Chapter 445: Floating Fire
Everyone stayed in Listvyanka for three days, and star fruit plans to start the production of drones, so he must go to the factory in Badikinskaya to command. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
It's time to set off again, and this time Chen Weixiang also plans to take his son with him. Anyway, my husband probably has to go over there, and he will definitely be present for the production of drones.
On the new day, everyone got in the car and walked on the road in the mountains and forests to the destination. The brother and sister are in a good mood, and Daming is looking forward to the drone soaring again, which not only means more wealth, but even a huge contribution in a possible future war.
In the afternoon, the convoy arrived at its destination, and Daming took his sister out of the car and walked to the factory.
Today, Badyginskaya has long since lost the dilapidated feeling of the past, new warehouses have been built, workers and families are large, and it has become a small city.
The factories here produce accessories for all kinds of weapons, and some special alloys are also smelted and forged here, but the largest production scale is still civilian metal gadgets. Metal basins, spoons, knives and forks, these stampings are mass-produced and affordable, and these products are a godsend for Russia, which has always had a bad light industry.
The factory is in full swing, and the tractors made of the "fossil" T34 site pull a large amount of scrap copper and iron, which will be thrown into the blast furnace for remelting.
The brother and sister put on their hard hats and went into the blast furnace workshop with great interest, and so did the Cheng sisters. These steel bars, excavated from the ruins of Kutabitka, as well as from the ruins of various cities of the Tyumen region, are now being re-smelted and reduced to steel. The company still uses the Martin method of steelmaking, which is mature in traditional technology, but the difference is that the blast furnace is a super blast furnace.
"This is the charm of industry, and the boiling of molten iron also makes my blood boil." Da Ming said a lot of ambition.
"That is, steel is the cell of industry. Not to mention that we still have to add this steel, which is why we are stronger than our peers. Star fruit said.
"Yes, after all, our blast furnace is very strong."
"It's not just blast furnaces." Carambola looked at Da Ming and stopped his head again.
"I see." Da Ming Wan'er smiled.
For this scene, Cheng Manxiu was very shocked. As if you are in a volcanic crater, these glowing molten steel are both exciting and terrifying.
When he went out, Da Ming was still talking and laughing about what happened just now, and even explained to Cheng Manxiu, the metallographic knowledge of what metal, and the various components of alloys. These knowledge are too advanced, and the chemistry in high school is considered an entry level after all, and even so, Cheng Manxiu feels a lot of pressure.
Cheng Manxiu, the chemistry laboratory of High School A, has done just burning manganese dioxide to make oxygen, look at his classmates, people are crazy.
Da Ming was still talking, but he directly ran into the star fruit that stopped.
"What's the matter, why are you suddenly stunned?"
Star fruit pointed with a small hand, "What's going on there?" Has there ever been a fire? The factory burned black. ”
Da Ming also felt very strange when he said this, and he hurriedly asked the person in charge who accompanied him. The simple answer is that there were fires there.
Industrial production cannot avoid the occurrence of dangerous events at all, and the only thing that can be done is to control the risk factor to the minimum. Star fruit does not expect that its company has always been safe production, but this fire, the plant is blackened, why don't you know.
"Tell me, what's going on there? Is there something you're hiding from us? ”
My sister's angry look is very cute, and of course Da Ming is also unhappy about this matter.
Soon a group of people went to the factory office, and the leaders of each workshop got together. When the factory director talked about the incident, star fruit gasped. "It's actually butyl lithium burned?" Star fruit frowned.
The Russian word for butyllithium is very long, and Da Ming doesn't understand this chemical, but it's probably not a good thing to be able to start a fire. But why did you buy this thing?
"It's about making rubber, and it's a good catalyst for us to produce our own industrial rubber. Pugachev knew about this, although our company is not specialized in manufacturing rubber, but since we have the production capacity, we produced it, and as a result, an accident occurred in the course of the experiment. The director said.
Industrial rubber is mostly used for conveyor belts, such as tractors, which are used many times. Some other industrial accessories also require special rubber for gaskets. Russia needed to import this thing too much, and Pugachev decided to produce it himself without informing the brothers and sisters. Star fruit can understand, if special rubber can also be produced, then why not?
Butyllithium is known to star fruit, and in addition to it, there is even more crazy tert-butyllithium. They're great as catalysts, the only downside is that they're too prone to accidents.
"And how many of these chemicals are left in the factory right now?" Star fruit asked.
"There are still five steel tanks left, and because of the accident, the experimental workshop is temporarily closed."
"So were there any casualties in the incident?"
The director shook his head, because there were indeed injuries. After all, butyllithium is too dangerous, and the workers wear strict and fireproof clothing when operating, so they can exit safely in the event of a fire.
It has been more than a month since the incident occurred in June. The fire destroyed the laboratory building, and the cause of the accident was ascertained, and the cylinders that stored nitrogen were mixed with oxygen, resulting in a serious accident.
Listening to their horns, Daming listened like a book from heaven. Cheng Manxiu also repeatedly tried to know why he wanted to know, but he didn't understand these professional words. My sister didn't speak English or Russian at all, and it was only later that she figured out that she had simply taken Latin in order to explain the chemicals to the gang.
"Alas, I have nothing to say at this point, just be fine." Star fruit sighed and asked, "Do you want to continue to use the remaining chemicals now?" ”
"Then it's up to you, after all, you're the boss."
Butyllithium is dangerous, not to mention a cylinder of tert-butyllithium. These dull yellow liquids must be kept in dry nitrogen, and the cylinders in which the lithium tert-butyl is stored are filled with reassuring argon.
When he was thinking about what to do, Cheng Manxiu's curiosity couldn't wait. "Star fruit, what the hell were you talking about?"
