A young mage apprentice!
And he's very handsome! !!
All the mages present looked at Reiner with mixed feelings in their hearts.
Some people were amazed by the young appearance of the other person, while others felt uneasy because of the excellence of their peers. There were also several open-minded female mages who had become interested in this handsome young man and were planning to try to invite him after the meeting. , spend the night together.
But before that, everyone was more concerned about another question. What did the mage apprentice discover
The dim weather outside the window contrasted with the flickering lights in the conference hall. At the junction of the shadows, Reiner walked forward step by step.
Reiner pretended to be calm when he told the truth. He did not expect that his paper would be circulated to the hands of the legendary mage, nor did he expect that the other party would take it so seriously. Reiner slowly walked to the podium, and the legendary mage extended his hand to him. Reiner shook his hand gently.
"Your paper on the electrolysis of water is really brilliant, probably the best paper I have seen in ten years."
Lanchester whispered, with a kind smile.
"You're very grateful, Mr. Stanion. I'm just standing on the shoulders of giants, so I'm lucky enough to achieve such a small achievement."
Reiner glanced at Cornish, who was standing behind Lanchester. He indeed started designing water electrolysis experiments after seeing Cornish's electrolysis paper. There was nothing wrong with this statement.
"It's so humbling."
Lanchester looked at Reiner with admiration, then took a step back, leaving the huge podium to Reiner.
Reiner cleared his throat and found that Lanchester had thoughtfully placed a copy of his thesis on the podium. This copy was obviously for Lanchester himself and was filled with various annotations.
"Everyone, the content of my paper is very simple. It is about two new elements discovered by electrolyzing water."
As soon as these words were spoken, all the mages present breathed a sigh of relief.
electrolyte! !
If it weren't for Lanchester's previous words, most people would probably think that Reiner was crazy. After all, water is one of the four basic elements, and Reiner's words were undoubtedly challenging authority.
But no one raised any objection. As Lanchester said, the mages here are all mages at the forefront of academic research. Their thirst for knowledge has surpassed everything. They will not insist on their opinions rashly, at least, they will not wait until Questions were raised only at the end of Lehner's speech.
"I read Lord Penzance's paper on electrolysis in the latest issue of "Alchemy". The paper mentioned that for elements with active properties, electrolysis can effectively separate them from compounds, so I began to think about the past. Are some substances that are considered indestructible because the elements that make up these substances are too reactive?"
Reiner did not rush to describe his experiments, but first asked questions to explain his thinking process.
After hearing Reiner's speech, many mages fell into deep thinking. Most of them had read Mr. Penzance's electrolysis paper, and many of them used the same method to try to decompose new elements. But they all ignored water, the most common substance. For three hundred years, the theory of the four basic elements was like a heavy cornerstone, deeply rooted in everyone's hearts, and no one thought about shaking this cornerstone.
"Therefore, I set my sights on the water that I come into contact with the most, designed an experiment based on Lord Penzance's paper, and electrolyzed two gas elements with special properties from the water, 'Ocles' and 'Hyde' pull'."
Then, with Lanchester's help, they repeated the experiment in the field and verified the properties of the two elements as described in the paper.
During this whole process, the whole place was silent, and people were observing, wondering, and thinking.
It wasn't until Reiner ignited the two gases mixed in proportion in a closed container and obtained a certain quality of water that the crowd let out small exclamations.
"Based on the experimental phenomena, I guessed that the past combustion theory could not explain this reaction. Could it be that it itself has certain flaws or even fallacies?"
Word by word, Reiner's words were like the whispers of some kind of devil, which made people think deeply and fearfully.
"Thus, based on the experimental phenomena I saw, I proposed a new theory to explain the combustion reaction. Combustion is the reaction of substances and combustion accelerants, generating compounds such as oaks and gases with similar properties. As for the fire element , does not exist in any corner of this reaction.”
Boom—
Just as Reiner finished speaking, a thunder sounded in the sky. This was the first thunder in Wagner Lake since the beginning of summer, just like today's meeting will leave a mark on the history of magic.
The electric light reflected the profile of Reiner's face, which was calm and confident, reminding the mages in the front row of a certain Excellency.
Assisting Reiner in explaining, Lanchester waved his hand gently, and two reactive projections were formed in mid-air by the interweaving of light particles.
2H20 (power on) = 2H2+02.
2H2+02(combustion)=2H2O.
This is an alchemical reaction formula derived from the abbreviation of the element name, which means that under the condition of electricity, every two parts of water will be decomposed into two parts of Hydra gas and one part of Oakles gas.
In the eyes of alchemists, this formula is so simple and elegant, clear and logical, and the elements on both sides of the equation are equal in number, and it has some shocking power.
"I think the reason why the mass of the reactants remains unchanged before and after the alchemical reaction is the conservation of elements, so I write the alchemical reaction formula in this way. Of course, my ability is limited and I cannot verify all current alchemical reactions, so this is also It’s just a hypothesis.”
Reiner spoke eloquently. At this time, Lanchester gestured and added for Reiner.
"I have repeated most of the known experiments in the past few days, and they basically conform to this rule. And the few mass reduction experiments, according to my observations, should have produced something that we have never noticed before. New matter.”
After hearing Lanchester's explanation, Reiner breathed a sigh of relief and continued.
"Then judging from Lord Stanion's discovery, conservation of elements should be a basic law of alchemical reactions."
crackling—
Another bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, like a spark, flashing in everyone's minds.
If the law of conservation of elements is correct, then alchemists will not only be able to qualitatively and quantitatively control each alchemical reaction and observe its products, but they will also be able to design new experiments based on the constituent elements of the compounds. The existing alchemical system will move forward. A big step forward.
After Reiner completely destroyed the cornerstone of the modern alchemical system, he immediately rebuilt a more solid foundation.
And he is just a mage apprentice!