Materials science is an important foundation for the advancement and realization of technology. Even if the world has the magical power of warming, it is inevitable that more suitable materials will need to be researched in the end.
After all, the level of temperature curing determines the upper limit of the original material, and what provides this upper limit is the characteristics of the original material itself. Just like most wood, no matter how warm it is, it cannot be stronger than steel with the same degree of temperature curing.
Of course, if different materials are used, it is not impossible for highly temperature-cured wood to be stronger than steel, but the time and energy required to invest in it, as well as its own upper limit, need to be considered. For all materials, the more basic properties Obviously, this characteristic becomes stronger after temperature curing.
In other words, the higher the basic strength, the higher the strength after temperature curing. This is why Chen Xi must make technical reserves. Alloys are still very useful.
Chen Xi looked at Pu Yuan. He could guarantee that these people would give up the idea of creating new alloys after short-term experiments and found no results. Instead, they would continue to invest their energy in existing materials and conduct deeper research. .
This is another line of thinking, which is to advance the existing technology to a higher level. Even if it is the same ordinary steel, there are still some tricks on carbon steel.
However, this method has an end after all. Just like the steam engine route and the internal combustion engine route, continuing to develop on the steam engine route can certainly be optimized to a certain extent and improve transmission efficiency, but the internal combustion engine route can go faster. , surpassing the steam engine in a short time.
"Is there a finished product?" Chen Xi felt that it was better not to express dissatisfaction directly and said to Pu Yuan with the same calm expression as before.
Pu Yuan nodded and sent someone to quickly pick up a batch of long swords with velvet wrapped around the sword heads. They were about 1.2 meters long, which was already far beyond the normal level of long swords.
Generally speaking, when a long sword of this level is used, it is very likely that the sword is too long and the structure is unreasonable, and then it is cut off from the center of the spine with a sword. In addition, when the sword is too long to cut, Due to the force on the front and rear, it is very likely to break in the middle.
"Zhong Kang, come and give it a try." Liu Bei took over this rather strange long sword and handed it to Xu Chu after trying it out twice. Although Liu Bei's swordsmanship is considered good, if it is for evaluation materials, it should be handed over to Xu Chu. More appropriate.
Xu Chu didn't have any extra words. He took the long sword and waved it casually twice. Strong explosions appeared directly on both sides of the sword blade. Then he nodded slightly, and then took his own sword and the long sword handed by Pu Yuan. After touching it, his expression became serious.
"Manganese steel blade?" Chen Xi squinted at the gap. Manganese steel is currently the strongest in terms of strength and sharpness. Of course, it is also the most brittle, but the toughness of this sword is very good. In other words, manganese steel is the strongest. It can't be full manganese steel.
"Yes, the steel blade is made of manganese steel, and the sword spine is made of nickel steel." Pu Yuan nodded. This is his recent proud work. What's more important is that this technology can be popularized.
If Pu Yuan could make it himself, it would be nothing. Pu Yuan himself is the strongest swordsmith in the world. Sword casting and knife making are within Pu Yuan's ability, let alone making something like this that looks ordinary. It is possible to use a long sword, even a famous sword or a divine sword.
Chen Xi nodded. To a certain extent, Chen Xi admitted that this technology could fool him. After all, materials science was only one aspect. What Chen Xi wanted was new technology, whether it could be used now or in the future. New technologies are all possible.
Although the technology Pu Yuan came up with can only be used on some weapons, for Chen Xi, it is a good situation to use some of them, and how to adjust the ratio of manganese steel and nickel steel is also valuable for in-depth research. .
As for other alloys, they definitely still need to be studied, but I can remind these people when I leave, there is no need to make it clear at this time.
Face must still be given. After all, in terms of output, Bingzhou Smelting Division is still very qualified. There is no need to keep these people from power.
"The waste gas produced is integrated into the water. How much is currently stored?" Chen Xi silently changed the topic and asked, with no intention of continuing to pursue the alloy.
Pu Yuan looked very solemn when he heard this. He didn't do alloys, or he didn't have the intention to do alloys mainly because he was studying sulfuric acid, because this thing was so interesting.
"We have collected a lot, but this thing is quite dangerous. Such swords will be easily melted." Pu Yuan sighed and said, "In the past two years, we have had many accidents around this thing. There have been explosions and explosions. Someone was burned."
"Burn?" Chen Xi raised his eyebrows. This was very professional. It was obvious that he had made concentrated sulfuric acid and then made a new attempt there.
