NOVEL NEXT Ship Girl: Start with an Aerospace Carrier
Chapter 42 Extracting Heavy Water
Chapter 42 Extracting Heavy Water
At this moment, Luanniao was lying on Jiang Ran's back with its whole body, and it still looked swollen, as if the anger of being teased by its own commander just now hadn't subsided.
"Ouch, am I wrong? Come down quickly!" Jiang Ran wailed speechlessly.
"I don't want it, commander stinky, I'll kill you!"
After listening to the words of his own commander, the corner of Luanniao's mouth drew a beautiful arc, and he was in a very happy mood, but the movements of his hands did not stop.
Small slaps kept patting Jiang Ran's shoulders, although on the surface it seemed to be very hard.
But, in fact, Luanniao pats Jiang Ran lightly every time, as if beating the back of his own commander. Anyway, Jiang Ran feels very comfortable.
And Qingniao, who was planning to eat melons at the side, was also dumbfounded seeing his sister and the commander now.
Because the posture of the luan bird on Jiang Ran's back is quite ambiguous, especially those slender legs, which wrap around Jiang Ran's waist like water snakes.
At the same time, the whole person was lying softly on Jiang Ran's back, and the two of them looked like a couple having fun.
After a while, Jiang Ran's tone softened, "Luanniao, I was wrong, the commander will apologize to you head office, please come down, be good!"
Girls are meant to be coaxed. In Jiang Ran's previous life, in the daily love novels and TV dramas that Jiang Ran watched, the male protagonists seemed to coax the female protagonists like this.
He didn't know if this would be useful for the ship girl, so he would give it a try first.
Otherwise, I would not be able to extract heavy water here today. I have wasted so much time, and now I haven't even made the most basic device for electrolyzing water.
Going on like this, I am afraid that the work of extracting heavy water will not be finished until dark.
After listening to Jiang Ran's apology, Luanniao got down from the warm back of his commander with some nostalgia, although he was still a little reluctant.
However, after all, the ship girl would not make unreasonable troubles like human girls, so she was very obedient and came down.
"Then Commander, are you planning to extract the deuterium elements in seawater by electrolysis? Shall I help you?" Luanniao looked at Jiang Ran with a smile on his face.
"That's right, this is the easiest way now. Anyway, there is a nuclear power plant in the port area, and there is no shortage of electricity." Jiang Ran replied.
"Okay then, Commander, let me help you."
Then, he turned his head and looked at Qingniao who was still eating melon seeds, with a serious face on purpose, "Sister Qingniao, come over here to help, you really know how to eat snacks every day, be careful of gaining weight!"
After listening to Luanniao's words, the blue bird who was eating melons was also aggrieved for a while, didn't you tell me to watch from the sidelines?
Also, I am a ship girl, my figure is already fixed at the moment of birth, okay, how can I gain weight!
Although he looked aggrieved, Qingniao still listened to his sister's words very much, took the snacks back to his ship's space, and walked over obediently.
"Commander, how can Qingniao help you?" Qingniao looked at Jiang Ran and said with a smile.
"No need, just watch from the sidelines, and soon you won't have to worry about fusion fuel." Jiang Ran looked at Qingniao's silly and sweet look, and reached out to touch her little head.
"Oh, Commander, don't touch my hair, it's all messed up!" Qingniao unceremoniously knocked off Jiang Ran's salty pig's hand.
Regardless of his two naughty ship girls, Jiang Ran also began to seriously devote himself to the extraction of heavy water.
The raw materials that can be used for nuclear fusion are generally three isotopes of hydrogen, that is, protium, deuterium, and tritium.
The other is the cleaner and cleaner helium 3.
It's just that it is very difficult to obtain a large amount of this element in nature.
It can only rely on solar wind and the like to blow out the helium-3 element inside the star.
However, on a planet like Azur Star with a thick atmosphere and a magnetic field, it is difficult for the solar wind from the star to reach the surface of Azur Star.
As for the industrial method, it is even more troublesome, far less simple than electrolysis of water.
Unless a moon-like planet can be found in the future, see if there is helium 3 on it.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ran raised his head. Because it was daytime, he couldn't see the blue star moon.
However, as a satellite of the Blue Planet, maybe it will have astonishing reserves of helium-3 on it like the moon in the previous life. If there is a chance in the future, I can let the girls go up and have a look.
