From Chief to Ball

Mr. Mu's eyes were also attracted by these ugly and small particles. He knew that this seemed to have proved the speculation of his little disciple who had never met, but he knew that he should not be too excited at this time, but needed to verify it. .

When the temperature gradually dropped and the molten liquid solidified again, Mr. Mu couldn't wait any longer, picked up those tiny, gray particles with expensive tweezers, crushed them and threw them into the water...

laugh……

Small particles made a sharp sound in the water, mixed with some slight explosions, and when everything calmed down, there was nothing but calm water.What looked like metal had completely disappeared into the water...

It seems that this has proved everything, but it is not enough. Everyone is on the verge of shouting excitedly, but they are still waiting for Mr. to give a clear approval.

Opened the porcelain tube used to collect gas on the other side, collected the solidified metal inside according to the speculated method, and wrapped it with melted beeswax to prevent contact with the air.

A small piece of this congealed metal was cut out, placed in a glass tube, plugged with a stopper made of expensive eucommia gum, and heated over a flame.

The small piece of metal inside melted quickly in the sealed glass tube, turning into a liquid like mercury. The chlorine gas obtained from the electrolysis of salt water prepared earlier was passed into the glass tube through the plug, and the molten metal burned quickly. , a bright yellow flame was emitted, accompanied by some white smoke.

Everyone held their breath, waiting until the flame inside was extinguished, and the white smoke inside gradually settled down.

These white powders were added to water and completely melted.

Mr. Mu sticks a little bit of the white powder in the glass tube with his fingers as he usually treats those poisonous, weird, and unknown new substances, puts it in his mouth, tastes it lightly, and immediately spits it out—— —At this time, when many people deal with these experiments, they use methods such as mouth tasting and sniffing. Many people have died, and because of this, they know which ones are poisonous and which ones are not.

The white powder touched the taste buds on the tip of the tongue, and the salty taste diffused on the tip of the old man's tongue. He felt that this was the most miraculous and delicious taste he had ever tasted, even though it was purely salty, just the taste of salt.

His hands trembled a little, recalling what he had seen before, which had not yet been verified, and only one guess that had been verified at this time, he yelled in his heart that he might see a new world before he died...

While the disciples waited silently and expectantly, the old gentleman said slowly in a pretentiously plain but unquestionable way: "He guessed right. This is a new kind of metal, which is produced by this metal and chlorine gas." table salt, not a non-metallic, indivisible substance like quicklime, as was previously believed to be true!"

Chapter 38 Famous

"Children, your little brother gave you an excellent gift, and you also helped your little brother verify some of his conjectures. And I saw that before I died, I might be able to see clearly about the hidden In hope of discipline within a discipline to which I have devoted my life."

"And now, the last thing I want to do for the rest of my life... is to use all my fame, contacts and money to exchange for a balance that can measure extremely light weight and error, just like your little brother said. With this balance, I can know the specific gravity of various common substances, such as... how many times a chlorine gas is a hydrogen gas."

"On that day, the truth hidden in this world will be known, just like the simplest, most common and most unchangeable gunpowder ratio, there must be such rules hidden in it."

I tried my best to suppress my excitement when I said this, but the disciples could hear it. Deep down in my heart, the master had already believed the conjecture of the younger brother: If the number of particles in the same volume of gas is not the same, then how can it be possible? What about the specific gravity?If the specific gravity of gases cannot be measured, how can it be possible to measure solids and liquids?

Hearing the melancholy but uplifting summary of the master, the disciples comforted each other: "Yes, sir, I will definitely. With your connections and reputation, even the best craftsmen will not refuse your request, and there will definitely be some The first balance that can accurately weigh to extremely small weights appeared."

The old man laughed again and said: "Li Yun said that your little brother Chen Jian is like a philistine businessman. Regarding this balance, he wrote this in his letter to me: He will first be in Fujian. Make a lot of money in the city, and then take out 1 silver coins as a reward. Whichever craftsman can make a balance that meets the requirements, he will reward the 1 silver coins without blinking. If [-] is not enough, then earn [-] .”

"According to the system he guessed, without such an accurate balance, our subject will become more and more difficult in the future. Once we have this balance, there will be a major breakthrough, and it can even surpass the most classical and learned science hundreds of years ago. He said that he was doing what a person who truly loves this subject should do in Mincheng, and begged me to forgive him for not coming to be a teacher."

"Guess, is this balance based on my fame and connections? Or the tens of thousands of silver coins he promised?"

It was rare for the master to make a joke, and all the disciples knew that the master was in a very good mood at this time, so they all laughed, but did not answer.

They know that what they want is not an answer, but a hope, no matter what kind it comes from, it is what Mr. Wang is happy with.

After laughing, Mr. Mu pointed to the small gray metal ball wrapped in beeswax: "This is a gift from your little brother. I am old, and the future is yours after all. Come on , let’s give this metal a name, a name that is both nice and charming.”

