Ming Zuo

Chapter 824 Periodic Table of Elements

For chemical problems, of course, Chen Shuangjin should be referred to.

The lunatic who dared to start a fire in the mercury fulminate factory has now become an authority in the field of chemistry in Shandong academic circles.

Zuo Menggeng hadn't seen him for a long time.

Goodbye at this time, Chen Shuangjin has completely changed his appearance.

A head of lush and messy long hair curled at the roots, looking like a British Lord Chancellor.

Although the clothes on his body are all new, they are sloppy.It is dyed with various unknown colors, and no one knows what it is.

His face, hands, and exposed skin had all kinds of wounds.

"I made it during the experiment. Some things will explode when mixed together. It's so fun."

Zuo Menggeng's head was full of black lines, and for some reason, the figure of the chemistry professor in Zhou Xingchi's movie flashed in his mind.

"Be careful no matter what, if something happens to you, it will be a huge loss."

Chen Shuangjin didn't take it seriously after hearing it.

For him, discovering new things and new phenomena is obviously more important than anything else.

As for one's own life, in addition to being used for eating, it can only be used for experiments.

Chen Shuangjin is no longer alone, he is accompanied by a team of [-] people.

His current status is still a professor of chemistry at the National Central University.

If it weren't for his lack of administrative management ability, the entire chemistry department would be the only one.

Hearing the difficulties encountered by the steel plant, Chen's parents immediately led the team into work without saying a word.

A month later, the answer was in front of everyone.

"The gas produced by different coals contains different components, and these components will react with steel during smelting, affecting the quality of steel."

Fang Daheng asked quickly: "Do you know what it is?"

Chen Shuangjin nodded and shook his head.

"After our detection, there should be phosphorus in the composition. There is another thing that seems to be similar to sulfur, but it is different. It will take a certain amount of time to detect it clearly."

Hearing what he said, Zuo Menggeng understood instead.

The two most undesirable elements in the process of iron and steel smelting, one is phosphorus and the other is sulfur.

These two elements are the main reasons why steel is not hard enough.

The artillery made in China in this era is easy to explode, which is also the reason.

In addition to iron ore containing phosphorus and sulfur, the coal used for smelting also contains these two elements.

But he didn't remind Chen Shuangjin.

Now that Chen Shuangjin is aware of the existence of sulfur, given him a certain amount of time, he will definitely be able to discover this element.

The people in the steel plant don't care about the specific chemical problems.

Yu Wentai went straight to the point, straight to the point.

"Which coal produces the best gas?"

This best standard is based on ironmaking and steelmaking.

On this basis, Chen Shuangjin gave the answer.

He pointed to a pile of scattered coal noodles.

"This is the best."

When everyone heard this, they were all dumbfounded.

"This...isn't this peat?"

What is peat?
It is the crushed coal that is exposed to the open air and mixed with mud and sand.

From the perspective of the coal mining industry, this kind of coal is the worst kind of coal, and it is basically treated as waste.

The coal was thrown away because it contained too many impurities to burn.

Unexpectedly, after Chen Shuangjin's test, the gas produced by this kind of coal is the most beneficial to iron and steel smelting.

"Although there are mud and dust in this kind of coal, these things will not react with coal at high temperature, so there will be no excess elements in the coal. The gas produced in this way is more pure. As for other coal, there are too many things in it, which is not good."

Fang Daheng was extremely depressed.

"Hurry up and tell everyone that the peat dug out must be well preserved, and you must not waste it anymore."

But anyway, with the help of Chen Shuangjin, the gas problem was solved, which is great news for the steel factory.

Through this event, the importance of chemistry became known.

Chen Shuangjin didn't feel that he had done anything extraordinary. He still had a lot of experiments to complete.

After helping, he wanted to go back, but was stopped by Zuo Menggeng.

"I still have to do the experiment."

Others would feel honored and excited to be received by Zuo Menggeng, except him.

In his eyes, Zuo Menggeng is not as cute as those bottles and jars in the laboratory.

"Left and right is just for a while, don't waste your time."

For talents, Zuo Menggeng is as tolerant as he wants, and he is willing to give Chen Shuangjin an umbrella.

"What good thing have you discovered recently?"

When asked about his major, Chen Shuangjin immediately became proud.

He took out a piece of paper from his pocket, which was densely written on it.

"Look, this is my achievement."

Zuo Menggeng saw it, hey, good guy, Chen Shuangjin's achievements are really amazing.

After careful calculation, he has discovered more than ten kinds of elements.

Sodium hydroxide magnesium, nickel copper zinc carbon, potassium calcium arsenic silicon, almost all the chemical elements related to Shandong industry have been summed up by him.

However, Chen Shuangjin's mark is still in the traditional Chinese way.

And the Chinese names of these elements are not professional enough.

Zuo Menggeng thought for a while, picked up a pen and made corrections for him personally.

Chen Shuangjin was puzzled when he saw that Zuo Menggeng added the word "gold" to the left of the word "beggar".

"Why is this?"

"These you discovered are the most basic elements of matter, and they are brand new things. The word 'beggar' you used is not accurate."

Chen Shuangjin thought for a while, then nodded.

"You're right. If I find something new in the future, I can mark it that way."

Don't look at the simplicity of the conversation between the two.But this means that Chen Shuangjin's chemical path began to return to the same path as later generations.

Although chemistry is a discipline completely dominated by the West, the East is now at the forefront, and it seems to be able to be redefined.But in Zuo Menggeng's view, there is absolutely no need for this.

After all, the chemistry major has been very mature in later generations, with a complete system and rigorous logic.

Nowadays, there are not too many chemical talents in Shandong. If all the energy is devoted to self-created systems and definitions, it will undoubtedly be time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the progress will be delayed.

He is a soldier, and he advocates pragmatism above all.

Use whatever is easy to use. There are ready-made chemical systems for reference, so why bother to take detours?
Seeing these elements discovered by Chen Shuangjin, Zuo Menggeng was overwhelmed.

He knew that as long as Chen Shuangjin's research continued, his name would surely remain in the history of the Qing Dynasty, be admired by the world, and hated by science students.

It's a pity that Zuo Menggeng himself is a master of chemistry, and he knows a little bit about the military field.And other parts are no better than science students.

Fortunately, as a cheater, he still has an advantage.

"There should be some kind of law among these elements. If they can be discovered and summarized, they can be used well, and perhaps new things can be created."

Zuo Menggeng raised his hand and wrote out the formula under the known elements.

Beside him, Chen Shuangjin looked at these formulas, chewing over what he said in his mind, his eyes became brighter and brighter.

(End of this chapter)