Chapter 658 (1/2)
As the liquid iron rolled over and over in the converter, the silicon and anese in it were oxidized first after which it was the turn of the carbon in the pig iron
At a terees, the carbon reacted with the oxygen in the air, producing carbon monoxide and a lot of heat whichout of the furnace rate That hy Roland e amount of hot carbon monoxide were forced outward Itas if the furnace were set afire The noises caused by gas expansion even downed the booine As this scene easily evoked an i volcano, all the people ht, except Roland who still stood in the place, with both of his hands behind his back He faced the strong hot winds, totally besotted with the awe-inspiring roars of the surging steel liquid
He thought it was a pity that he could not use pure oxygen in this process at present due to technological limitations Otherwise, the flahtly
When oxides of phosphorus and sulfur, which were the last elements that were oxidized, reacted with lian to dis were lighter, they were floating on it The workers could pour the liquid steel out through the steel-tapping hole by tilting the furnace as easily as pouring a cup of tea
To prevent the slags fro into the steel ladle, a -stopping spear or infrared detection, which was beyond Neverwinter's technical capacity Given that, Roland ca out all the liquid He instructed the workers to erect the furnace when there were still some liquid steel in it, and then he asked theether with the furnace slags As he was not pursuing productivity efficiency, he did not care about such a little waste Besides, when he collected enough wasted liquid steel, he could put theain
To ensure the quality of the steel, the last step was to elien in the liquid steel
The aluhold could make excellent deoxidizers A bucket of pure aluminum extracted by Lucia was added to the liquid steel, and soon alus and excess liquid aluminum started to float to the surface At thisprocess was acco poured into the ots, all the officials of City Hall were too stunned to utter a word
In this era, people usually relied on blacks time to produce steel, and a whole set of steel armors would be treasured as a family heirloom No one had seen that steel could be made this way ”Star of Steel” had been able to produce lots of steel, but it was run by ic powers They all knew that without Anna and Lucia, it could hardly produce anything
However, this tiic power but co this whole manual operation
They were clear that they could not create another ”Star of Steel”, but they could certainly build more converters and train countless workers
Given that, steel was no longer a rare e amount of this solid metal would be produced at the foot of the North Slope Mountain to replace those soft and fragile materials, such as wood and bronze
Roland was happy to see the surprise and excitement on the officials' faces He believed that they would not be excellent leaders if they were not thrilled by this brand new steelht only be aots in front of thees and the future brought by this new technology
By now, Neverwinter's coal & iron co, iron processes could all be co population and a rapidly expanding education, Roland now felt that he could hear the steel wheels rolling over the ground, ushering in a new era
As to the quality of this first batch of rolled steel, he decided to let Lucia check it After that, he could base on her results to adjust the air blowing tiood seeing this achievement
However, he did not want to have a rest after that, as he still had lots of work to do with the memories he retrieved in the Dream World