This process took about two hours. After the experiment, the gas passed through water, and then the reaction was used to calculate the proportion of synthesized ammonia. The final result was gratifying. Ammonia was finally synthesized successfully, with a small amount, accounting for less than one-seventh of the total gas.

This is a little bit worse than what I had expected before. According to the ratio, it should be about 15%. However, such results are exciting.

"This experiment seems to be successful. Next, you will need to realize this industrialized production!" Yang Yuanzhao said calmly: "If it is successful, each person will receive a reward of more than 5,000 US dollars!"

The reward was very high, but after a long time, Ricks said: "Mr. Yang, if we were doing experiments or other small research, we would have no problem. We even gave us a set of equipment to design and produce, but we could not do this from the laboratory to the industrial transformation!"

"I can't do it!" It seemed like a basin of cold water, and it was poured directly from Yang Yuanzhao's head. He didn't expect that he had designed the whole process and the experiment was successful, but it was stuck in industrialization. Laboratory production and industrialization cannot be said to be different, but if this conversion is not completed, it is impossible that the ammonia factory and future fertilizer plants need to use the laboratory's small batch method.

Yang Yuanzhao was a little amused and laughed at the moment when he gave up and started a new job. Chris and the others didn't take it in big way and directly expressed their concerns and abilities, which made him sigh more or less. It couldn't solve the practical problems.

"By the way, Smith Laboratory is best at industrializing laboratory transformation. The laboratory they set up in Shanghai this time is also completing the industrialization process of vulcanized rubber. Otherwise, let's try it out for them!"

Chris's words made Yang Yuanzhao's eyes lit up, and then there was a very complicated expression. Chris was right. Smith's laboratory, both in terms of research level and depth, was much stronger than the new start here. Even if Smith did not send the most capable power over, the power to stay in Shanghai was quite strong, and some difficult problems could even be directly asked for instructions at the headquarters.

The reason why Yang Yuanzhao was hesitant was the issue of leaks. How powerful is the technology of synthesizing ammonia? Looking at Germany's 3,500 tons of nitric acid under the British blockade, it can be seen that after World War I, nitric acid was produced in large quantities. By World War II, the release of weapons and firepower was almost orders of magnitude higher than World War I. On the one hand, it was the improvement of technology. On the other hand, the limit of nitric acid is gone. Explosives, as long as you have enough synthetic ammonia equipment, you can produce a sufficient amount of explosives.

However, these seem to have little to do with him and Baotou. The discovery of synthesis of ammonia is the result of the Germans. After this was exposed, the whole world devoted efforts to research. After knowing the general situation, a breakthrough was quickly made. It can be said that technology is not a difficult point at all. It will be exposed sooner or later. It doesn’t matter if it is exposed first and then leak out.

"Xiaohan, send a telegram to Shanghai and ask Smith Laboratory to help solve this problem, and by the way, record the experimental data!"

"yes!"

After letting go of his biggest worries, Yang Yuanzhao relaxed a lot. Germany attached great importance to synthesis of ammonia. To a certain extent, it was because of the British blockade. Germany only had Hamburg, a port for sea. The British fleet was the strongest in the world and it was easy to block the North Sea. Once the war broke out, Germany was almost unlikely to obtain a stable external source, and it was even more so for strategic materials such as saltpeter.

The sorted out things were sent to Smith's laboratory in Shanghai. Now the person in charge of the Shanghai laboratory is Roger. He is one of the few people with associate professor qualifications and the person in charge of the Shanghai laboratory. He is Smith's trusted assistant and has made great achievements in chemistry.

After receiving a telegram from Baotou, his first reaction was distrust. It seemed simple. If chemistry was put together, it would be so simple, so how could it be called chemistry?

But Baotou is saying something, and there are even some experimental records. Such a rigorous method made him believe more or less, and with the telegram, there are several metal cans provided by the German and American company, which can be used for laboratory production.

Nothing is better than experimenting in person. It is correct and left and right. These are all done without any effort. Most of the experimental equipment is also ready. Roger thought about it and organized the manpower and tried it.

