Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1193 Mithril Smelting Workshop Pure Silver Extraction
Soon, Xia Duo took an overview of the mithril mines in Leisenling, especially some typical mines, and collected the echo feedback data of the mine veins.

After leaving the mine, he visited the rough ore refining workshop led by Pete and Stern. In fact, this was an experience he had never experienced on Earth, and all of this made him feel very novel.

Of course, this does not mean that Xia Duo has no understanding of ore smelting at all, but those understandings exist more in the form of words.

After visiting the rough ore smelting workshop, Pete, the supervisor of the mine, left first, and Stern then led Xia Duo to continue the visit:

"Lord Xia Duo, next we will go to the newly built mithril smelting workshop in the territory!"

"Oh? Lei Senling built a Mithril smelting workshop like this?"

When Stern said that the next stop was the Mithril smelting workshop, Xia Duo immediately became interested. This is different from the general rough ore smelting workshop, which is owned by Leisen and Saville.

The mithril smelting workshop mentioned by Stern is likely to be the first mithril smelting workshop in Netheril!
How could this be missed!

Xia Duo did obtain the mithril refining technology in [Projection Plane Arcane Empire], and even included the ritual spell [Element Extraction] used to refine high-grade mithril.

But at that time, he did not see the Mithril Refining Workshop when he was projecting the plane, and it was all written materials.

From written materials to actual implementation, if it is a spell, then it is fine, as long as the details of the spell are not lost, there will be no deviation.

But without the participation of magic in the refining method, from technology to real objects, there are at least two difficulties in engineering and craftsmanship.

Now such a mithril smelting workshop is placed in front of Xia Duo, even if it does not involve purification, it is only the rough refining of ore, even if this is only the technology provided by the Severton Council, it is different from the Arcane Empire version.

Also well worth a look!
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Perhaps the Severton Council has unlocked and opened up the mithril refining technology to the public. The mithril smelting workshop in Leisen's collar is not placed in a hidden place.

Such as in the mage tower, or use some special protective magic to hold it up.

Instead, it is not far from the mine, only within the support range of the Mage Tower, without any additional protective measures.

Even the density of ordinary soldiers is no higher than that of the mine, or even lower.

Because there are not a lot of dwarf slaves like the mines and rough refining workshops I visited before, most of the people working here are humans and individual dwarves.

Outside the workshop, from a long distance away, Xia Duo saw a column of air with a blue flame at the bottom soaring into the sky, and the scene behind the column of air was fragmented.

As we get closer, we can feel the heat waves coming continuously. It is only the beginning of spring now, but it feels hotter than midsummer!
Xia Duo's [Crimson Asylum Robe]'s own weak element balance field couldn't stand such an "extreme" environment at all.

At this point, Stern began to introduce again:

"Lord Xia Duo, this was originally a workshop for refining sterling silver, but it was transformed into a mithril smelting workshop just the day before yesterday. Since pure silver is used in the mithril smelting process, it was changed here."

"Sterling silver?" Xia Duo was thoughtful.

If pure silver is to be used in the mithril refining technology released by the Sevington Council, it is likely to be the same as the Arcane Empire's version.

"Yes, it is sterling silver."

Stern replied, but didn't explain more, and then stretched out his hand to make a false introduction, "Lord Xiaduo, please come this way."

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Following Stern's footsteps, Xia Duo quickly visited the mithril smelting workshop transformed from a sterling silver smelting workshop.

The workshop occupies a small area, about half the size of a football field, and most of it is occupied by pure silver refining facilities.

The only thing related to mithril smelting is a gray-black cylindrical smelting furnace in the corner of the workshop.

The structure of this smelting furnace is not complicated, but the design is quite exquisite, unlike the smelting furnace for rough copper and silver that Xia Duo just visited.

It is divided into three layers——

The bottom layer is the combustion layer, the fuel is coal mixed with ruby ​​powder; the upper layer is the reaction layer, the interior of this layer is entirely made of adamantine, similar to a large adamantine cup.

Above the reaction layer is the energy-gathering layer, with openings gradually closing in to gather heat.

Of course, there are openings on the side of the three-layer structure, which are used to add fuel, mithril ore, and collect rough mithril agglomerates.

Xia Duo stopped in front of the smelting furnace for a long time, and saw with his own eyes that shovel after shovel of Mithril ore was sent into the furnace body through the opening on the side of the energy-gathering layer.

I also saw pieces of rough smelted agglomeration of Mithril being scooped up by craftsmen from the molten metal in the adamantine cup on the reaction layer.

After these rough smelting agglomerates are cooled, pick out those mithril ores that have not yet fully reacted, and throw them in again from the opening of the energy-gathering layer of the smelting furnace. The rest must continue to be selected to remove impurities. Blocks are then collected for further refinement.

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Only seeing these processes, Xia Duo felt that he had gained a lot. The mithril refining technology of the council version was indeed very similar to the Arcane Empire version.

All of them use pure silver in a molten boiling state to infiltrate the Mithril ore, melt the Mithril in it, and form [Silver·Mithril] agglomerates.

One of the more critical steps is to keep pure silver in a molten boiling state for a long time, which requires extremely high temperatures.

The mithril refining technology obtained by Xia Duo from the projected plane did not mention the specific plan on how to obtain this state, but only mentioned the need for this state.

After all, the mithril extraction technology he got was just a "science popularization" version shown to students in the Magic Academy, not an engineering process plan for industrial production.

Although Xia Duo has not purchased the parliamentary version of the Mithril refining technology from the Severton Council, it is also conceivable that there must be no complete production process.

It should be just a simple introduction manual!

For specific implementation, the lord who bought the technology has to figure out a way for himself.

With the so-called "industrial strength" of Savile, it is not enough to build a Mithril smelting workshop. Among other things, it is difficult to get the fuel alone.

Ruby powder can indeed be converted into fire element at high temperature to continue raising the temperature, but the ratio of it is the secret of each family.

Even if you know the fuel ratio, it is not easy to start a furnace. First of all, you need more ore, otherwise it will not be worthwhile.

As for ruby ​​powder, that is the next best thing. The smaller the gem, the lower the price. Netheril does not lack all kinds of gem powder. After all, many inks need to add gem powder.

Now even if there is one more use, the price may not increase much.

(End of this chapter)