Zhang Hao returned to Zhang's house late at night, but without taking any rest, he went to the dock to inspect.
Half a year has passed, and Dayang Group has frantically built a total of 40 warships. Now the fifth batch of ten warships has entered the outfitting stage. It is expected that they will be able to go to sea in up to twenty days.
But what Zhang Hao came to inspect today was not another warship, but the giant ship in the largest shipyard that was also nearing the end - a 270-meter-long super warship with a design displacement of 35,000 tons!
The madness of industry is vividly displayed here. The profiles produced from Luancishan Xuantie Factory and Steel Factory are transported here through two parallel trains.
A ship plank is more than 8 meters wide and 15 meters long. Such ship planks can only be transported by two rows of parallel locomotives.
At this time, pieces of ship plates were still being delivered, and the high-altitude cranes and even the gantry cranes were moving continuously. I-beams, pieces of steel plates, etc., were neatly stacked in the warehouse.
From time to time, craftsmen can be seen transporting materials, parts, tools, etc. through magic, and the scene is busy. This battleship has been under construction for half a year. Since the success of the research on the '20,000-ton class', we have been studying the 30,000-ton class.
Until today. Now, we have entered the outfitting stage.
But what attracted Zhang Hao the most at the scene was the welding. Now, the welding technology has initially matured. The new warship no longer uses a rivet structure, there is not a single rivet, it is all welded.
Because of the maturity of welding technology, the current super battleships are available. Designing a displacement of 35,000 tons is a brave and crazy attempt! In other words, the Zhang family’s steel cost is actually very low, otherwise they would not dare to do this.
attempt.
Zhang Hao watched here for a long time. After understanding the situation, he once again confirmed that he would be able to officially go to sea in about twenty days. Zhang Hao smiled with satisfaction. Twenty days later, he just happened to go north to explore Liuli Island and related routes.
After leaving the dock, Zhang Hao returned to the residential area. However, he saw Zhou Xueyao's research laboratory in the distance, which was brightly lit.
Zhang Hao paused slightly and turned to walk towards the research room. However, he saw that no one had rested. Even some children were so excited that they did not sleep. They yawned but also ran around excitedly.
Zhang Hao was confused and walked to the building, only to see Xiaozhu, the maid next to Zhou Xueyao, running over excitedly: "Uncle, you came just in time. Miss has discovered isotopes and has initially completed the periodic table of elements.
Just today during the day... ah, it was yesterday during the day. Based on the periodic table of elements, the lady deduced that a brand new metal element turned out to be a high-purity spiritual material, a spiritual material that we didn't know about in the past. And we are here
It was refined in the laboratory!
This spiritual material is very light, almost half as light as black iron.
According to tests and calculations, this metal widely exists in the soil, and its content far exceeds the content of iron. And as long as this metal is extracted, it is a spiritual material. It does not need to be further smelted and purified like black iron! It is somewhat similar.
In gold, silver and copper.”
Zhang Hao's footsteps suddenly stopped. This thing... couldn't be 'aluminum'! Don't mention it, if Zhang Hao remembers it correctly, aluminum has one more neutron than proton, and the isotopes of aluminum in nature are very rare and can almost be ignored.
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Thinking of this, Zhang Hao asked, "Is this a silver-white but darker metal? Without treatment, it is very soft, but a little harder than lead."
"Yes!" Xiaozhu shouted excitedly, then stopped suddenly and looked at Zhang Hao doubtfully, "How do you know, uncle?"
"I guessed it, haha... If you think about it, this is lighter than iron, so it should be very soft..."
"But silver is much heavier than iron and also very soft?"
Zhang Hao:......
When Zhang Hao met Zhou Xueyao, Zhou Xueyao was discussing the periodic table of elements with everyone. Among his subordinates were Wang Xuefeng and other Zhang family elites. Not only that, Fu Yun's disciple Ge Dong also joined here.
The discussion was very intense. On the table in front of Zhou Xueyao, there were several irregular pieces of silver-white metal of different sizes. However, the surface of the metal was slightly dull, and it obviously did not have the luster of silver.
Seeing Zhang Hao come in, Zhou Xueyao's face flashed with joy; but she sat behind the table without moving - the discussion was very intense now, and what was being discussed was the naming of this new metal.
