The results of the qualification review have not yet come out, but a question from Charlotte keeps Reiner busy again.

It was the third day that Helena and the others had left, and Reiner was in his office reading the latest journals.

The first paper in The Truth was written by the Eight-Ring Mage Surrey. Lord Newington and the Seven-Ring Mage Clark. H.E. Holland's paper on electromagnetic waves, in which they established four calculus equations to describe electromagnetic waves, and almost solved the phenomenon of lightning that had plagued the mages for many years.

At the same time, through the derivation of the system of equations, they found that the propagation speed of electromagnetic waves in the void is exactly the speed of light, which strongly proves that light is an electromagnetic wave from the side.

In the academic world, there are many discussions about the nature of light, but they are basically confined to two theories, one of which is that light is a wave, which can be confirmed by the diffraction and interference phenomena of light.

Another theory is that light is a particle, an idea inherited from ancient magic, and there was no theoretical proof of modern magic at first. Lord Stein discovered that when light is applied to a sheet of metal, a weak electric current is generated, and the magnitude of this current is not related to the intensity of the light, but to the type of light.

If light were a wave, then the greater the intensity of the light, the more energy it carried, and the greater the current excited when it hits the metal sheet, contrary to the experimental phenomenon.

The mages believed that light was actually a particle, and that different lights were different particles, and that the current generated by the metal sheet would be different.

The two factions argued endlessly, and there was no answer for a long time.

Reiner put down the journal and breathed a sigh of relief.

On Earth, light is both fluctuating and particle-like, that is to say, it is both light and particles, Reiner is not sure if this is the case in this world, his current rank is too low to have the ability to conduct relevant experiments, so he can only put this doubt aside for the time being.

He was about to read the next paper when he heard a knock on the door, and Xia Luo walked in with a large stack of parchment paper, with some confusion on her face.

"Mr. Reiner, I've got some problems here."

Charlotte said, unfolding the parchment in front of Reiner.

I thought it was about the content of the mage card, but what appeared in front of Reiner's eyes was a series of calculations.

"When I was learning about these elements, I measured their elemental qualities according to the conventional method, but the results were different from those in the textbook."

Charlotte explained that her silver hair fell to her ears, and due to the hot weather, she tied her hair into a ponytail, which looked quite refreshing, especially the fair back erection neck, which evoked reverie.

As she had promised to sponsor Charlotte to learn alchemy, Reiner gave her a lot of help, including opening up a separate laboratory for her, including several magic crystal-powered circles that could easily measure the mass of the elements for her apprentices.

In order to have a thorough understanding of the properties of each element, Xia Luo began to measure the mass of the element, but she did not expect to run into trouble at the beginning.

Reiner didn't speak, he first carefully read Xia Luo's experimental data and calculation process, checked it himself, and then put down the pen and spoke.

"It is true that the relative elemental mass of the 'Burren' element should be 10.91046, but according to the measurement results, it is 10.88931, and this difference cannot be explained simply by experimental error."

You know, the recognized mass of an element is accurate to five decimal places, and if the experimental difference is 0.01, it is already a world of difference.

"Are you sure you didn't make any major mistakes in your measurements?"

Reiner confirms that he is aware of such errors, but still needs to rule out all other influences.

"No, I measured it with three methods, and the errors were all four to five decimal places, which is within the allowable range, but basically they are one to three percent different from the data in the textbook."

Xia Luo said seriously, she also thought that there was a problem with her measurement at first, but after repeated calculations, this factor was ruled out, and the element she measured did have this problem.

"But the recognized quality of the element has also been measured many times, so why is there such a problem?"

Reiner asked rhetorically, not rushing to say his guess, but wanting to know Xia Luo's train of thought.

"Well, I'm also thinking about this, first of all, the simplest explanation is that there is a measurement error on one side, but this result is the least likely, because the latest relative elemental mass table was only released at the beginning of this year, and there is not too much lag in the measurement method."

Xia Luo analyzed, obviously, these are all things she has thought about before, so there is no contradiction in saying it.

"The second explanation is that there are impurities in the measured elements, but I use materials purchased by the academy from the Magic Association, which generally does not cause this problem, and I use the purification method after chemical reduction, and I also get similar results, so the possibility of impurities can basically be ruled out."

After a pause, Xia Luo continued.

"There is also an explanation that the elements themselves have different relative elemental masses, which is the most incredible explanation, and I just list it as a reference."

After listening to Xia Luo's words, Reiner nodded.

"Good, it looks like you've come up with a lot of things on your own."

He stood up, found a journal from the shelf, and flipped it to one of the pages.

"This is the legendary mage Lanchester. In his paper, Lord Stanion made some assumptions about the arrangement and distribution of elements, arguing that elements should be ordered according to their mass and exhibit a certain periodicity. ”

That's exactly what was published in Cornwall. When Reiner read the previous issue of Penzance's treatise on electrolysis, "Alchemy", he was amazed by the wisdom of Ronnie Stenion, especially when he raised the point of periodicity.

However, the current quality of the elements does not seem to be accurate, and sorting according to the quality of the existing elements will inevitably lead to errors and omissions, and it is impossible to make judgments about new elements, which is not a perfect solution.

"I think maybe the error of the relative elemental mass you measure is related to the law of the element."

Reiner said that Xia Luo was completely on her own, and had already touched the tail of the elemental law, and if time passed, her achievements in alchemy would be unimaginable.

"I'm going to prepare something in the afternoon, and tomorrow morning, we'll measure the relative elemental mass of 'Burren' again."