"Yes, we have made a lot of attempts, and of course we have also developed some new uses." Pu Yuan said seriously, "We use this thing to wash the ore, and some of the slag left behind will be worthy of our study. thing."
When he said this, Pu Yuan's expression became much more exciting. It's not that the people like New Alloy can't be piled up, it's just that they are not interested in this aspect. They are all focused on studying sulfuric acid. They only sent people to the project that Chen Xi handed over The formula has been adjusted and researched.
Chen Xi nodded silently when he heard the words. The ore here contains a lot of things. Pyrite is one aspect, and there are some other minerals. It's just that it's difficult to process them when mixed together. But at present, Puyuan's kind of If it is not costly to use sulfuric acid, some other metals can definitely be washed out using pickling.
These metals are basically one of the basic materials used to make alloys.
"That means we have already begun to try to use these things." Chen Xi touched his chin. People from the Central Plains are also very capable of making trouble. Based on the current situation, Pu Yuan should have already made some achievements in the chemistry department. A displacement reaction occurred.
In other words, it is not that new materials have not been developed, it is just that it has stayed at the laboratory level. To a certain extent, it can be considered a success.
"After adding some materials, the prepared steel will have very peculiar effects. The gas generated after the reaction of dilute sulfuric acid and steel is collected by us and used as combustion consumables. After pressurizing the fire, the power is very reliable. Spectrum." Pu Yuan was quite excited when he said this, and it was obvious that he had already tried it.
"Oh, I roughly understand." Chen Xi nodded. Playing with fire is inevitable for normal people. Many things have a sense of beauty when they are burned, and humans can even get excited when burning things. It feels like Pu Yuan is probably guilty of this.
"Is there any finished product?" Chen Xi asked curiously.
Pu Yuan nodded and asked people to go back to where he lived to bring over some of his newly forged swords. At this time, Chen Xi really couldn't tell the quality of the swords, so he could only leave it to Xu Chu to feel, and Xu Chu simply After trying it twice, he knew that the casting level of these swords far exceeded the swords he was currently using.
"It seems that you have basically mastered what to add." After Xu Chu told Chen Xi his judgment, Chen Xi, who was originally calm, naturally had a smile on his face.
There is no doubt that it is just like Xiangri who doesn't know what antimony is. For these people, they only need to know where I add the ores and what kind of materials can produce what kind of results. As for what this thing is called What, it doesn't matter.
Pu Yuan was a little confused when Chen Xi called you. He didn't know how to answer. He came here just to use local materials to make swords. He became a steward only because there were very few people who knew how to smelt metal. Pu Yuan He was one of the senior talents, and he was doing research in Bingzhou, so he was forcibly recruited.
But Pu Yuan thought that he hadn't done much in the past few years. In Pu Yuan's opinion, there was nothing he needed to mention about blast furnace smelting. It was much more reliable than his previous method of frying steel. In other words, even if the quality is not as good as the molten steel you make yourself, it is better because of the large quantity.
Coupled with the magical method of re-melting, Pu Yuan thinks that indigenous steelmaking is a very good technology, especially adding other things to it during alloy smelting is an eye-opener for Pu Yuan, so Pu Yuan The most Yuan can do is help manually adjust the material ratio.
As for the design and adjustment of the first-line steel furnaces, those workers did a better job than Pu Yuan. There was no way. After all, the factory clearly stipulated that as long as the steel furnaces were adjusted and the efficiency was indeed improved, members would be rewarded.
Therefore, the front-line smelting workers also looked at the blast furnace and found a place for improvement. The bonus would be enough to feed and drink the whole family this year.
So Pu Yuan only needs to hand over the ratio he has worked out to others, and then let them adjust the ratio using blast furnace steelmaking.
After all, laboratory preparation and industrial preparation are two different things. Although problems will inevitably arise from laboratory to industrial preparation, which will lead to the destruction of a furnace of steel, the finished steel can also be used to produce agricultural tools. After all, it is still steel.
However, Pu Yuan later became obsessed with the pickling method, washing a lot of ores with sulfuric acid, and finally washed out a large amount of special metals. Then he added these metals to steel on his own site to make new alloys, and finally cast them. into a sword.
To a certain extent, Pu Yuan has completed the formula for alloy preparation. After all, the materials that can be used to make swords are relatively reliable in terms of strength and toughness, but Pu Yuan uses the pickling method. .
To put it simply, I can make it in the laboratory, but it cannot be done industrially. There are material ratios, but how do I mine and obtain these additives is a big problem.
"Do you have the ratio? I remember asking for the ratio to be recorded." Chen Xi looked at Pu Yuan and asked bluntly.
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