Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2710 Acid removal and dehydration
But even so, during the construction of the Magic Gum Farm, it still attracted a large number of onlookers. There were regulations on public gatherings in the Great Xia Code, but these regulations only restricted organized gatherings.

If it's just passing by spontaneously, there's no reason to limit it.

Fortunately, half a month has passed, and everything that needs to be seen on the farm has been seen. On the surface, it is just a pool of water, and there is nothing to see.

So when Xia Duo came here this time, he didn't encounter any congestion, but if Jay summoned the portable laboratory to the open air scene.

This kind of strangeness may not be able to subside in a short time.

Although it would not cause any serious confusion, it was enough to affect the state of everyone in the laboratory. Jay's current practice of summoning the laboratory to a small house was undoubtedly relatively prudent.

Coming to the laboratory again, Xia Duo saw more than a dozen new faces that he hadn't seen the last time. After careful recollection, most of them had the impression that they were new mages who had only passed the class assessment in recent months.

The intermediate assessment is at the end of this month, and the interval is too short. Obviously, more than ten new mages do not think that they can pass the intermediate assessment.

Of course, Xia Duo felt that it was more likely that the rating given by the HR Department to the dozen or so new mages was only level 1, which simply did not reach the level 4 threshold for participating in the intermediate assessment.

So these people simply accepted Inuvich's invitation to join this new department that they had never heard of before, but which might have great potential in the future.

As for those rated at level 4 or level 3, it is unlikely to join the Magic Glue Research Center. The former needs to prepare for the exam, while the latter can be rated at level 3, which means that they have done a good job in the previous department or independent research laboratory, and there is no need to suddenly Change track.

"It's really a grass-roots team!"

Looking at the young and even childish faces in the laboratory, Xia Duo couldn't help but feel emotional, and at the same time secretly decided that the next batch of inheritance ceremony quotas can be given priority to the Magic Glue Research Center.

Otherwise, this group of level 1 mages and a few level 2 mages may not be able to use the various instruments and equipment equipped in the level [-] laboratory smoothly.

Therefore, while listening to Inuvić's introduction of the research results of the past half month, Xia Duo also took the initiative to leave a message on the status of each member in the laboratory, and inspected the backbone of it for reference when selecting the quota for the inheritance ceremony.

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"President, what you are seeing now is the process of removing acid. Even if it is a transparent magic glue monster that grew up drinking water, its body tissue is also acidic, and its corrosion is not small!"

Inuvić introduced as he walked that there are currently two main methods for removing acid in the laboratory. One is to directly remove acid through natural magic. This method is the most effective, but currently only Atwood can do it. do it.

And Atwood is not always in the laboratory, so the second method needs to be used, neutralizing and removing acid, using alkaline or neutral substances to consume the acid in magic glue.

At present, the laboratory uses wood to remove acid, and the development of the territory has produced a large amount of wood. Coupled with the gradual popularization of magic stoves and heaters, the consumption of these woods will become a big problem in the future.

So when thinking about acid removal materials, Inuvić thought of wood almost immediately, and subsequent experiments proved Inuvić's guess——

Wood is indeed an effective means of acid removal.

In fact, Inuvic and others have experimented, as long as it is not an acidic substance, as long as a large amount of other things are added in a short period of time, almost all have the effect of removing acid.

Of course, the premise is to inactivate the magic glue tissue first, otherwise no matter how much material is fed, the biological instinct will make this part of the magic glue tissue slowly swallow and digest, instead of consuming all the acidic substances that help digestion at once.

The inactivation step is not completed in the laboratory, but after the glue collection is completed, a night watchman is responsible for inactivating the magic glue.

Considering the particularity of the night watchman, Xia Duo didn't visit specifically, but he knew the specific process, that is, the night watchman, who is an undead creature, breathed negative energy into the rubber bucket, first breathing out and then breathing.

In the process of negative energy circulation, the inactivation process for the magic glue tissue was quietly completed.

The inactivated magic glue tissue is then sent to the laboratory for further processing.

... "President, dehydration comes after deacidification. The magic glue monster itself has a high water content. The kind of glue we are harvesting now is fed with water, and the water content is even higher. The dehydration step is essential."

At the same time as Inuvić introduced it, some magic glue in the laboratory happened to be undergoing dehydration treatment. It may have been left by Inuvić on purpose, or it may be the normal operation of the laboratory.

Xia Duo did not dwell on these details, but turned his attention to the dehydration site. The process is simple and rough, that is, directly put the magic glue that needs to be dehydrated into an evaporator and heat it, so that the water in it evaporates in the form of steam.

"Won't doing so destroy the properties of magic glue?"

"There will be some loss, but it will not destroy the properties of the magic glue itself. In other words, this changed property is the properties of the magic glue we need."

"Are there any harmful substances in the steam?" Xia Duo asked again.

The laboratory has complete equipment to ensure that even if there is pollution, it will not harm the experimenters, but it will not be possible to equip the magic glue factory with laboratory-level protective measures when it enters the mass production stage in the future.

So this question is very critical, directly related to the cost of magic glue production.

In this regard, Inuvich's answer is——

"We have tested the exhausted steam. There is only water and nothing else. Of course, if the acid removal is not complete, acidic steam will be produced."

"Ok?"

Xia Duo seemed to suddenly think of something and asked quickly, "Have you considered using evaporation to remove acid and dehydrate at the same time?"

If acid removal and dehydration can be completed in one step, it will not only simplify the process, but also get an additional by-product, why not do it?

Of course, it's just an idea that popped up in Xia Duo's mind. Whether it can be implemented depends on the judgment of professionals. For now, although the Magic Glue Research Center is just a grass-roots team, half a month of research can barely be regarded as a professional.

To this, Inuvich replied:

"It has been considered to remove acid and dehydrate at the same time, and related experiments have also been carried out, but this method cannot completely remove the acid in magic glue.

"Currently there is no special demand for acid in the territory, so we have not considered this option. If there is a demand in the future, we can also redesign the acid removal and dehydration process."

Although he learned from Inuvić that the method of direct evaporation has flaws, Xia Duo still thinks it is a promising development direction.

So I asked again: "Are the properties of the magic gum raw materials obtained through natural magic to remove acid and neutralize acid removed the same?"

"It's basically the same, and more specifically because we're currently investing most of our manpower and materials in the development and improvement of magic glue products, and we haven't carried out research in this area yet."

"I still need to study it. It's best to find out the nature of the magic glue monster and what all the ingredients of the magic glue are."

"Yes, President, I will arrange it later."

"Ah."

Xia Duo is not worried about the lack of manpower and supplies on Inuvic's side. He has already informed De Parker and Cecily before that he recruited new mages to give them green channels, and there are almost no restrictions on supplies.

Increasing the direction of research is nothing more than increasing manpower. What Xia Duo is most afraid of is giving people. The Tower of Time has dozens of new mages every month. Is it afraid that it will not be able to support a magic glue research center.

The more people there are, the more it can solve the employment problem of new mages!
Let’s set up the framework first and do the detailed research slowly. Chateau is still very optimistic about Inuvich!
(End of this chapter)