The Ominous Lord of the Skaven

Chapter 104 Spring Steel

With a thermometer, measuring temperature is much easier.

But for a thermometer to actually work, there needs to be a formal temperature specification.

For this reason, Ickert first adjusted the temperature of the furnace. Using wind magic can not only blow the wind, but also reduce the oxygen circulating in it and lower the temperature of the furnace.

After several attempts until the furnace was just hot enough for the lead to form a solid-liquid mixture, Ickert carved a mark on the thermometer.

Hammerhead frowned and didn't speak.

Because in his opinion, Ickert just stuffed that lump of unknown purpose into the stove, waited a while and took it out again.

The forbidden magic thermometer was made of wrought iron, and Hammerhead, as an ordinary person, couldn't see what was going on inside.

Hammerhead couldn't help asking again.

"My lord, what is this?"

"This is a thermometer that can be used to measure the temperature of a flame."

"The temperature of the flame?"

The flame is so hot that it hurts everything that tries to touch him, how can anyone know its temperature without touching or feeling it?
Hammerhead's common sense cannot handle such out-of-common sense situations.

And what is the use of measuring the temperature of the flame?
He could only watch Ickert draw a mark next to the mark with confidence, and then write a symbol next to the mark that he had never seen before.

"0".

"Hammerhead, listen carefully, this temperature system is called the ehrlich temperature, and 0 represents the starting point of the ehrlich temperature, which is the temperature at which lead blocks melt into lead water.
From 0 upwards, I will use the Imperial ruler in my hand as a standard, and each division represents 10 degrees, and the same is true for downwards, although this thing cannot measure temperatures below zero."

In fact, you don’t need to pay too much attention to the temperature system. No matter how Ickert divides it, he only needs to know the Iscotel temperature corresponding to the melting point of the substance here.

He couldn't copy Blue Star's standard system completely, and his own creation was the only way.

The 0 degree in the ehrlich temperature corresponds to 327 degrees Celsius on the earth, and every subsequent ehrlich temperature does not form a corresponding relationship with the Celsius temperature.

Because Ickert didn't know how big he had drawn in one grid, and what it had to do with the temperature in Celsius.

About one degree Celsius is equal to 1.14 degrees Celsius.

He only established this temperature system based on the principle that everything must have a set of standards.

It took Ickert a long time to mark the scale on it more neatly.

In this way, the forbidden magic thermometer barely reached a usable state.

The next thing to do is to find the quenching and tempering temperature.

In this regard, Ickert still summoned the blacksmiths and asked them to judge whether the furnace temperature reached the standard based on experience.

The current improved magic furnace can adjust the temperature within a general range, and Ickert only needs to adjust it within the correct temperature range based on the experience of the blacksmiths.

It's a pity that the blacksmiths' answers were quite confusing.

"My lord, we really don't dare to say that if we use our original forges, the heat is easy to control, but if we don't use our own furnaces."

The blacksmiths were afraid of being punished by Iktor, but the original forges of individuals were indeed very different, and each furnace had its own heat.

If you want to rely on these people to determine an approximate furnace temperature, Ickert has only one way.

"Well, I'll control the furnace temperature next, and you guys will watch it for me. I'll ask you how much furnace temperature is right, and the three of you can say yes or no. We'll start with the temperature that most people agree with."

"No problem, my lord."

The blacksmiths agreed, and Ickert began to search for the quenching temperature with the three strong men again.

This process is very long, but the difficulty is not in quenching.

The main reason is that there is no specific temperature for tempering, and it took Ickert a while to try it out.

The furnace temperature he set was too high before, which caused the steel to crack directly after quenching. Later, he quickly corrected the mistake and completed the quenching.

Thanks to the high error tolerance rate of the quenching temperature, which is between 415 degrees Celsius and 590 degrees Celsius, Ickert quickly tried out the correct quenching temperature.

And this information was also recorded by him, which will become the accumulation of industrial knowledge in the territory and the first step for production activities to get rid of personal experience.

Moreover, Eckert also found that within a certain temperature range, the higher the heating temperature before quenching, the higher the hardness of the obtained steel.

This accumulation of technology alone has already left all non-magic weapons behind.

After finishing the quenching, Ickert will tackle the problem of tempering next.

Regarding this point, he actually only remembered the tempering at medium temperature, and he must try again for the specific temperature.

However, there are rules to follow in this regard.

Because when Eckert and the blacksmiths tried to temper, they discovered a new phenomenon.

Depending on the tempering temperature, after tempering for a period of time, the surface of the steel will show different colors.

After many experiments, Eckert summed up about three tempering colors.

The first is light blue at 0 degrees Celsius, blue-gray at 20 degrees Celsius, and gray at 66 degrees Celsius.

These three tempered steels can all be used in the manufacture of spring steel.

Whether it can work or not, Eckert has already tried it out. Processing these steel materials into U-shaped sheets can indeed obtain the elasticity like bamboo.

This made the blacksmiths on the scene praised it, and spring steel, as a high-carbon steel, has a very good hardness and good elasticity and toughness.

It is a good material for making a good sword.

After this process, Ickert has not realized that the tempering color he concluded through observation is actually the color of the oxide film on the steel surface during tempering.

After finishing the manufacture of spring steel, Ickert officially named the set of technologies he discovered and summarized.

Including the steel frying method, this series of manufacturing methods are all labeled as Ickert.

Like the "Isser's Fried Steel Method", "Isser's Temperature", "Isser's Forbidden Thermometer", and "Isser's Spring Steel", Ickert put gold on his face without hesitation.

Not only because it is very cool, but also very good for publicity. In the future, when outsiders talk about this technology, they will think of Ickert and the territory he represents.

Only in this way can we set up a wind vane and attract all talents yearning for technology and the future to Windsor.

It's a pity that patent consciousness hasn't appeared in this world yet, otherwise Ickert would just follow suit, and at least he would be a rich man in another world.

But it's good if you don't have patent awareness, which is just convenient for Ickert to use the tool called patent to manipulate people from other worlds.

(End of this chapter)