However, now, it is still necessary to honestly extract the deuterium element in the heavy water here.
As for Helium 3, let Luanniao and the others go to the satellite of the Blue Star to have a look later.
Of course, it doesn't work now, after all, sirens are creatures from aliens, and the movement of the space carrier rushing out of the atmosphere will definitely be very loud.
At that time, it will definitely attract the attention of those sirens in the big world. Jiang Ran doesn't want to let her girls take risks just because of a little helium 3.
Moreover, for nuclear fusion, it is enough to use deuterium elements, and there is no need for that before defeating the siren without enough strength!
Therefore, if you want to obtain the raw materials for nuclear fusion, you can only rely on the three elements of protium, deuterium and tritium.
Now in this ocean, the easiest thing to get is heavy water, which is a compound composed of deuterium and oxygen, also known as deuterium oxide, with the molecular formula D2O.
The relative molecular mass is 20.0275, which is 11% higher than that of ordinary water molecules, so it is also called heavy water.
Since the properties of deuterium and hydrogen are very different, the chemical properties of heavy water and ordinary water are also very similar, and the ion product constant of heavy water is 1.6*10^-15.
On the earth in the previous life, heavy water accounted for about 0.02% of ordinary water. As for the proportion on the blue star, Jiang Ranke didn't know.
Since the electrolysis rate and boiling point of heavy water are different from ordinary water, if you want to purify heavy water, electrolysis, distillation, and other chemical methods are generally used.
And now that there is a nuclear power plant that has unlimited energy for the current port area, it is naturally the most suitable choice for electrolysis.
The specific method is to obtain it through electrolysis of seawater here, because heavy water also occupies a certain proportion in seawater.
Since heavy water is more difficult to be electrolyzed than ordinary water, a certain amount of heavy water can be obtained as long as a large amount of seawater is electrolyzed.
In addition, in addition to electrolysis, the separation methods that have achieved large-scale industrial production include water distillation, liquid hydrogen distillation, hydrogen-steam distillation, and dual-temperature exchange.
Of course, for Jiang Ran now, these methods are definitely not as convenient and fast as direct electrolysis. After all, there are two nuclear reactors providing electrical energy.
(End of this chapter)
At this moment, Luanniao was lying on Jiang Ran's back with its whole body, and it still looked swollen, as if the anger of being teased by its own commander just now hadn't subsided.
"Ouch, am I wrong? Come down quickly!" Jiang Ran wailed speechlessly.
"I don't want it, commander stinky, I'll kill you!"
After listening to the words of his own commander, the corner of Luanniao's mouth drew a beautiful arc, and he was in a very happy mood, but the movements of his hands did not stop.
Small slaps kept patting Jiang Ran's shoulders, although on the surface it seemed to be very hard.
But, in fact, Luanniao pats Jiang Ran lightly every time, as if beating the back of his own commander. Anyway, Jiang Ran feels very comfortable.
And Qingniao, who was planning to eat melons at the side, was also dumbfounded seeing his sister and the commander now.
Because the posture of the luan bird on Jiang Ran's back is quite ambiguous, especially those slender legs, which wrap around Jiang Ran's waist like water snakes.
At the same time, the whole person was lying softly on Jiang Ran's back, and the two of them looked like a couple having fun.
After a while, Jiang Ran's tone softened, "Luanniao, I was wrong, the commander will apologize to you head office, please come down, be good!"
Girls are meant to be coaxed. In Jiang Ran's previous life, in the daily love novels and TV dramas that Jiang Ran watched, the male protagonists seemed to coax the female protagonists like this.
He didn't know if this would be useful for the ship girl, so he would give it a try first.
Otherwise, I would not be able to extract heavy water here today. I have wasted so much time, and now I haven't even made the most basic device for electrolyzing water.
Going on like this, I am afraid that the work of extracting heavy water will not be finished until dark.
After listening to Jiang Ran's apology, Luanniao got down from the warm back of his commander with some nostalgia, although he was still a little reluctant.
However, after all, the ship girl would not make unreasonable troubles like human girls, so she was very obedient and came down.
"Then Commander, are you planning to extract the deuterium elements in seawater by electrolysis? Shall I help you?" Luanniao looked at Jiang Ran with a smile on his face.
