Mr. Bao and his son: Only use Stankang for hair oil

Chapter 103: Successful research and development, fame is imminent

December [-], [-].

As the saying goes, it is cold before frost and cold after snow.

The so-called cold after snow means that when the snow melts, it still needs to absorb heat. At this time, the temperature will become lower and lower, and Tianjin happens to be in this period.

Even though the bed in the single room in the dormitory building was covered with a thick mattress and Bao Guowei covered himself with a thick quilt, he still felt a little cold. Fortunately, Mr. Hou took this into consideration and arranged for the doorman to bring an extra bed that night. Layers of quilt.

It rained again at night, and the sound of raindrops always made people feel at ease, so Bao Guowei slept very peacefully that night.

When the sun rose and shone through the window on people's faces, Bao Guowei woke up leisurely. He rolled up his sleeves and looked at the exquisite watch in his hand: the time had come to eight o'clock in the morning.

Bao Guowei made great determination before getting out of the warm bed. When his feet touched his leather shoes, it was like touching ice.

After putting on his shoes and socks, Bao Guowei just opened the door and saw three people standing at the door: Zhang Ergou, Wang Dachui, and Wang Xiaowu.

The job of a servant is to serve the master well. Although Bao Guowei has never put on too much airs, the three of them can still clear their own positions, so they get together early in the morning to act as "gatekeepers" at the door.

Seeing Bao Guowei come out, the three of them felt at ease as if they had seen their backbone.

Wang Xiaowu also held a breakfast in his hand: a plate of small meat buns and a large bowl of pumpkin and soy milk porridge. This is a very universal Chinese breakfast.
"Master! This is the breakfast Mr. Hou asked someone to prepare for you! This was just delivered by the doorman. We also bought you some eggs..."

Mr. Hou is indeed very considerate and very skillful in his ways of dealing with people.

But thinking about it, if his mind is full of scientific research, Dingtian can only be a skilled researcher. The position of director of the alkali production plant will definitely not be his turn.

Bao Guowei took the porridge from Wang Xiaowu and took a sip:
"Put the buns and eggs on the table in the back room first. Xiao Wu, where is Mr. Hou now?"

"He's directing the workers outside the factory. I guess he just got up and is getting some fresh air outside!"

Wang Xiaowu replied.

……

After briefly washing up and having breakfast, Bao Guowei walked out of the dormitory building accompanied by several servants.

Now is the time for workers to go to work. The production workshop seems to have not stopped running at night, and the chimneys of the factory have been emitting gray gas outside.

The snow on the road inside the factory has long been shoveled away, and even if it is not shoveled, it will probably be trampled on. A large group of workers on the wide factory road are already busy, carrying loads and pushing carts. Pick up various alkali-making raw materials from the raw material storage room and enter the factory.

Most of these workers are young and strong young men, still wearing cloth shirts that are convenient for work in this severe cold weather.

When they saw Bao Guowei's luxurious clothes, they would often take another route to the factory, even though they were far away, for fear of bumping into the nobleman.

Under the leadership of Wang Xiaowu, he walked through several buildings and came to the production plant, and soon saw Mr. Hou's figure.

He was standing chatting with a few people outside the production workshop. He was holding a brown oil paper bag in his hand, and from time to time he took out a bag and stuffed it into his mouth to eat.

Bao Guowei approached and said hello:
"Hello! Mr. Hou! Good morning!"

Today's weather is colder than yesterday, and the water vapor that Bao Guowei breathed out when he spoke condensed into a mist in the air.

Hearing Bao Guowei's voice, Mr. Hou turned around and took a rough look at the man in front of him: He wore gold-rimmed glasses and exuded an elegant atmosphere. He was worthy of being introduced by the Chu family.

"Good morning, classmate Bao Guowei, how was your stay last night?
I don’t know what you like to eat. I asked someone to get you some Tianjin Goubuli steamed buns this morning. I don’t know if southerners can get used to them? "

Mr. Hou showed his high emotional intelligence from the beginning. In this era full of human relationships, even academics must develop their minds to be extremely delicate.

However, for Bao Guowei, it does not matter whether he is accustomed to living or eating well. What is important is that Mr. Hou promised to arrange an experimental place for him today:

"Thank you very much, Mr. Hou, for sending someone to deliver the quilt last night, otherwise I would have been freezing tonight. Tianjin's Goubuli steamed buns are well-deserved, and they taste very delicious.