After Zhang Hao sat down and listened for a while, he said twice and stood up, "I have an idea. What we have discovered now is a brand new metal, so we should create a new 'word' to name it.
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The elements we have discovered so far fall into three major categories.
Metals, gases, and non-metals are also non-gas.
Therefore, I want to make characters like this: for metal elements, make characters with the word "gold". We can learn from the names of copper, silver, lead, and steel. Non-metals are named with "stone". For example, carbon, sulfur, phosphorus, etc.
For gases, use 'qi' as the radical. For example, we have named 'oxygen', 'nitrogen', etc.
Now this new gold number is ranked 13th in the periodic table of elements. It is spelled according to the phonetic symbols and is similar to the pronunciation of ‘Lu’, so let’s name it ‘aluminum’!”
As Zhang Hao spoke, he used magic to condense the word "aluminum".
Zhou Xueyao looked at the "character pinyin" on the periodic table of elements and raised her lips slightly. The pronunciation of the character pinyin for element 13 is similar to the "luo" sound, which is quite different from the "lu" sound.
It is said that Zhou Xueyao compiled a set of character pinyin using radicals, formation symbols, ruler symbols, etc. Now this character pinyin has been widely used in the education of Beidou University.
The periodic table of elements is represented by the repeated superposition of symbols, similar to the superposition of 'celestial stems and earthly branches'. In this way, each element symbol has at least two characters in pinyin, which can roughly spell out one pronunciation.
But the pronunciation of ‘aluminum’ is too different, right?
Zhang Hao saw Zhou Xueyao's expression and immediately gave him a bright smile - an obsessive-compulsive disorder attack. Speaking of which, if this element is not named "aluminum", he would not be familiar with it by another name.
The name was finally decided, but everyone did not take a break, but wanted to continue the discussion, standardize the aluminum refining process, and strive for industrialized production.
"Okay, okay!" Zhang Hao stood up, "Everyone, I am very happy that you can work so hard, but I am also very worried. Everyone, you need to spend some time practicing, and you also need to spend some time.
Let yourself calm down.
We still have a lot to study, and the periodic table of elements may be just the beginning.
For example, what are elements made of? Can we artificially create elements that do not exist in nature?
If you want to explore the deepest secrets of this world, what you need is to rest well, practice well, and strive to break through the divine transformation stage and have thousands of years of research time!
Instead of staying up late here."
Ge Dong had an opinion: "But... we want to..."
"Rest, you have a lot of things you want. Look at what you have endured. You all have dark circles under your eyes, and you can't even walk without a smile.
Let's do this. We have a day off tomorrow and everyone has a good rest. If we are all exhausted, you can only stare blankly if you want to do research in the future."
After saying that, Zhang Hao stepped forward and pulled Zhou Xueyao away. Zhou Xueyao's face turned red with embarrassment: Zhang Hao, are you really thinking about everyone?
An hour later, Zhang Hao hugged Zhou Xueyao's soft body and laughed proudly. Zhou Xueyao pinched Zhang Hao several times angrily before asking angrily: "The pronunciation of element 13 is obviously not 'Lu'.
But you skillfully drew the word 'aluminum'. Say, do you know something?"
Zhang Hao looked at Zhou Xueyao in surprise. He really didn't expect this woman to be so attentive. But Zhang Hao didn't know how to answer this question... It wasn't until dawn that Zhou Xueyao lay softly on Zhang Hao and fell asleep.
Zhang Hao didn't get up until noon. According to the plan, the China Southern Airlines fleet should have returned today.
Since eradicating the mirages and carcharosaurs along the way, the fleet has never encountered a crisis again. The sea seems to have returned to calm. Since then, as the Ocean Group has produced more warships, the sea routes have become busier.
However, today's fleet is a fleet communicating with the Demon Sect. This is the third exchange between Dayang Group and the Demon Sect, and it is also the largest exchange.
The fleet replenished fuel at Skull Harbor before continuing forward; the news was brought by the previous fleet.
Sure enough, this fleet returned in the evening. Three Zhenyuan-class battleships and five Iron Duke-class battleships appeared in the port in a mighty manner.
However, Zhang Hao saw at a glance that there was an acquaintance on the bow of the battleship:
The left protector of the Red Lotus Sect, flowers and flowers!
"Why is this old lady here?" Zhang Hao suddenly felt a little numb.