"That's right, this is the easiest way now. Anyway, there is a nuclear power plant in the port area, and there is no shortage of electricity." Jiang Ran replied.
"Okay then, Commander, let me help you."
Then, he turned his head and looked at Qingniao who was still eating melon seeds, with a serious face on purpose, "Sister Qingniao, come over here to help, you really know how to eat snacks every day, be careful of gaining weight!"
After listening to Luanniao's words, the blue bird who was eating melons was also aggrieved for a while, didn't you tell me to watch from the sidelines?
Also, I am a ship girl, my figure is already fixed at the moment of birth, okay, how can I gain weight!
Although he looked aggrieved, Qingniao still listened to his sister's words very much, took the snacks back to his ship's space, and walked over obediently.
"Commander, how can Qingniao help you?" Qingniao looked at Jiang Ran and said with a smile.
"No need, just watch from the sidelines, and soon you won't have to worry about fusion fuel." Jiang Ran looked at Qingniao's silly and sweet look, and reached out to touch her little head.
"Oh, Commander, don't touch my hair, it's all messed up!" Qingniao unceremoniously knocked off Jiang Ran's salty pig's hand.
Regardless of his two naughty ship girls, Jiang Ran also began to seriously devote himself to the extraction of heavy water.
The raw materials that can be used for nuclear fusion are generally three isotopes of hydrogen, that is, protium, deuterium, and tritium.
The other is the cleaner and cleaner helium 3.
It's just that it is very difficult to obtain a large amount of this element in nature.
It can only rely on solar wind and the like to blow out the helium-3 element inside the star.
However, on a planet like Azur Star with a thick atmosphere and a magnetic field, it is difficult for the solar wind from the star to reach the surface of Azur Star.
As for the industrial method, it is even more troublesome, far less simple than electrolysis of water.
Unless a moon-like planet can be found in the future, see if there is helium 3 on it.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ran raised his head. Because it was daytime, he couldn't see the blue star moon.
However, as a satellite of the Blue Planet, maybe it will have astonishing reserves of helium-3 on it like the moon in the previous life. If there is a chance in the future, I can let the girls go up and have a look.
However, now, it is still necessary to honestly extract the deuterium element in the heavy water here.
As for Helium 3, let Luanniao and the others go to the satellite of the Blue Star to have a look later.
Of course, it doesn't work now, after all, sirens are creatures from aliens, and the movement of the space carrier rushing out of the atmosphere will definitely be very loud.
At that time, it will definitely attract the attention of those sirens in the big world. Jiang Ran doesn't want to let her girls take risks just because of a little helium 3.
Moreover, for nuclear fusion, it is enough to use deuterium elements, and there is no need for that before defeating the siren without enough strength!
Therefore, if you want to obtain the raw materials for nuclear fusion, you can only rely on the three elements of protium, deuterium and tritium.
Now in this ocean, the easiest thing to get is heavy water, which is a compound composed of deuterium and oxygen, also known as deuterium oxide, with the molecular formula D2O.
The relative molecular mass is 20.0275, which is 11% higher than that of ordinary water molecules, so it is also called heavy water.
Since the properties of deuterium and hydrogen are very different, the chemical properties of heavy water and ordinary water are also very similar, and the ion product constant of heavy water is 1.6*10^-15.
On the earth in the previous life, heavy water accounted for about 0.02% of ordinary water. As for the proportion on the blue star, Jiang Ranke didn't know.
Since the electrolysis rate and boiling point of heavy water are different from ordinary water, if you want to purify heavy water, electrolysis, distillation, and other chemical methods are generally used.
And now that there is a nuclear power plant that has unlimited energy for the current port area, it is naturally the most suitable choice for electrolysis.
The specific method is to obtain it through electrolysis of seawater here, because heavy water also occupies a certain proportion in seawater.
Since heavy water is more difficult to be electrolyzed than ordinary water, a certain amount of heavy water can be obtained as long as a large amount of seawater is electrolyzed.
In addition, in addition to electrolysis, the separation methods that have achieved large-scale industrial production include water distillation, liquid hydrogen distillation, hydrogen-steam distillation, and dual-temperature exchange.
Of course, for Jiang Ran now, these methods are definitely not as convenient and fast as direct electrolysis. After all, there are two nuclear reactors providing electrical energy.
(End of this chapter)
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