Chapter 1003 (1/2)
”Why do you look so serious?” Nightingale broke into a sive me some time to absorb the infor can decimate thousands of demons, especially when they saw the actual substance extracted by Lucia”
”Do I?” Roland stroked his cheeks Perhaps he becaainst time that would deterh I can hardly believe in so until I've seen it myself”
Roland turned around and held the tiny ”stone frag point of harnessing the power of the atom — purified uranium
It was hard to convince people that the little stone could produce ”solorious as the sun” The silver-white surface of the uranium sample had lost its shi+ne due to oxidation It felt cold to the touch and see to do with heat or the sun But Roland kneould produce aht conditions
To collect uranium, Lucia and Spear had spent nearly a week at the North Slope Mine extracting uraniuranite Because of this, the Countess had coht it was inappropriate to subject a lady to such heavy labor As a compensation, she took five apprentices froion's city hall
And in the end, they had only got this tiny piece
Coinal samples, this thumb-sized metal piece had a purity of over 90 and consisted of two layers One layer was Uranium-235 and the other Uranium-238, in a ratio of 1 to 99 This was also the ratio co in nature
In other words, the uranium on the surface of the stone, as thin as it was, could be used to produce a ”weapon”
As a stable element, both uranium-238 and uranium-235 had a half-life of 10 billion years Uranium-238 was the predominant isotope but had little practical use, whereas uraniu nuclear weapons Because of their extreme low radioactivity, the alpha particles e their decay could only travel a few dozen h to penetrate the epidermis of a person's skin Therefore, the stone would not cause radiation poisoning even if one held it in his hand
But this did not h concentration was absolutely safe
The alpha particles produced during the decay were highly toxic Once they entered the body through contaminated food, it could be disastrous
Due to this, Roland had asked Soraya to coat the ”stone fragment” with a transparent fil, but also to protect people fros about the stone in his hand Uranium, which contained soalmost different than iron No wonder Pasha and the other witches didn't believe hi he needed to do was to collect the raw materials for the ”Resplendent Radiation” Project
Azih purity sample told Roland that he could use the current sah Roland could ask Lucia to extract uraniu site and thus obtain sufficient uraniue his initial plan of conducting multiple projects simultaneously
Because Lucia also played an irreplaceable role in the s industry
Besides, it was impossible to produce an atom bomb with only uranium To create atomic weapons, Roland had to utilize a very rare element which was usually found with uraniuh Lucia could help hie amount of the raw ore before he could build a bomb
For that, Azima was the key
Roland put the tiny piece of uranium back in a box and locked it in a drawer Then he pulled out the unfinished sketch of an internal coine from the stack of documents on his desk and spread it out
Unlike most of the residents in Neverwinter who usually went to bed early on a snointer night, Roland still had a lot of work to do
”Staying up late again?” Nightingale asked as she tilted her head