my magic industry

Chapter 137 Runes and Magic

The chlor-alkali production line designed by Xia Lin has a daily output of 300 kg of caustic soda, 600 kg of bleaching powder, and 250 kg of hydrochloric acid. In addition, there are some by-products of calcium chlorate and calcium chloride, which can also be used for the production of refined salt.

The cost is mainly concentrated on the magic stone consumption of the two types of rune disks. To roughly complete a day's production, it is necessary to consume all the magic power stored in four magic stones.

In addition, about 420 kilograms of salt, 370 kilograms of quicklime as raw material and 200 kilograms of coal are needed to provide the heat of the concentrated and refined salt water.

Although it seems that the output is not high now, the chlor-alkali method is countless times better than the previous earth method of calcination. At least one problem of production efficiency is enough to make the method of making caustic soda by reacting soda ash and lime disappear in the previous life.

Not to mention that the previous soil method also needs to consider the problem of product separation.

Previously, the caustic soda factory worked so hard to burn the products produced by rounds of vertical kilns. After separation, it only weighed forty kilograms a day, which was enough for the soap factory to make more than 2000 bars of soap. It can be said that earth-shaking changes have taken place.

And the hydrochloric acid produced by the chlor-alkali production line, Xialin also has other uses, that is, using this hydrochloric acid to hydrolyze potato starch to produce glucose, officially moving towards the direction of organic chemistry.

The glucose produced at the same time can also be used in the silver mirror reaction to obtain the huge profit product of the mirror.

In the brewery, the distillation equipment designed by Xia Lin is enough to produce an alcohol solution with a concentration of about 90%. Ethanol can be treated with concentrated sulfuric acid to obtain ethylene, which can be combined with hydrogen chloride gas and oxygen to produce an extremely useful product, that is, poly Vinyl chloride, also known as plastic.

With plastic, winter greenhouses are no longer a dream. PVC pipes and panels are highly resistant to acid and alkali. The newly built chlor-alkali production line can also be upgraded once. The cast iron pipes in the staff building can also be retired, greatly reducing The construction cost of the new staff building.

In addition, there are industrial protective clothing, awnings for the new army, raincoats, rain boots, sandals, slippers, door and window materials, packaging materials, and foam boards. There are so many uses for this organic material that Xia Lin can’t help but mention the name. Some fantasies came up.

But before that, Xia Lin had to overcome a difficulty, which was the production of concentrated sulfuric acid and concentrated nitric acid.

Among them, concentrated sulfuric acid can be temporarily obtained by the mature lead chamber method. Although the concentration of sulfuric acid produced by this method is worrying and the lead consumption is large, the operation and initial investment are much less than the tower method and the subsequent improved contact method, which is more suitable. At present, employees with low quality are operating, and with the purification technique, Xia Lin doesn't have to worry about the concentration.

As for concentrated nitric acid, it is more complicated. As a matter closely related to the synthetic ammonia industry, if you want to produce nitric acid on a large scale, you can only use nitrogen and hydrogen to react to obtain ammonia, and then use ammonia to react with oxygen to obtain nitrogen oxides, and further obtain nitric acid.

At present, Xialin has no way to build a synthetic ammonia reactor to provide reaction conditions, and can only obtain nitric acid on a small scale by using concentrated sulfuric acid with saltpeter to produce nitric acid.

This kind of three-acid and two-alkali puzzle can't be regarded as a complete puzzle, it can only be said that it is quite embryonic, but for the time being, Xia Lin thinks it is barely enough, enough to build the foundation of a chemical system.

When Xia Lin was writing various planning documents in the office and was busy improving his chemical system, an unexpected visitor interrupted his busy work—it was a strong body with shiny feathers, and it looked Well cared for crows.

"quack!"

The crow held a package in its paws, and flew into Xia Lin's office through the open wooden window with a twitter. It flew around him twice, as if confirming something, and then put the package down on his desk. , stopped on the pile of documents placed in the corner of the desk, and began to comb his feathers with his neck turned sideways.

"what is this?"

Xia Lin recognized that this crow seemed to be a magic pet used by the mage guild to transport materials. Birds like crows have considerable intelligence. After a long period of time, mages have communicated with each other through a three-ring spell called spiritual communication in the prophecy system. After cultivating them and giving them various potions to enhance their physique at the same time, they can have a considerable degree of wisdom and get this kind of magic pet crow that can undertake long-distance transportation.

Xia Lin heard from a professor of the college that the best of them could even speak like a parrot.

"This is the sample issue of "Runes and Magic" given to Her Excellency Charlene Karl, and Agnes Friedricha gave her words: 'This journal and the theories published on it have brought a new era to the magic world. era.’.”

Just when Xia Lin was puzzled, the familiar crow stopped combing its feathers, and its long beak opened and closed, making a thick middle-aged voice.

"Can crows talk?"

Xia Lin was taken aback by this scene. Although he knew that some familiar crows were rumored to be able to speak, it was too horrifying to see it with his own eyes and hear it with his own ears.

"Your Excellency Charlene Karl, although you have been highly praised by many archmages, you cannot insult my identity. I am Mercury the Raven, a follower of Archmage Agnes Frederica! With those Ordinary crows are fundamentally different!"

Mercury the Raven spread his wings and reported to his house in dissatisfaction. Xia Lin came back to his senses and realized that he seemed to be making a fuss. He had even seen intelligent maid golems and teleportation. What surprises the talking crow, he said apologetically:

"I'm really sorry, Your Excellency Mercury, I'm so rare and strange!"

"Since you have already sincerely apologized, then I will forgive you!
Sir Mercury, I like this title!Your Excellency Xia Lin, this package contains the sample issue of "Runes and Magic" and the letterhead from Archmage Agnes to you. I have completed my task, please forgive me and leave first! "

After speaking, the magic crow named Mercury nodded humanly towards Xia Lin, spread its wings, and flew out of the window from when it came, but in the blink of an eye, its sturdy figure almost comparable to an eagle It quickly disappeared into the sky.

"A message from Archmage Agnes?"

Xia Lin opened the package and saw a brand new "Runes and Magic" sample that was more than one centimeter thick.

Feeling the fluctuation of magic power, Xia Lin curiously followed the fluctuation to the title page, and found that there was actually a communication beacon attached to it, which was written in cursive letters under the recording magic circle:

"Welcome to subscribe to the "Runes and Magic" periodical. Each issue is priced at 1 Silver Mal, and the annual price is 10 Silver Mal. For details, please refer to the Newspaper Golem!
Subscribe now to enjoy free Raven delivery service, no matter where in the empire, our courier can deliver for you! "

This yearly subscription discount was something that Xia Lin mentioned to Dean Manan by chance. He did not expect that he would actually use it in the journal "Runes and Magic". However, Xia Lin never thought of the magic crow delivery service. Pass.

The magic crow, which the three-ring mages spent a lot of energy on cultivating, was actually used to transport the journal of "Runes and Magic".

(End of this chapter)