Chapter 17 Arc Discharge
Li Shiming held two black silicon carbide rods in his hands, which had taken him a full five days to make.
Due to limited conditions, he employed a rather primitive method of using buried sintering.
He had learned from the young servant Mo Yan that there was coal, which is also known as black stone, in a nearby mountain. Since coal generates toxic gases when burned, it is rarely used as fuel in this world.
It took five large carts of coal to successfully produce the two silicon carbide rods.
It was only because his consciousness was involved in the machine room that he could isolate the heat and harmful substances, otherwise he would not have dared to undertake such an operation in the machine room space.
However, given the current level of technology in this world, even if he disclosed the method of making silicon carbide rods, no one would be capable of producing them.
It was only because his consciousness was constantly monitoring the materials' changes in the machine room space that he was able to succeed.
His consciousness controlled several custom parts brought by the young servant Mo Yan and combined them with the heat-insulating materials he had fabricated, creating a peculiar piece of equipment.
Even professionals from his past life would not be able to discern its purpose.
Even if Li Shiming installed the two silicon carbide rods on it, it still wouldn't function as intended.
This was an electric arc furnace missing key components, notably a high-voltage power supply and an electronic control device.
Li Shiming was not lacking the knowledge to make high-voltage packages, capacitors, resistors, and other electronic components, but the problem was that the absence of basic materials was too great for him to begin.