Seeing those high-spirited teenagers walking up to the podium, Ge Qingping stood up excitedly: "Children, have you discovered a new chemical element, metal?"
Lin Guofu, dean of the Institute of Materials Engineering, nodded: "Yes, Senior Ge."
"Quick, tell me, what is it?"
Ge Qingping became extremely excited. Because he himself is a great figure in the chemical world, he is too eager to make new breakthroughs in the chemical world.
Lin Guofu placed the box on the table, took out a few glass bottles, put on gloves and a mask, and introduced in a loud voice:
"This is a new discovery from our Institute of Materials Engineering in the Department of Chemistry. In the process of studying potassium hydroxide, we tried to understand the effect of combining potassium hydroxide with different substances. So, Mr. Zhang Qiang suddenly had a whim and said, if we click What happens when potassium hydroxide is decomposed
So, we tried melting potassium hydroxide and then electrolyzing it. As a result, a small metal ball appeared below. This small metal ball has never appeared before and has never been seen before. This is what we discovered, potassium. "
After talking, Ge Qingping stroked his beard excitedly: "Potassium? Electrolysis of molten potassium hydroxide and obtained metallic potassium? Okay, okay. Tell me about the properties of this potassium."
Lin Guofu unscrewed the cap of the glass bottle, and a strong smell of kerosene came out.
Lin Guofu added: "We have discovered through research and experiments that potassium metal is the most active metal in the history of the world. It is extremely unstable. I can even bet that potassium should be the most active metal we have discovered so far. . It has an extremely low melting point and is extremely flammable and explosive. It cannot be stored with water, and it cannot even be exposed to too much air. Therefore, after many experiments with different materials, we chose to use kerosene for storage."
“…”
The scene was in an uproar. Some of the guests who knew a little bit about chemistry were shocked.
"Does it actually need to be preserved with kerosene?"
"Not even allowed to touch the air?"
"Is this metal? This could actually be metal?"
"Huh? It's all silvery white and so soft, like the texture of a candle."
"This is potassium. Will it burn and explode?"
"It actually burns. Can this metal burn?"
“…”
Ge Qingping also walked forward excitedly, put on protective gear, and took a close look at the silver metal lying quietly in the kerosene: "Is this potassium? The most active metal?"
Lin Guofu used tweezers to pick out a piece of potassium and said, "Everyone, please be careful."
As he spoke, he threw the piece of metal into a basin. A miracle happened.
There was a 'bang' sound.
"ah!"
Many people in the field were so frightened that they covered their ears and were extremely surprised. Even Ge Qingping was shocked. But when I looked up, I saw that the potassium metal was burning crazily in the water, with purple and blue flames emerging, and running around crazily on the water.
He exclaimed: "It's really lively. Isn't it too lively in nature? It will explode and catch fire as soon as it touches water?"
Someone stood up, walked over to take a closer look, and shouted: "It is slowly getting smaller as it burns. Is it consuming?"
"It explodes as soon as it touches water? Doesn't this mean that after a fire is caused, it can't even be extinguished with water?"
"Can this metal be used to make weapons? This property is a bit scary. Its burning can ignore the presence of water."
"incredible."
“…”
Backstage, Xing Fu also walked out nervously. He was extremely shocked when he saw the potassium burning violently and crazily in the basin, making crackling sounds.
This... this heaven-defying material can also be discovered by them
Xing Fu secretly despised him, why should he tell these people how they got it? If he kept it secret and just demonstrated this phenomenon. Many businessmen will come to him and invest, right? He can make a lot of money.
But if you say that it is obtained by electrolysis from potassium hydroxide, then everyone knows it. It's not worth much anymore...
Xing Fu is still feeling sorry for Qian for the people at the Kyushu Academy of Sciences.
After the piece of potassium was completely consumed, Lin Guofu said: "Potassium, we have been studying it for a month. Finally, we discovered a surprising phenomenon. Potassium also exists in our bodies."
"What?"
"Our bodies actually have something that explodes when exposed to water?"
"real or fake?"
“…”
Lin Guofu continued: "According to our subsequent investigation, we found that the potassium element in the human body is actually very useful. After cooperating with students from the Institute of Biochemistry of the Department of Chemistry, we followed up and found that if the human body lacks this potassium element, , people will have irregular heartbeats, muscle weakness and numbness, vomiting, diarrhea, psychological apathy, etc. If you don’t study it, you won’t know. Once you study it, you will be shocked. No one in Kyushu knew that such an element still existed in our bodies. And it actually plays an extremely important role.”
Ge Qingping was so shocked that he was completely speechless. He looked at his whole body and felt speechless.
The guests were also shocked. This was quite a discovery. The discovery of potassium alone is enough to be written into the annals of history. They also discovered the existence of potassium in the human body and its role in the human body. This is a remarkable discovery.
Lin Guofu continued: "But we currently do not have any conditions to conduct experiments on whether we can artificially supplement potassium to the human body. For this project, we are planning to jointly study with classmates from the Institute of Biochemistry in the future, focusing on potassium and the human body. In addition, after reverse reasoning, , our School of Materials Engineering has unanimously determined that potassium has a great auxiliary effect on plant growth. After testing, potassium can make the roots of plants stronger than other plants, and can improve the fruit quality of fruit trees...
In the later stage, we will also cooperate in depth with students from the Institute of Biochemistry. If potassium can be used industrially, a fertilizer containing potassium can be produced. Then it will have an extremely significant reforming effect on the entire Kyushu agriculture. "
“…”
Ding.
Everyone's heart beat wildly at this moment.
Led by Qian Mao and several other high-ranking officials, they stood up abruptly and looked at the high-spirited young people on the podium with eyes that were red with excitement.
They understand the meaning of this sentence very well. It can make the roots of plants stronger and improve the quality of fruits. fertilizer!
What this means is self-evident.
The head of the Forestry Department walked up to the podium tremblingly, looked at the small silver metal, and said in a trembling voice: "You... Are you serious about this?"
Lin Guofu nodded calmly: "This is just the result of our short-term experiment. In a short period of time, it has improved the quality of many plants. It means that its energy is definitely more powerful than we imagined. Everything needs to be studied."
The General Administration said in a trembling voice: "Kyushu's agriculture depends on you. I am willing to apply for a grant from the imperial court for you to research the development of potassium."
Lin Guofu laughed: "In the end, the country's agriculture still depends on the students of the Institute of Biochemistry. Sir, the students of the Institute of Biochemistry may subvert the entire country's agriculture in the next few years. And we, haha, obviously I majored in materials engineering, but I got sidetracked and accidentally researched potassium... "
Institute of Biochemistry? Everyone has heard about it more than once.
After Lin Guofu and others left the stage, the host came to the podium again: "Next, the team from the Department of Chemistry and the Institute of Biochemistry of the Kyushu Academy of Sciences brought their discovery: 'On the feasibility of plant hybridization to increase national grain production sex.'"
hiss-
Everyone in the venue took a breath of air.
Plant hybridization!
Xing Fu, who was watching the excitement, was also dumbfounded, and his heart was filled with shock.
Look at the phenomenon of the reaction between sulfuric acid and magnesium in your own hands, and then look at the research results of the Chemistry Department of the Kyushu Academy of Sciences. Myself...this is nothing to me.
This seems to be just a chemical phenomenon.
And each of them is a ground-breaking new discovery in the world of chemistry. What a new concept.
He doesn't understand plant hybridization, but the scientific research results 'increase national food production'. But he understands...
(End of chapter)