"I'm ......" suddenly an idea came to mind, anyway, it's almost evening, why not create some crazy fun.
Immediately, the leaders of the factory office were absolutely ridiculous that the boss's idea was too ridiculous, and she actually wanted to see tert-butyl lithium catch fire. "This is no child's joke, Besika you are our boss, you should know how terrible this substance is." A leader said.
"Of course I know, but you also know that I'm the boss. Of course, Vladimir will listen to me in this matter, and this rare opportunity is necessary for me to give my brother a clear understanding of safe production, and by the way, to see the wonderful nature. ”
Da Ming didn't know what his sister was going to do, and seeing these cadres from various departments panicking one by one, there must be nothing good. She didn't say anything when she asked, even if the Cheng sisters asked, they would say a good word. This is good, in the evening, even Chen Weixiang came to watch with his child in his arms.
Quite a few off-duty workers saw a group of people wearing fireproof suits and masks in the company's empty space, where a small bottle was placed and even a small detonator was connected. The group was heavily armed and had fire extinguishers in their hands.
"Well, are you going to do a fire drill?" Cheng Manxiu asked puzzled.
"No, star fruit is going to show you a firework, different from the past, this kind of fireworks is probably a bit supernatural."
The scene of tert-butyl lithium burning was not known to Da Ming at all, and even this substance had just been known. He and Cheng Manxiu are looking forward to it.
The staff was still preparing, and the star fruit changed into civilian clothes and waited with interest. Seeing Cheng Manxiu's puzzlement, she deliberately said something. "Sister, do you know the ghost fire of the grave? I'm going to say, the fireworks are a bit similar to the ghost fire, the difference is that it actually burns, doing Brownian combustion! ”
After saying that, it was still a real experiment, and with a crisp sound, the detonator smashed the glass bottle. The small bottle contained only a small amount of substance, and the moment it came into contact with the air, it burned violently. This kind of burning is very special, and many people have seen such a scene, the sky is full of burning flames, moving irregularly, as if ghosts are flying. This was due to a staff member spraying some fire extinguishing agent as planned, and tert-butyllithium and moisture reacted violently, and a large number of bubbles were blown into the air by the wind and burned.
The scene was so gorgeous, the crowd of onlookers screamed, and Cheng Manxiu also applauded excitedly.
It's chemistry, and it's much more interesting than what you see in textbooks. Organic chemistry in high school is hard and boring, and the biggest reason is that it is too abstract. This kind of thing, star fruit will not tell her that this thing can only be limited in contact with institutions of higher learning, and it is too dangerous to stay away.
If Cheng Manxiu knew that this thing would be a big accident as long as it was not operated properly, just like the nitrogen cylinder bought by the company was actually mixed with oxygen, which directly caused serious consequences, she would not be so excited.
But this fireworks are very beautiful, and when she turned her head, she saw that Da Ming was also happy.
"Brother doesn't like it very much. It's beautiful and dazzling. ”
"yes."
"So you wouldn't think about the weaponization of it? Because these floating flames can't use water at all, splashing water on them is a big explosion. ”
It is this sentence that will suddenly stop laughing tomorrow, after all, butyllithium, a strong alkaline substance, is a big explosion when it encounters water. This is many times crazier than throwing pure sodium in water. Weaponization, I'm afraid my sister wants to replace the thermobaric bomb with a warhead. She could figure out that this kind of fire, which was difficult to extinguish, was crazier than a white phosphorus bomb.
Da Ming sometimes felt that he was particularly hypocritical, on the one hand, he wanted to seek higher welfare for his workers and make a great contribution to the country, and he did this, but it involved the research and development and production of military weapons, and the results have been reflected in the war. A large number of light and heavy weapons dealt a devastating blow to the rebels, and they themselves recently died at the hands of their own weapons.
Arms profiteering, on this road, profit tends to arms dealers to pursue profits, and everyone gradually forgets who is the accomplice of war and killing. Da Ming can look at this dialectically, such as the word "Wu", there is Ge in his hand but he doesn't need it, and he is always ready to wait for him, which is called Wu.
My sister's mind is filled with things beyond imagination, God knows what is more crazy in the future, if she wants to make it, I'm afraid she can start research and development by drawing pictures by hand and communicating with some experts. Presumably, this weapon concept of using butyllithium as a warhead will have this kind of weapon in the future.
"I think it's better to forget it, anyway, the white phosphorus bomb is already inhumane, and this weapon of yours ......"
"Okay, forget it. I'm just saying it casually. ”
The fireworks quickly burned out, and the crowd quickly dispersed.
The star fruit regained the innocence of the little girl, but she didn't know that the remarks at the meeting held in the factory just now had greatly stimulated the heart of Cheng Manxiu, a classmate. How much knowledge does she have? The so-called knowledge is power, and this sentence is an excellent confirmation in her.
This company is heavy industry, which has absorbed a large number of skilled workers and specialists from the former Soviet Union, making Pugachev Besika Heavy Industry extremely soft. All this star fruit and Yang Mingzhi are one of the masterminds, and more importantly, star fruit herself is an expert.
But she was only eleven years old, spoke Russian, English, and even Latin, which was only used for academic purposes. Could it be that this child is a heavenly maiden who has mastered the knowledge in the heavenly books?
Of course, there are no so-called fairies in the world, and both star fruit and her brother are geniuses. Cheng Manxiu knows very well where he can catch up with them, and only by studying hard can he narrow the gap. There is no jealousy here, only admiration and worship for these two.
It was also because of this that she remembered that it had been a long time since she came to Russia, but where had she read the book carefully these times? No, they are geniuses, they don't need to learn, they are excellent in age, and they have worked hard to fight for the third place in the exam. It's been too much time to lose, right! I'll start learning tonight.