Everyone immediately chattered into discussions. You must know that some things are eternal. These disciples understand that as long as the people who record history still exist, as long as people still eat salt, then this name will always be remembered by future generations. And the man who gave this new metal its name will always be remembered.

After a long quarrel, a brand new name appeared on the paper.This is a new character, a character that has never existed before, but it has all the charm of pictographic and ideographic characters.A new metal was discovered and with it a new word.

Because it is metal, it is next to a gold letter.Because it comes from table salt, and table salt is salty, so salty becomes the other half.

Just like the very funny joke in the agronomy class, if you don’t know a fish, just read it on the right; if you don’t know a bird, just read it on the left.The students in the chemistry class finally had the opportunity to make characters, and it was clear that this thing was a fish rather than a bird.

It's sodium, but it's not sodium, but it's still sodium.

Mr. Mu personally wrote the newly created character, thinking that it won't take long, and I'm afraid there will be more such characters. This is really interesting and full of expectations.

"Well, children, since sodium has been produced, then metals such as lime and potash must also be produced. This method is correct, as long as the speculation is correct."

"To discover these new things, I am afraid that the required temperature is higher and the required vessels are better than the previous ones, but as long as there is a direction, it is always possible."

"However, in my opinion, there is one more important thing to do than the discovery of these new metals. Since water is a combination of hydrogen and yang, since sodium is a kind of metal, since your brother speculates that this The positivity of things is stronger than that of hydrogen, so the violent reaction with water should have taken away the hydrogen in the water."

"So, what is the caustic soda that is formed? Is it a combination of sodium and yang gas? Or is it a combination of sodium, yang gas and hydrogen gas? That is, what is caustic soda? Sodium has taken away one hydrogen? Or two Hydrogen? Once this answer is solved, many things will be completely different again."

"You can think about this problem carefully, and come up with a logically verifiable experiment according to the method of inductive deduction and experiment that your little brother said, to prove what alkali is."

"If there is a sufficiently accurate balance, this is not a problem, but now there is no, then you need to use your brains."

"Think about it all, it's very important."

The disciples agreed in response, thinking in their hearts, it really is like this.If there is a balance that can weigh a hundredth of a dollar, many problems can be solved.

It's just that there was no such detailed requirement before, and no one thought about making such a balance.This requires a good watchmaker, spring, scale or locksmith to complete such an extremely delicate object. The people in the room vaguely feel that many disciplines will be linked together in the future to become a world where no one can leave. It is not a separate branch with few connections as before.

The era of observing with the naked eye, smelling with the nose, and tasting with the mouth seems to be over.

……

Just after the new year, there are not many new scenes, just like a new reincarnation, a new beginning artificially stipulated in the endless, but it is just a part of the reincarnation of life.

Capital Xinxia is still the same as before, everyone has their own life, and they are used to everything.

On the busy first day after the new year, a shocking news broke out in a certain circle in the academy. The first thing people in the circle said when they met was greetings, but after the greetings, they always went around to that news.

"Have you heard? Lao Mu and his disciples have created a new metal, made from salt...that is to say, what we thought before was wrong."

"How can I not have heard of it? I heard that Lao Mu and those disciples have been busy with this matter for a year. metals in salt."

"Are you making a mistake? How could it be a metal? How could the salt we eat contain a metal?"

"It's unmistakable. I wouldn't believe it if someone else got me into it. But Lao Mu... would he lie? Let alone a lie, even without step-by-step verification, he wouldn't be able to let the news spread."

"That is to say... the deduction of his newly recruited disciple is correct? Quicklime may not be an indivisible thing? It's just that the conditions have not been met, and we can't get it out? This world is really like what he said It is composed of different particles, and after these particles are recombined, they become new things, without retaining any of their original properties?"

This discussion continued for two days, until the people involved in the discussion received a detailed report of the experiment and an invitation to watch it.

When they went to Mr. Mu's laboratory, they found that there were already many people waiting here.The people standing in this room can be regarded as people who came out of the natural chemistry system of the entire school. They all knew each other, and they were finally linked together by Mr. Mu and walked into this room together.

They were both shocked and hoped to see with their own eyes the kind of magical metal Mr. Mu said, the kind of shock that completely shattered what was believed to be the truth before.

The experiment was repeated perfectly, and the congratulations were forgotten in the continuous shock, and then he was invited to watch the white phosphorus and the magical match that can burn with just one stroke.

Facts do not change truth, but truths that are mistaken for truth.When the facts were in front of them, those who had rated Chen Jian's articles had to make a choice, a very important choice.

Now that the young man's speculation has been verified in some places, although Mr. Mu who invited them to watch did not say anything, those who have read the various articles submitted by Chen Jian understand that the meaning of those articles needs to be re-evaluated.

The discovery of metals in salt is a very important event. In previous years, this could have been used as an article in the first issue of the new year's pamphlet. It can even be said that this will be the most important discovery in decades.

But now it is different. Compared with this new metal, the article of that little-known young man is more important.

And obviously, the time when this metal was discovered was too weird, as if it was designed to confirm some speculations in the young man's article.