On the night of Saturnalia, Cathy and Harry learned more philosophical knowledge and more clearly understood the path they would take in the future and what they would have to pay for it.
At the same time, their teacher, Richard, was busy in the Garden of Eden without any distractions.
For Richard, he decided on his choice of path many years ago, and he knew exactly what the price would be, and he had no regrets about it.
Because he knows that everything will only make sense if the path he chooses is successful.
Otherwise, the rest of the pursuit is likely to be just a dream bubble in the end, which looks beautiful but actually bursts as soon as you poke it.
So is it possible to get through
In the Garden of Eden, in the most strictly protected underground laboratory, in a certain room, a huge reaction tank has been filled with corrosive acid.
Richard walked in wearing chemical protective clothing. Without hesitation, he quickly opened the lead box placed on the ground and poured the mineral powder inside into the reaction pool.
"Grrrrrr!"
The mineral powder is extremely fine after special treatment and has a very small volume. This increases the area for reaction with the acid to a certain extent and increases the reaction rate.
So it can be seen with the naked eye that once the mineral powder and acid liquid come into contact, they begin to react violently and a large number of bubbles emerge.
The acid surface of the reaction tank is constantly rolling, as if boiling water is boiling.
Richard was not surprised by this, and kept pouring boxes of mineral powder into the reaction pool, using his magic power to control the rotation of the acid solution, stirring it thoroughly, and dissolving all the mineral powder.
In the end, the liquid in the entire reaction pool was seen to be a deep dark green, like a door that could lead to the abyss, exuding a strange aura.
Richard took one look, completely ignoring the color of the solution, and started taking samples from the reaction tank without hesitation.
Pour the solution into a beaker, divide it into a dozen parts, add various solutions into it, observe the phenomenon, and calculate the element composition and content contained in it.
After working for several hours, I finally got the final result.
Dense numbers were written on a piece of papyrus. After reading it, Richard frowned deeply and thought.
Now the uranium element needed for his nuclear weapons research and manufacturing plan is in the reaction pool. The next thing to do is to purify the uranium element as much as possible.
This is not an easy task. After all, 100% pure uranium ore does not exist at all, and the ore powder added to the reaction pool contains more or less impurities.
One type of impurity doesn't matter, but if more than a dozen or dozens of impurities are mixed in, it will be serious. The solution in the reaction tank is like a pot of porridge with dozens of raw materials. How to accurately extract one raw material requires a lot of effort.
One of the possible ways is to continue to add other substances into it, react with the impurities in it, and remove the impurities.
When the last impurity is completely removed, what remains is pure uranium.
In theory it's simple, almost as good as high school chemistry on Earth.
But in practice, it's a bit tricky.
The first reason for the difficulty: there are too many impurities, as many as dozens of impurities, which interact with each other. What high school chemistry has to deal with is just a few impurities. The number here has increased tenfold, and the difficulty has increased hundreds or thousands of times. The impact on all impurities must be considered at every step; if you make a mistake, all your efforts will be wasted.
The second reason for the difficulty: the substances added are restricted, and the cost and difficulty of preparation must be taken into consideration. At present, the amount of mineral powder in the reaction pool is not too much, but considering that once this experiment is successful, the scale will be expanded to hundreds or hundreds of times in the future, then the added substances must be easy to prepare and low-cost.
Taking this into consideration, Richard kept thinking.
Thinking, he sat at a table in the room, holding a quill and doing quick calculations on papyrus.
"Shashasha..."
"Shashasha..."
One piece of papyrus was quickly filled up, and Richard replaced it with a second piece of papyrus.
After a while, the second papyrus was also filled with writing, and then a third papyrus was replaced.
The fourth, fifth...
Richard kept calculating and writing for several hours before he stopped. At this time, the entire tabletop was covered with a thick layer of papyrus.
Looking at the contents on the last few papyrus scrolls, Richard pursed his lips and considered it. After a few minutes, he started to take action.
He turned around and walked outside the laboratory, and returned soon carrying several heavy iron buckets.
Opening one of the iron buckets, he saw a light blue liquid inside. Richard used an instrument to accurately measure a certain volume and injected it into the reaction pool.
The reaction pool, which had been calmed down, now had tiny bubbles emerging, indicating that gas was generated. At the same time, gray-white precipitate appeared at the bottom of the reaction tank.
Without further ado, Richard operated the reaction tank, quickly filtered out the sediment, and then used an instrument to measure another pale yellow liquid and poured it into the reaction tank.
"Grrrrrrrr!"
This time, no precipitation was formed, but a large number of bubbles appeared, and the liquid in the reaction tank was also dyed with a light yellow color.
Richard quickly opened the ventilation device in the laboratory, sucked out the gas, and replaced it with helium, an inert gas that hardly reacts with the solution. His chemical protective suit came with an oxygen bottle for breathing, so there was no need to worry about suffocation.
After doing this, continue.
Various substances are continuously added to the reaction pool to perform a series of reactions.
Occasionally, after adding a certain substance, I will stop to think for a long time and perform a lot of calculations.
Occasionally, a portion of the solution in the reaction tank will be directly taken out and put into several other empty reaction tanks in the laboratory, and different solutions will be added to each for comparative experiments.
This time, Richard used almost all his brainpower to work.
Originally, if it was just to purify uranium, there would be no need for such trouble. He could have used some clumsier, but easier, method to achieve his goal.
But the purpose of this experiment is not to end after purifying uranium. More importantly, it is to summarize a practical, low-cost, and concise process to prepare for future large-scale uranium refining.
Therefore, the entire process must be optimized as much as possible and every link must be optimized.
"breathe-"
"breathe-"
Richard wore protective clothing and kept breathing, thinking, and operating.
As time goes by, the impurities in the reaction pool become less and less and become more and more pure.
After a long time, I don't know how much time passed, Richard looked at the reaction pool solution that became somewhat clear, took a long breath in the protective suit, and smiled.
Although the uranium element has not been completely purified yet, he knows that this first step has basically been completed.
At this time, he looked at the reaction pool and could vaguely feel the weak energy emanating from it.
This energy is very inconspicuous, but he knows that if it continues to develop, it will become a force that affects the world. Maybe many forces can change the world, but this will be the biggest one and the most irresistible one. .
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