence.

coincide?Roland looked at the chief alchemist.

Indeed, Kaimo affirmed that the two are not the same, but they have the same effect.I deduced it according to the chemical formula and guessed that this should be because a certain component in saltpeter reacted with sulfuric acid, which produced nitric acid and evaporated during heating.According to the formula backward, it looks like something...well, nitrate.

Roland suddenly remembered in his mind that it was indeed mentioned in chemistry textbooks that before artificial synthesis of ammonia was invented, people used sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate to react with concentrated sulfuric acid to produce nitric acid, which is also the oldest industrial method.

Because the main ingredient of saltpeter is two kinds of nitrates, which are easy to obtain and are relatively easy to extract. As long as the temperature is controlled, the evaporated nitric acid is continuously collected.

Of course, because this method consumes a large amount of sulfuric acid and is extremely prone to corrosion of equipment, it was soon eliminated by more advanced technology.

However, these two points are not a big problem for Roland. There is no supporting fertilizer and pesticide industry in the territory. The sulfuric acid produced is only for purifying nitric acid. As for the strong corrosiveness of nitric acid steam, it can be left to Soloya's coating to solve.

It was a good job, Roland happily patted Chames on the shoulder. This method can be tried by you.

You don't know that he had shown extraordinary luck when he was in the Alchemy Workshop in Chishui City. Kemostri raised his eyebrows and said, "Before learning chemistry, alchemy itself was an exploration that required luck. This kid was able to explore the double acid method in his early twenties and became the youngest alchemist in the workshop, making a group of apprentices in their thirties and forties red eyes.You should know that they may be just an apprentice throughout their lives.

Anyway, this is good news for the town. Roland praised, "You try to make a batch of equipment production first, and I will let the witch cooperate with you."If feasible, expand production scale.

As you wish.

By the way, I have another task to hand over to you. Then he put away his joy and said in a solemn tone. Now that there is a reliable source of nitric acid, I need you to try nitrification*glycerol, a very dangerous item.

How dangerous?Kaimo asked.

The raw materials it uses are very simple, that is, concentrated nitric acid reacts with glycerol, supplemented by concentrated sulfuric acid catalyzed, but the temperature must be strictly controlled during the reaction and ventilation must be maintained.Since a lot of heat is generated when nitrified, you can place the container in ice water for testing.Remember, cold and hot, vibration, impact, and friction may cause it to explode.Roland didn't know whether this amateur knowledge was reliable or not, but the ingredients were undoubtedly correct. Even if there was danger, it was necessary to try it.

Just use a small amount of acid during the test, so that even if an accident occurs, Miss Nanava can rescue you.

This... Chames opened his mouth, and before he could answer, Kaimo had already agreed at once. I understand, how powerful is compared to snow powder?

The world is far apart.

It seems to be an interesting experiment.The chief alchemist smiled.

Nine out of ten chemists are potential explosive art lovers, and this is true... Roland thought.

Nitrifying*glycerol is extremely unstable. Nobel's safety explosive is to add diatomaceous earth to passivate the ester. Although it improves safety, it reduces the power of the explosion.

Roland naturally would not choose this classical method. He planned to add nitrofiber or nitrified starch to nitrified*glycerol. Both of these can stabilize and further enhance the explosion effect.

The former is an excellent smokeless emitter, while the latter is a powerful explosive.

As can be seen from their names, a large amount of nitric acid is the key to the evolution of black gunpowder into chemical gunpowder.

And he now has the key.