Developing a chemical explosive grenade is not as simple as drawing a picture and following it, but with the help of Wang Qi's two-knife knowledge, there is no need to worry about it step by step.
Black powder grenades are eliminated directly. Black powder is easy to make and everyone knows the formula. However, the enemy's physical fitness is not at the purely human level of Wang Qi or Elena's hometown. The black powder grenades are not very capable of damaging people. Look, let alone a guy who masters magic or possesses enchanted powers.
To increase its power, it is necessary to overcome several key points - nitric acid, glycerin and mercury fulminate. The latter also requires nitric acid as an exciter.
The first is nitric acid.
Wang Qi's territory has already had nitric acid production capacity, but the production capacity is not enough.
Primary nitric acid is produced from sulfuric acid and Glauber's salt.
There is nothing to say about sulfuric acid. Sulfur and pyrite can be produced. They are the specialties of Volcanic City and Underground City respectively. The main production area of Glauber's salt comes from manure accumulation points. There are no large-scale accumulation points in Phoenix City. There are plans for other cities that do not have Wangting trees and need to maintain a certain agricultural scale.
The production of Glauber's salt is very limited, which is also the main problem restricting the application of nitric acid.
Of course, saltpeter, which is potassium nitrate, can also be used to produce nitric acid. The problem is that saltpeter is a soluble substance that flows into cracks in the ground when washed by rain. It only exists in areas that have been short of water for thousands of years, or in ancient dry underground river beds. Shallow saltpeter ore is also a scarce commodity with high price and low supply.
To really use nitric acid on a large scale, we have to rely on industry, that is, the branch of ammonia synthesis.
There are many branches of synthetic ammonia, including nitric acid/explosive related, agricultural fertilizer related, and polymer related. It can even be said to be the cornerstone of comprehensive industrialization, second only to the utilization of petroleum.
Synthetic ammonia directly extracts nitrogen from the air, adds hydrogen, and uses a catalyst to convert it in a high-temperature and high-pressure environment.
Nitrogen is everywhere, and hydrogen is not a problem after Fenggu has electricity. The problem is that Wang Qi has never been in this industry and doesn’t know what catalyst they use.
This basic knowledge point, which does not contain specific catalysts, was passed on by Li Xiang to the research institute, which then distributed it to companies with certain capabilities. After two years of preparation, the pressure vessel factory that followed the development of the train provided more reliable information. Containers have only recently made progress.
The current purity of synthetic ammonia is not high, but it can stably provide a certain amount of ammonia water to various companies for small-scale preparation of nitric acid, which is much more stable than the supply of Glauber's salt. Unfortunately, there is no professional factory for producing nitric acid.
Wang Qi's position does not have omnipotent information.
There was a long delay before we learned about this situation, and then allocated funds to the ammonia production plant to expand a professional workshop. When the situation in the northern district arose, the workshop was still under construction.
Nitric acid is a high-risk transport product, and ammonia is also not a safe product. Even the destructive power of ammonia is not as intuitive as nitric acid, but it is more likely to cause safety problems. Even for this reason, nitric acid should be concentrated in production.
With nitric acid, serious chemical explosions can follow.
The source of glycerin is relatively simple, but it is more difficult to obtain it on a large scale.
Although the two tribes brought by Wang Qi as the Wasteland Party are not very knowledgeable, things they have seen with their own eyes and find useful will consciously reappear in this world.
Glycerin now mainly comes from soap production in daily necessities factories.
Locals can also make soap, but there is no scale and the raw materials are expensive. Only the glycerin produced in the industrial chain of the small kingdom is valuable for collection and utilization.
By the way, glycerin was also collected at Wang Qi's request, but before the mass production of nitric acid, it was not used for explosives, but for medical purposes. The small kingdom has not developed systematic medical care. The by-products of production products happen to be medicines, so they cannot be wasted.
Wang Qi's father died of cardiovascular disease in his previous life, so he was very impressed. Glycerin is a very effective cardiovascular drug. It seems to be useful in diabetes, and is even more powerful than many modern miracle drugs... Although it is not made as a drug at all.
After the Manufacturing Bureau proposed the glycerin purchase plan, the soap factory is also looking for ways to change the ratio of glycerin and soap. After all, the price of glycerin is much better than that of soap.
The research institute is also looking for ways to help the soap factory, but unfortunately there has been no progress yet.
In addition to the by-products of animal and vegetable oil processing, the only way to obtain glycerol is to synthesize propylene.
Is there any source... indeed there is.
It just so happens that propylene is one of the main flammable components in petroleum gas!
But to obtain petroleum gas, a new thing needs to be hooked up - gas transportation.
In the initial stage of gas transportation, spherical objects made of animal organs are filled with gas. This method is too outrageous for industrial needs. It only costs a few kilograms to transport a car back. Even if there is a slight air pressure, it is difficult to exceed ten kilograms. The road conditions If the situation is too bad, we won't be able to transport more than a few cars in a day.
So a high-pressure cylinder is used here.
Except for the head valve, the entire bottle body of the high-pressure cylinder is hot-rolled.
Hot rolling technology is available, and pressure vessel technology has been accumulated, but it has not yet been used for small things. There is still one thing missing, rubber.
The existing material used to seal and buffer production equipment is a magically processed resin material, which has better performance than rubber. However, since mages are used, the cost cannot be lowered and the output is limited, so to It is still mainly used in mechanical equipment, and only small trains can be used in finished products.
Rubber is a true god of nature. It can be said that without rubber, it would take a hundred years for industrial production to produce synthetic rubber. The problem is that without rubber, this hundred-year gap would not develop at all.
The kingdom has long asked businessmen from all walks of life to find natural rubber and similar substitutes, but the various resins and gums found all have defects of one kind or another.
There are efforts to change properties through artificial chemical processing, but due to lack of knowledge and the number and level of alchemists and skilled workers involved, uu Reading has made limited progress.
Fortunately, now we just need to ensure the sealing effect is slightly lower than normal temperature. We can also find substitutes from existing products. The defective rate will be higher at most, but at least it can be used.
There is already hope for mass production of nitric acid and glycerin, and finally mercury fulminate.
Mercury fulminant is not a qualified detonating material. It is too active and not safe enough. Unfortunately, Wang Qi does not have a relevant book, and he cannot remember other substances used as detonator caps except mercury fulminate.
The production of mercury is not difficult. It is an elemental metal that has been produced by basic means for a long time.
Fulvic acid is a bit difficult. For fulvic acid (hon), looking at the chemical formula gives me a headache. Fortunately, Wang Qi was a militiaman and was a military fan, so he knew how to prepare fulvic acid.
Add fulvic acid and mercury nitrate to complete the production of mercury fulminate, which seems very simple.
The hard part is safety, safety, and safety!
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