Because the results of Baotou's experiments have come out, this is just verification, so there is no choice to use a laborious method to collect nitrogen in the air, directly choose, and apply chemical reactions through the experimental conditions. The purer nitrogen and hydrogen were collected.

The process of synthesis of ammonia is not very difficult. Now the key point is only a pressure, and the purity of raw materials is also a problem. This is not a very difficult thing for Shanghai now.

Shanghai Demei Laboratory is a chemical laboratory that has been put into use for a long time. It has most of the equipment. At night, researchers are busy in the laboratory, with all kinds of raw materials ready and the pressure is ready, leaving only the final reaction process.

Roger stared at himself, and there were three researchers familiar with nitric acid who were doing this experiment together. If only the final reaction process was left, it would be a huge result, but for Roger, it was not a thing to be proud of. Everything was given by Baotou, even pure nitrogen and part of hydrogen. Mixed in a certain proportion, and all of this proportion was copied. Finally, he added that must be pure iron. What he couldn't understand the most was this. Under high temperature and high pressure, the mixing process was automatically completed, and how much does the iron have? This has always been a problem that was puzzled for him. Perhaps the final answer could be obtained after the experiment was over.

A large number of equipment measurements have basically been completed. Nitrogen and hydrogen have been mixed in the mixing hall. The air pressure has been added. The water conservancy pressure is used. This pressure is easier to control how much water will produce. Of course, there is a monthly reaction inside. The temperature of the tank will reach 500c. There is no way to control this, and it can only be estimated based on actual experiments.

Fortunately, the personnel present were all professional chemical engineering personnel, and they were very familiar with many fields of chemical engineering. They successfully completed the preparation work. The temperature began to rise. Various gases were mixing in places where the reaction was fast. They completed the synthesis process according to the implementation basis. They also waited for the two hours. Finally, the inspection was completed. According to certain rules, the gases that did not synthesize were removed.

Some people recommend extracting a little gas for measurement. First, some nitrogen is reflected, and then some hydrogen is removed. After removing both, the remaining little gas smells a special smell.

Most of the experimenters are already sure that this time the laboratory was successful and scientifically rigorous. They still completed the final measurement personally, and when the final result finally came out, it was about 13% ammonia, and this number was even a little higher than that of Baotou. Perhaps this was the result of pure nitrogen.

It is so easy, just to use the elements unique to the air. Although hydrogen is not a common element in the air, it is not very ugly to obtain hydrogen. Just electrolyze water directly. Some of the oxygen produced can be used as a by-product and provided to medical and other aspects.

The experiment was completely successful, and the project of synthesis of ammonia was basically established. Roger finally understood what kind of prospects he had for the experiment. Now, synthesis of ammonia in the air reduces its dependence on saltpeter. You don’t have to make such a stinking sale. The cost will definitely not be too far away, so low that it is unimaginable. The future days of fertilizer prices will not be too late.

Roger is just a chemist. However, his understanding of fertilizers is more important than that of many people. He knows the important role of fertilizers in agriculture. He knows more about synthesizing ammonia as raw materials to make nitric acid. It is a huge advantage in saving as raw materials. After the adult technology is completed, he wrote a detailed investigation report and gave it to Smith. After all this, he chose to start industrial research.

Smith Laboratory has already had a complete set of methods for industrialization. To be honest, this synthetic ammonia is not complicated. As they say, extracted from the air, they will make this process easier. This is the control problem of various reaction tanks. Smith Laboratory, which is very familiar with chemical separation, can even use ready-made reaction separation towers to do all this. In addition to this, it is the reaction tank with a temperature of 500 degrees and a pressure of 50 atmospheres. It is not easy to implement it outside the laboratory. This is also the most difficult problem in the industrialization process.

Roger already had a preliminary idea to solve this problem, but a series of experiments are required, which should be solved.

In this way, in less than a week, Roger completed an overall design of synthetic ammonia industrialization, and sent the required conditions and equipment to Baotou one by one, as if he had completed a small thing, and solved the problem. Then, he let go of this and started his job. He had no idea what kind of height this solution would reach in future generations. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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