But... Mr. Hou, can you arrange for me to enter the laboratory now?Of course, if there is no space, it doesn’t matter if I wait a few more days..."

As an old scientific researcher, Mr. Hou naturally knew how Bao Guowei was feeling now, so he stopped talking and said with a smile:
"Okay, I know you are impatient, so I made arrangements for you yesterday. Laboratory No. [-] happens to be short of a team, and the position has been made available for you. Go ahead and tinker with it! I am very optimistic about the direction you proposed, come on!"

After saying this, Mr. Hou patted the shoulder of a middle-aged man next to him:

"Classmate Bao Guowei, this is Dadong, the workshop production supervisor of our alkali production plant.

Dadong, ask the people in Laboratory No. [-] to help him. This kid has learned basic chemistry well, and there will probably be no problems when he starts the experiment. Tell Lao Li to relax. "

Mr. Hou read the documents given by Bao Guowei yesterday and already has a preliminary understanding of his chemical engineering level. Otherwise, he might have to arrange for "Old Li" to keep a close watch on him to prevent the experimental equipment from being damaged.

……

The main body of the laboratory building of the Academy of Sciences is made of bricks and stones. It is roughly more than ten meters high and is divided into three floors. Each floor has only two or three large rooms.

The walls in the corridors were painted with white putty and were neat and clean. A group of researchers wearing white coats were walking up and down the corridors early in the morning.

Dadong took Bao Guowei straight to the third floor, and finally stood in front of the door with "Laboratory No. [-]" written on the door:

"Classmate Bao Guowei, this is it."

After opening the door, a large laboratory appeared in front of Bao Guowei.

The laboratory is very large, several hundred square meters. There are many light bulbs installed on the ceiling, which are still on at the moment. The walls are surrounded by marble bricks, which shine under the light.

There are six large iron tables spaced apart inside, with various assembled experimental devices placed on them:

Iron stands, gas bottles, measuring cylinders, beakers, tubes, crucible tongs and other things are all available.

In this era of backward productivity, it is very difficult to put together a complete set of experimental equipment. This shows that this laboratory has indeed spent a lot of money.

In addition to experimental equipment, various experimental materials are also placed on the cabinets around the walls, with their chemical formulas, properties, and precautions posted on them.

At this time, many experimenters in white coats were doing experiments. When they saw the door of the laboratory being opened, most people just looked up and continued to concentrate on their research.

Dadong patted Bao Guowei on the shoulder and motioned for him to wait at the door. Then he walked up to a man in a white coat who was about 30 years old and wearing glasses and whispered a few words.

After whispering, the man in the white coat looked at Bao Guowei. He walked straight over with a smile on his face and stretched out his right hand:

"Hello, classmate Bao Guowei, my name is Li Hongwei. Since Director Hou has already said hello, if you need anything, you can tell me. The equipment in the laboratory is relatively precious, so be careful when doing experiments."

Bao Guowei also shook hands and responded:
"Okay, Mr. Li, could you please assign me a separate experimental bench?"

Li Hongwei was stunned by this sentence - one person occupies an experimental platform?

……

In the end, Bao Guowei occupied an idle experimental bench alone.

This attracted the attention of other scientific researchers: they wanted to see what this young student-looking person could do.

"Where did this young man come from? He occupies a group's experimental bench by himself?"

"Looking at his temperament and wearing glasses, he is probably a young and promising talent. Or maybe he is a rich man coming to the laboratory to have fun?"

"Don't worry about it, just concentrate on your experiments. How long has it been since you got results?"

Some people have already started whispering and showing some interest in Bao Guowei.

Bao Guowei's estimated plan is to successfully complete the laboratory preparation of Hou's alkali production method within three days.

Mr. Hou spent three years "improving" the Solvay alkali production method, and Bao Guowei only used three days to "out of thin air" create a better alkali production method, which is shocking enough to think about it.

Under Bao Guowei's "deliberate" operation, the first test did not produce any effect and ended in failure.

Seeing this, the surrounding scientific researchers lost interest, withdrew their gaze, and continued to concentrate on their experiments.

The principle of the combined alkali method is very simple:
The first step is for ammonia to react with water and carbon dioxide to form a molecule of ammonium bicarbonate.

The second step is the reaction of ammonium bicarbonate and sodium chloride to form a molecule of ammonium chloride and sodium bicarbonate precipitate.

To put it simply, the experimental procedure is to pass ammonia gas and carbon dioxide gas into saturated salt water to precipitate sodium bicarbonate with relatively low solubility. Sodium bicarbonate is unstable and easily decomposes when heated, producing soda ash.

