Chapter 1003 New Ladder

"Why are you looking so serious?" Nightingale suddenly laughed, "Actually, no matter what you say, I will believe it. But you have to give others some time to accept it, otherwise you say that something as big as a palm can kill thousands of people." No one can immediately imagine that Wan's demon turned into ashes, especially after seeing the physical object separated by Lucia."

"Really?" Roland touched his cheek, probably considering that human beings are facing a life-and-death race against time, which made him unconsciously feel a sense of crisis, "But that's what you said. After all, I haven't seen it with my own eyes. Even I don’t believe it myself.”

He turned around and held the inconspicuous "stone piece" in his hand.

This is the beginning of the road to chasing fire - purified uranium metal.

With just a few words, it is indeed difficult for people to associate it with a "thing that competes for brilliance". The silver-white surface has become dull due to oxidation, and the cold touch has nothing to do with light and heat, but Roland Know that as long as the conditions are right, nature will show its magical scene.

In order to collect it, Lucia and Speer worked in the North Slope Mine for almost a week after the meeting, breaking down the broken granite around the mine. The countess also complained about this, thinking that it was indecent to let her rummage among the rocks, and based on this reason, she begged five more apprentices from the city hall.

The result is such a small piece.

Compared with the uranium block that was originally used as a sample, this thumb-sized uranium metal has a purity of more than 90% and is divided into two layers under Lucia's adjustment. One side has uranium-235 on the surface, and the remaining uranium-238. , the ingredient ratio is 1:99, and this is also the natural ratio of the two in nature.

In other words, the uranium element on the surface of the stone chip that is less than a hair thick can already be called "weapons grade."

As a stable nuclide, whether it is 238, which accounts for the vast majority but is of little use, or 235, which can be used to make the ultimate weapon, its half-life is measured in billions of years. Such a long decay period, coupled with the fact that alpha particles are mainly released during decay, have a range of only tens of microns in human tissue and cannot even penetrate the epidermis. Therefore, even if it is held in the hand, it will not be exposed to fatal external influences. According to damage.

Of course, this does not mean that direct contact with highly concentrated uranium is absolutely safe.

After all, some of the alpha nuclides produced by decay may be highly toxic, and it would be troublesome to stick to your hands and then eat them in your stomach.

Therefore, Roland asked Soraya to wrap the "stone flakes" with a transparent film, not only to prevent it from further oxidation, but also to avoid accidents of chemical poisoning.

You must know that most people in this world have not developed the habit of washing hands frequently.

He looked at the thing in his palm and couldn't help feeling a little emotional. This piece of metal uranium containing great energy is lying quietly in the palm of your hand. Before it reaches the critical point, it looks so peaceful and harmless, almost no different from ordinary iron. No wonder Pasha and the others are in disbelief. .

Now that this step has been taken, the first task is to collect all the raw materials needed for the brilliant radiation.

Akima can find samples with much lower purity through high-concentration uranium coins, which at least proves that it is feasible to use it for prospecting. Although Lucia could obtain sufficient amounts of uranium-235 by decomposing and polymerizing it in the mine day after day, that would defeat the original purpose of parallelizing multiple projects.

In the field of high-end metal smelting, she still plays an irreplaceable role.

What's more, weapons-grade uranium alone cannot create a truly usable live bomb - to prevent it from becoming a dirty bomb, Roland also needs a truly rare element. It is usually associated with uranium ore, and its content is only one ten millionth of the former. Even with Lucia's help, a large amount of raw ore is needed to solve it.

In short, we have to look at Akima next.

Roland put the small piece of uranium metal back into the box, locked it in the drawer again, then pulled out an unfinished internal combustion engine design drawing from the file on the side and spread it out on the table.

Although most Neverwinters would go to sleep early on a cold, windy, snowy night, for him, there was still a lot of work to do.

"Are you going to bed late again today?" Nightingale tilted her head and asked.

He stretched his neck and picked up the quill, "Everyone has finally seen hope. You can't let all your efforts go to waste just because I'm lazy. In order to be famous forever, it's nothing to sleep less."

"Really... But it sounds to me that at least half of what he said is not true."

"Ahem - don't you believe everything I say?"

"But it is also your own request to use your ability to confirm your true intention." Nightingale stuck out her tongue.

"Okay, okay, I want to do this myself, okay?" He said helplessly, "I don't want to lose to the devil, and the so-called divine will."

"Well, I'm telling the truth this time. Then I'll go make you a cup of hot tea and grab some midnight snacks," Nightingale smiled slightly, "Five-spice barbecue, honey mushrooms, salt-and-pepper fried shrimp, and a refreshing Chaos drink. How about we all get some from the kitchen?"

Hey, you want to eat it yourself?

Roland shook his head dumbfounded, "It's up to you."

"As you command, my lord," she said slyly.

…

The next day, Azima took the piece of high-purity uranium and embarked on a journey to find the source. Roland also received another good news from the city hall.

The petroleum fractionation tower project jointly participated by the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Chemical Industry has completed the construction of Tower No. 1.

To show his respect, Roland attended the launching ceremony in person.

This tall tower is located on the banks of the Chishui River and in the Neverwinter Industrial Zone. The tower is nearly 25 meters tall. It is also a masterpiece that integrates new technologies and new concepts. There is nothing special about the tower itself, it is just that there are many partitions in the middle. layer, using the different boiling points of oil vapor to separate different products. The specific temperature measurement and evaporation volume control have been completed in the laboratory. Together with Anna's welding technology, it can fully meet the requirements of simple fractionation.

In fact... the quality of the distillate products has very little to do with the tower itself. In some places, even building a boiler with bricks can still produce oil by fractionation. This reminded him of the geography book he read when he was a child, which said that the motherland was vast and rich in resources, and had everything. However, when he grew up, he realized that there was some... but the quality was generally not very good, which added countless problems to the refiners.

He discovered that resources are just like appearance, and there are inherent differences. The gap between high-grade minerals and low-grade minerals is like an abyss, and can only be made up through acquired efforts. The same goes for oil. Crude oil rich in wax, sulfur, and inorganic salts is as viscous as mud. It cannot be ignited by fire and cannot be used without deep processing. However, some light oils, such as those in the oil fields of Borneo, can be easily touched and easily pumped out. It can be used directly for burning as oil.

The Black River, which covers a small half of the extreme south, belongs to the latter.

After learning about the self-ejection phenomenon, Roland became interested in this desert land, and actual results proved that the oil collected from Endless Cape was indeed not bad, and after fractionation it could basically meet the current usage requirements. Although it is far inferior to the refined products of later generations, he does not have to pursue perfection in one step.

The real advancement of this project,

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