Volume 3 Chapter 81 - You think you can harvest it at will? (1/2)

“Ankhto, take a look, this is the newly developed aluminum tungsten alloy. There’s a bit of Moonweed Flower Dew in this and although it isn’t as hard as pure steel, it is much tougher and has better corrosion resistance. The most important thing is……Give it a try…..”

Ankhto took the silver alloy that had a trace of dark brown on it. The dwarf Porto immediately asked with an excited look, “How is it? Isn’t it light?”

“Un, it’s very light.” Ankhto weighed the alloy in his hand and he couldn’t help nodding, “It seems like there’s a high proportion of aluminum in this. I’m very clear on tungsten, it’s much heavier than iron.”

“What heavy, that’s called density!” Porto looked at Ankhto in disdain, “Didn’t you read the chairman’s newly written «Industrial Material Basic Standards»? You should call this thing dense and not heavy, it doesn’t sound professional.”

Ankhto couldn’t help rolling his eyes. Porto had just asked him if it was light or not and now he’s blaming him for using the word “heavy”.

But when it came to sir chairman’s «Industrial Material Basic Standards» that was published half a month ago, Ankhto had read it as soon as possible and knew that Porto was right, so he couldn’t refute it.

Moreover, Porto and the other dwarves were sent to provide guidance to this non-ferrous metal smelting factory. They had been conducting research in this rich non-ferrous metal vein for several months and now that he had success, it was understandable that he was excited.

“Alright, this aluminum tungsten alloy has a lower density than normal steel alloys and it is tougher with greater corrosion resistance as well. So what are the flaws?” Ankhto thought for a bit before asking.

“If you have to mention flaws, it isn’t hard enough.” Porto gave a sigh as he shook his head, “Look, if there is a tube that has the same thickness as my finger, I can bend it with a bit of strength. It’s much worse than a steel tube.”

Ankhto looked at Porto’s thumb that was twice as large as two of his fingers and thought that if it was like this, the aluminum tungsten alloy should have worse impact resistance compared to steel alloys.

But thinking of the shocking natural strength that dwarves had, Ankhto thought that this shouldn’t be too much of a problem.

After thinking seriously for a bit, Ankhto said, “Then according to this, this material should be suitable for use in outer covers for household magic machines and some internal bracing. As long as they are parts that don’t have too much pressure, they can be used. Right now many household magic machines that our company produces have parts that can’t be replaced with plastic, so we can only use some steel parts for now. This thing will fit perfectly.”

“Hei, hei, we also did this when we used this thing for testing.” Porto cracked a smile before saying, “Right, I found that this thing is quite good for making windows. Look, this thing is stronger than wood and is corrosion resistant, so it can last much longer.”

“Oh? Based on what you said, not just for making windows, there are many places in the house that this thing can be used for.” Ankhto thought for a bit before saying with a nod, “I suddenly feel that this aluminum tungsten alloy has many places where it can be used, at least there are many places it can be used in a normal house. Alright, I’ll report to sir chairman once I head back. I think that he can discuss this with the Amrit Chamber of Commerce, they should need this thing very much.”

“I’ll leave this matter to you, I won’t care.” Porto waved his hand. He suddenly looked around before approaching Ankhto, saying in a low voice with a mysterious look, “Other than this aluminum tungsten alloy, there’s another research project that I need you to bring back to sir chairman.”

Seeing the expression on Porto’s face, Ankhto understood and didn’t say anything as he asked with his gaze.

Porto looked around again before waving his hand at Ankhto. He had him enter an inner room in the non-ferrous metal smelting factory’s research room.

“Come, what do you think of this thing?” After entering the inner room, Porto closed the door and took out a piece of black metal for Ankhto.

Ankhto reached out to take it and felt it sink in his hand, so he quickly reached out his other hand to hold it.

“It’s this heavy…..It’s this dense?” Ankhto looked at the unknown black metal piece in his hand, “What kind of alloy is this?”

“It’s mainly lead, with a small part of tungsten, blended with a bit of iron and zinc.” Porto replied, “This thing is very dense, but it is also incredibly resistant and quite tough. Isn’t the company planning on improving the magic production machines and the agricultural magic machines, but sir chairman, Camby, and the others couldn’t find a strong enough material? I think that this thing will work very well.”

“That isn’t anything special. Sir chairman said that as long as we can get rid of some impurities in the steel alloys, it will meet our requirement. But it’s better if we use this thing that is even better.” Ankto looked at the metal in his hand in thought before asking, “The key question, how much does this thing cost?”

“Cost?” Porto was surprised before revealing an awkward smile, “This is hard to say. Anyway, there’s quite a bit of this material in this vein and I think that since there’s this much here, there should be more in other places.”

“That is hard to say.” Ankhto shook his head and said with a sigh, “It was no wonder sir chairman always valued minerals, it would be good if our company had some non-ferrous metal lodes.”

“I don’t think that it’s that difficult. With us dwarves here, are you afraid that we can’t find metal veins?” Porto asked.

“So what if you can find them? Could it be that you want to mine in the Candra or the Marlow Empires?” Ankhto rolled his eyes at Porto.

Porto was instantly speechless.