Chapter 19 Scientific Research Commission
Perfect’s steam carriage encountered some minor trouble when it entered the Langton University campus.
Because of the original application for the position of alchemy professor, Purficott had some unpleasant quarrels with the school board of Langton University, so the doorman received instructions not to allow her to enter Langton University again.
However, the guard's obstruction was meaningless. The full name of Langton University is the Royal Chartered Langton University College of Integrated Academic Studies. The commonly known Royal Langton University is just its abbreviation.
This means that Langton University is one of the royal assets. In fact, the Queen herself is the current Chancellor of this university, but usually she only holds an honorary title and does not really need to fulfill relevant obligations. .
And Purficott, who holds the Queen's Letter of Appointment, is in a sense the Queen's representative.
In other words, she now represents the owner of this school, one of the school board directors, and the current school superintendent. The guard has no reason to stop her from entering the school campus, not even to stop her carriage. arrive.
Not to mention, the Princess Anne is on Perfect Court's carriage. It is impossible for Her Royal Highness to get off the carriage and walk into the campus, right?
So faced with the nearly forcible steam carriage, the gatekeepers had no choice but to obediently get out of the way and let Perficott drive straight into the campus.
Perfect was not looking for trouble today. After passing the school gate, she went straight to today's destination, the Alchemy Department.
"Ah! Miss Brandless! Welcome!" The professors of the Alchemy Department showed a very welcoming attitude when they saw Purficott's arrival. They were so happy that they forgot to welcome him first. Princess Anne.
However, Princess Anne didn't care about this. After the professors saluted her, she handed over the leadership to Perfectcott.
Everyone came to the reception room of the Alchemy Department. After everyone sat down, Perficott revealed his purpose: "I have been entrusted by Her Majesty the Queen to launch an expedition to the Arctic region. The royal family will fully support this scientific expedition.
Considering the harsh environment of the Arctic, adequate preparations need to be made before the official departure, among which cold-resistant materials are the top priority. I plan to entrust everyone in the Alchemy Department to carry out relevant research and development work."
"Arctic scientific research?" After hearing Purficott's words, the professors in the Alchemy Department showed their emotions as she thought. Interested expression.
Although not everyone is fascinated by the Arctic, if you can participate in this scientific expedition, it will undoubtedly be something that can make you famous.
For professors like them, they do not lack material conditions, but fame and fortune are not so clear-cut. After all, at their level, these are the only things they pursue. .
“Yes, the polar regions are still a restricted area for human beings. So far, no one has set foot in the forbidden areas of life at the North and South Poles. So this time, with the support of the royal family, we will launch a challenge to conquer the Arctic and will Human footprints are left in the Arctic!" Although Purficott doesn't like socializing and socializing, she is a time traveler after all, and she still has some basic social skills and abilities: "And this will be a large-scale scientific expedition. , According to the current plan, we will establish a permanent scientific research station in the Arctic and station scientists for a long period of time to conduct investigation and research on various aspects of the Arctic's ecological environment, geology and landforms.
Consideration. In the harsh climate of the Arctic, cold-resistant materials are an important guarantee for our ability to set foot in the Arctic, so I hope to entrust you to develop new cold-resistant materials to withstand the severe cold in the Arctic." Purficott's words fully aroused the interest of these professors. , many people immediately began to discuss issues related to cold-resistant materials in low voices.
Purficott was relatively familiar with these professors from the Alchemy Department, so she did not continue to be polite and instead spoke about the requirements for cold-resistant materials: "For cold-resistant materials, currently there are three different types of materials that need to be considered. Uses.
One is to make clothes. The harsh climate environment of the Arctic requires clothes that can prevent wind, keep warm, and withstand severe cold, so there must be a light, soft and cold-resistant material that can be made into clothes. >
The second is to build buildings, because a permanent scientific expedition station is to be set up, so the issue of keeping the station warm is a top priority. After all, we can’t just rely on stoves to survive in the extremely cold conditions of the Arctic. To heat the environment, the building must have good thermal insulation properties.
As for the third, it is used to make various tools including vehicles used in the Arctic, because my research found that iron is at minus forty degrees. It becomes very brittle and loses its proper toughness when the temperature reaches about 70 degrees below zero. However, there is no exception.
So we must develop a method that can survive at least 80 degrees below zero. A new material that will not become brittle in a low temperature environment of 10 degrees Celsius, otherwise it will definitely break when touched. ”
Regarding the three situations mentioned by Purficott, the professors in the Alchemy Department understood her meaning directly.
This is not something difficult to understand, and naturally there is no one who doesn’t understand it or doesn’t understand why it is done.
Rather than why they did this, they were more concerned about what Perficott mentioned that iron would become brittle in a low temperature environment of minus 40 degrees Celsius.
Rising temperature will soften the originally hard steel. This is something everyone knows, because smelting steel is based on this principle, but no one has ever thought that when the temperature is too low, steel will also soften. Become brittle.
After all, in normal natural environments, low temperatures of minus 40 degrees are relatively rare. Especially for humans before the industrial revolution, areas with this temperature environment are not suitable for human survival. Except for exiled prisoners and the like, no one would live in such harsh conditions.
Even those exiled prisoners, even if they have enough knowledge, are unable to do research in this environment.
“These are not problems.” After several professors from the Alchemy Department discussed it, a respected old professor spoke up and asked Perficott: “In addition to application methods, Are there any other requirements? "
"Yes, cost savings!" Purficott raised his index finger and said to the professors: "This is the only requirement besides purpose. If you are interested in exploring the Arctic route, cold-resistant materials will be used on a large scale, so please control the cost of these materials, at least to make them affordable for ordinary people and have the possibility of large-scale industrial production.”
(End of this chapter)