Kyle Sichi had hardly slept these days, and he found that coming to Border Town was the best choice he had ever made in his life.
He spent two days and one night reading through the entire "Elementary Chemistry", and after sleeping for two or three hours, he was full of energy. Now he had returned to the first page, and began to carefully study the ancient book.
Matter is composed of very small particles! The change of matter is the decomposition and reorganization of particles! During the reaction process, the total amount of matter remains the same!
My God, what kind of person is the author of this book? He can even describe the world that people can't see so clearly. He had more than once suspected that the contents of the book were fabricated, but according to the examples of alchemy experiments, the results were completely consistent! Moreover, some common examples in reality could also prove the correctness of the book.
For example, the "oxygen" described in the first chapter.
This gas is the main component of air, and people don't breathe air, but oxygen. Flames need oxygen to burn, because burning is essentially an oxidation reaction. The more oxygen there is, the more vigorous the combustion.
These words reminded him of the glass kiln in Redwater City, where it required two people to constantly shake the blower to raise the temperature of the furnace to the melting point of sand and stone. Since it is a matter, it is obvious that through alchemy … no, through chemical reactions, pure oxygen can be extracted. If you can directly pass oxygen into the furnace, can you save the blower equipment?
And the most surprising thing was that the book said that water is composed of two hydrogen particles and one oxygen particle, which is probably the reason why all living things drink water. But hydrogen seems to be a gas, and the two gases combined to form a liquid, how is this possible?
Kyle found that he still had many questions to ponder. But there was no doubt that he had already walked ahead of all the alchemists. While they were still exploring the formula in the chaos and fog, a straight and flat road appeared in front of him.
However, he still had to get down to business. He reluctantly closed the book. At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and it was time to work.
Kyle blew out the candle, approached the bedroom, looked at his wife and daughter who were still sleeping, and quietly went out the door.
The residence assigned to him by His Highness was located to the west of the castle, and it was much larger than his own home in Redwater City. The walls were made of bricks, and compared to the wood that was easy to mold, this kind of house was obviously much more comfortable, and it also had all kinds of furniture and kitchen utensils. Although he didn't say it out loud, he was quite satisfied. The disciples lived in a small district two streets away from him. The houses were smaller, and they were not individual houses. It was more like a hotel, with one bedroom for four people.
Walking to the Chemistry Laboratory by the Redwater River, the disciples were already busy. They were carefully selected by Kyle, and they had been learning how to clean materials in the Alchemy Workshop since they were children. Now, they were between 20 and 30 years old. Kyle nodded with satisfaction when he saw the clean laboratory and the sparkling glass containers in front of him.
"Good morning, Lord Chief Instructor." All the disciples bowed their heads in greeting.
"Let's start." He took a pair of gloves from the cupboard and put them on. The gloves were extremely thin and flexible, probably made from animal intestines. There had never been such a rule in the Alchemy Workshop before, but His Royal Highness had repeatedly emphasized the danger of chemical experiments. In the operating rules, whenever there was a reaction with corrosive raw materials, they had to wear gloves and open all the windows.
Unlike the workshop, now their job was very clear, which was to make acid for His Highness. They had already operated the method of making acid with two stones many times, so Kyle only needed to patrol and give directions, and didn't have to do it himself.
These two acids were recorded in detail in "Elementary Chemistry". One was called sulfuric acid, and the other was called nitric acid. Previously, he was used to naming them after the products, such as the former was called green vitriol, and the latter was called nitric acid. Although the names were different, the production method was basically the same. Through the dry distillation of green vitriol and nitric acid, the acid was condensed and collected. Green vitriol was usually associated with sulfur ore, and nitric acid was produced in large cities in special nitration tanks, so they were both common raw materials.
However, His Royal Highness emphasized that the concentration of the two acids must be high, and specifically explained the method of purification.
For example, after the sulfuric acid was collected, it could be heated to evaporate the water, and finally, the concentration could reach up to 98% concentrated sulfuric acid. However, nitric acid was a lot more troublesome. According to His Royal Highness, this acid itself was not very stable, and it was easy to volatilize. When the concentration reached a certain level, it would even decompose when exposed to light. Therefore, the dilute nitric acid produced by dry distillation had to be mixed with concentrated sulfuric acid, and then heated, so that the concentrated sulfuric acid could absorb the water, and then evaporate the nitric acid and store it in a brown glass bottle. For this reason, His Royal Highness had specially prepared a thermometer.
At first glance, Kyle felt that this thing was really a wonderful workmanship. A hollow glass tube was filled with mercury, and both ends were sealed, so there was no need to worry about the mercury leaking out. There were several lacquer lines drawn on it, and when heated, the mercury would gradually rise, and the position where it finally stayed represented the current temperature.
Today, the laboratory had produced three bottles of concentrated sulfuric acid and one bottle of concentrated nitric acid. At this concentration, he found that the sulfuric acid was not as easy to flow as water, but more like some viscous oil. At high concentrations, the nitric acid was no longer colorless and transparent, but became pale yellow. As long as the glass bottle was opened, it would emit bursts of white smoke.
"Master, do we have to make these two kinds of acid every day?" A disciple named Amon asked.
"Until His Royal Highness gives us a new task." Kyle paused, "What's wrong, are you worried that you don't have time to explore the alchemy formula?"
Amon nodded.
Kyle touched the stubble on his chin and smiled, "I forgot to tell you, the alchemist title is no longer needed, so you don't have to rely on exploring the formula to become an alchemist."
"No …" Amon was stunned. "No need?" The other disciples also slowed down their work, and listened attentively to the master's next words.
"Yes, the alchemy formula no longer needs to rely on exploration, but memory and deduction," Kyle clapped his hands, and simply gathered everyone around him, "His Royal Highness gave me a book called" Elementary Chemistry "– this is also the reason why I brought you here, if you study it thoroughly, most of the world's formulas can be deduced from the contents of the book."
"Deduced?" The disciples whispered.
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