Of course, if you know the process, it is indeed very simple. If you don't know the process, you will have to try your best to conduct thousands of experiments before you can discover this method.

For the next time, Bao Guowei lived in a single room in the research dormitory. His servants brought him three meals a day, and he spent almost all his time on experimental research.

The scientific researchers in Laboratory No. [-] have gradually become accustomed to this person's existence, but it is not known whether someone secretly arranged for Bao Guowei to waste materials.

……

On December [-], [-], in Laboratory No. [-] of the Academy of Sciences of Wynn Soda Plant, scientific researchers were conducting boring experiments as usual.

Today, as usual, Bao Guowei still occupied an experimental bench alone.

There was a set of production equipment placed on the table in front of him. It had been inspected several times before and there was nothing wrong with the entire equipment.

Li Hongwei had also asked Li Hongwei to prepare the alkali-generating raw materials - several sealed bottles containing high-concentration ammonia and carbon dioxide, a bottle of sodium chloride solution, water...

The alkali-making method of later generations only required these simple devices and simple raw materials. However, in history, it required an amazingly talented person to spend countless efforts to test it out.

Bao Guowei poured the saturated sodium chloride solution into the beaker and heated it. The mercury thermometer showed that the current temperature was [-] degrees Celsius, which met the experimental conditions.

After some operations, he passed carbon dioxide into a saturated solution of sodium chloride in ammonia water, and the less soluble sodium bicarbonate quickly precipitated from the solution.

After filtration and washing operations, sodium bicarbonate crystals are obtained. The thermal stability of sodium bicarbonate is very poor and it is easy to decompose when heated. After some heating, it will generate soda ash, carbon dioxide and water.

When the mother liquor is allowed to stand at [-] to [-] degrees Celsius, fine powdered salt is added to separate the ammonium chloride in the solution from crystallization. This can be used as a nitrogen fertilizer.

……

When Bao Guowei used platinum wire to burn the white powdery soda ash, he found that the flame reaction was yellow. Considering the elements contained in the experimental raw materials, it was confirmed that it was soda ash!

Purple litmus paper rubbed against ammonium chloride crystals turns blue!Also considering the elements contained in the experimental raw materials, it was confirmed to be ammonium chloride!
This represents the laboratory preparation process of the joint alkali production method, which appeared in the world more than ten years ahead of schedule!

The next thing that needs to be considered is how to ensure the practicality of large-scale production and the establishment of various pre-processing plants for alkali-producing raw materials, but this is not what Bao Guowei should consider.

Even though he had known for a long time that this method was almost certain to work, Bao Guowei was still very excited and his heartbeat was a little accelerated.

"All eyes are on me! I have something to announce!"

He wanted to shout out these words and show off to the people around him, but in the end he suppressed his thoughts.

This matter definitely needs to be kept secret. After all, the simple Solvay Alkali Production Process that has been eliminated requires Wynn Alkali Production Plant to spend a lot of money to purchase it. Needless to say, the value of the Combined Alkali Production Process far exceeds it. Therefore, The fewer people who know, the better.

Bao Guowei collected the soda ash and ammonium chloride into transparent glass and quietly left the laboratory. He was going to Mr. Hou's office.

……

Hou Debang is currently in his office calculating how to reduce the loss of raw materials in the production process using the Sowell alkali production method.

Just when he felt a terrible headache, he suddenly heard footsteps outside the door, and the sound became louder and louder.

"Boom!"

The office door was almost knocked open by Bao Guowei.

"Mr. Hou, I think... I have developed a new method of making alkali!
The utilization efficiency of sodium chloride is almost complete, and ammonium chloride crystals are also produced during the production process!The calcium chloride produced is also much less than the Solvay alkali production method! "

Bao Guowei was still a little excited. As he spoke, he walked over and put the two bottles on Mr. Hou's table.

Although Bao Guowei spoke very quickly, Mr. Hou could still hear clearly what he meant.

After Bao Guowei finished speaking, Mr. Hou looked at the two bottles on the table and asked in a calm tone:
"Are you sure? Have you had any tests done?"

"I'm sure! Burn soda ash with a platinum wire, and the smoke will turn yellow! The purple litmus paper turns purple after being rubbed with the ammonium chloride solution!"

After hearing Bao Guowei's answer, Mr. Hou's originally narrowed eyes suddenly widened, and there was a huge wave in his heart.

(End of this chapter)