Chapter 35: Electrolysis Experiment


    When the first ray of sunlight in the morning entered the square of Luna Nova Magical Academy, Reiner had already gotten up, put on a clean andfortable shirt, picked up the notes he had made recently, and was about to go to theboratory.


    From the tower where Reiner lived to theboratory building, he had to go through the atrium. Several students have already gotten up early. Even if today was a day off, some aristocraticdies with a good upbringing also upheld healthy habits. Some were practicing magic silently in a corner of the square, while others were holding books to go to the ssroom to study.


    The morning light flickered on the dew, and the coolness of the night had not faded. Reiner greeted the girls, but the aristocraticdies were obviously still wary of Reiner; only one cheerful student greeted him. Without paying attention to these details, Reiner walked straight to theboratory building.


    There were many vacant ssrooms. Reiner took the key given to him by ire and went to one of theboratories, took out the necessary experimental equipment from the cab, and began to assemble the experimental equipment.


    The paper described the electrolysis experiment in detail. For Reiner, who had possessed apprentice-level magic energy, the biggest difficulty may be the arrangement of the electrolysis magic circle.


    But Reiner naturally had a way.


    Just after he assembled all the equipment, Professor ire happened toe here with Sharon.


    As a first-ring mage, ire was obviously able to support the operation of the electrolysis circle, so Reiner "invited" her to participate in the experiment.


    As for Sharon, Reiner thought it was necessary to cultivate her scientific spirit in advance, and by the way, to relieve her tiredness of rushing to paint in recent days, so ire also brought her over.


    "What experiment are you going to do?"


    ire looked at the sink full of water in a daze.


    "Electrolysis."


    Reiner replied, and then spread open the "Alchemy" on the paper by Cornwall Penzance, the Seventh-ring Mage.


    "Electricity can dpose some active elements. I designed this experiment to dpose a substance that people thought could not be dposed in the past."


    Following Reiner''s words, ire and Sharon looked at the ce he was pointing, but there was nothing but a basin of water.


    "Is this some kind of solution? Or is it some kind of special liquid? But it feels like ordinary water in every way..."


    ire asked, but soon she understood Reiner''s intentions.


    "Uh, don''t tell me, you mean, water?"


    Hearing ire''s speech, Sharon also widened her eyes, looking at Sharon in disbelief.


    Water, one of the four basic elements proposed by Master Hohenheim, represented life. In the field of ancient magic, magic was not even divided into Element, Alchemy, and some other systems, but was simply divided into Wind, Water, Fire, and Earth, those four major systems. And so far, water was considered indivisible.


    In fact, at the beginning of the establishment of modern magic, mage tried various methods to break down water. They burned, frozen, and struck it many times, they seeded in obtaining some substances from the water, but it waster proved that it was just some impurities. Until today, water has been regarded as the cornerstone of the world and was one of the four basic elements.


    "I said before that I will try to split the water after getting enough preparation."


    "But in the attempts of those people in the past, even if it is heated, the water will only turn into steam. Mages have exhausted various means over the past hundreds of years, but they still failed.


    ire argued. Emotionally, she felt that Reiner was talking nonsense, but after previous experiments, she was faintly expecting Reiner to seed rationally. This ambivalence put her in a quandary.


    "But they haven''t used electricity."


    Reiner''s words left ire speechless, and then he added teasingly.


    "Why don''t we make another bet, I kind of miss you in your maid costume, Professor ire."


    These words made ire''s cheeks flush, and she looked a little bit angry.


    Sharon sighed helplessly as she watched the interaction between the two.


    "Since there is no objection, I will talk about my thinking."


    Reiner did not conduct experiments directly but proceeded step by step. On the one hand, he was also preparing for the future.


    "First, is it reasonable to assume that water is apound that can''t be broken down because the elements that make up water are too reactive to react with other substances?"


    "Uh, if water is indeed apound, then that''s fine."


    ire reluctantly said. Most of the elements discovered so far were metals that existed as simple substances in nature, and elements with particrly active properties were indeed rarely heard.


    "Then, ording to His Excellency Penzance''s paper, the new element ''Ka'' obtained by electrolysis is an extremely active metal element that can even directly react with water."


    Following the words, Reiner pointed out the paragraph about the nature of the new element "Ka" in the thesis with his finger on "Alchemy". It must be said that this Cornwall Penzance was indeed a high-level mage. The experiment was quiteprehensive, and the nature of this element had been described almost perfectly.


    What these high-level magescked was only some inspiration. In many cases, it was not that they couldn''t think of it, but they haven''t thought of it. If they were given a spark of inspiration, they could also create many modern theories without Reiner''s hands.


    Thinking back to theboratory, the reaction between "Ka" and water should be a kind of recement reaction, in which the hydrogen in the water was reced with "Ka" reced to produce hydroxide and hydrogen.


    However, His Excellency Penzance overlooked one thing, that was, gas was generated during the reaction. This was normal, because ording to the description, the reaction process was very violent, and it was easy to ignore the gas that was not originally expected.


    In his thesis, he described the alkaline solution obtained by dissolving "Ka" in water. This solution could precipitate a substance. In his opinion, this was apound of water and "Ka" rather than water that had been broken down into two parts.


    "After reading this paper, I began to boldly assume that there are two types of water, at least one with active nature. If electrolysis is used, then these two substances can be obtained. So far, there should be no problem with my logic, right?"


    Reiner asked. At this time ire had more doubts in her eyes. This professor nodded silently without asking any questions.


    "So, if in the experiment, the mass of water is reduced and other substances with unique properties are formed, it means that my hypothesis is valid. Water is not a basic element but apound. If the opposite is true, it means that my hypothesis is not valid."


    With that said, Reiner arranged the experimental equipment and pulled out two wires from the electrolysis magic circle, as the positive and negative electrodes, respectively, into the two test tubes filled with water and ced upside down in the sink.


    "Get ready, let''s start the experiment, Professor ire."


    Reiner gestured, causing ire to slowly activate the electrolysis magic circle