The Secret History of Mars

Elder Cang Xi turned around and listened carefully to Yuan Yizhou's story, "Go on!"

"These stalactites are magnesium sulfate hydrates in varying degrees!" Yuan Yizhou looked at Elder Cang Xi and finally listened to him carefully, knowing that he was very close to the truth!

"The place where we just landed was mainly anhydrous magnesium sulfate, so when Xing Meng and I touched, the anhydrous magnesium sulfate would absorb the moisture in the sweat on our hands and release heat!"

Yuan Yizhou recalled the details just now!

"When anhydrous magnesium sulfate hydrates and releases heat, the temperature is similar to the human body temperature, and the highest temperature will not exceed 40 degrees! Therefore, you can feel the heat, but you will not be burned!"

Yuan Yizhou glanced at Cui Xingmeng affectionately. If he had understood this just now, she wouldn't be worried that her hands would be burned!

"As you move inside the bee hole, each molecule of anhydrous magnesium sulfate begins to combine with water molecules until it turns into magnesium sulfate heptahydrate, completing the hydration!"

Now, it was Yuan Yizhou's turn to hold Cui Xingmeng's hand with both hands. He had just touched the inner wall of the bee hole and there was still colorless and transparent liquid in his palm, and said,

"But deeper into the hole, the hydration of magnesium sulfate has been saturated, and the water molecules can only turn into water droplets like this, attached to the bee wall!"

Cui Xingmeng looked at her lover with admiration. She didn't expect that Yizhou, who had just landed on Venus, could outline such a unique geological model of Venus based on just a few superficial clues!

Elder Cang Xi made no secret of her admiration for Yuan Yizhou. She was indeed right about the man. This seed catalyst can be solved in just one click, and the future is promising!

"This can also explain why the temperature between 450 degrees Celsius and 500 degrees Celsius can melt magma on the surface just now!" Yuan Yizhou continued to analyze the previous surface activity model,

"Because the melting point of magnesium sulfate heptahydrate is very low, only 150 degrees Celsius to 200 degrees Celsius. Once it loses water and turns into anhydrous magnesium sulfate, the melting point will jump to 1124 degrees Celsius!"

Yuan Yizhou has always been very fond of mathematics, physics and chemistry. This kind of chemical knowledge is something he knows very well!

"So, what we just saw above, what came out of the crater, was magnesium sulfate heptahydrate. After it came to the surface, it was melted by the high temperature, lost water, and slowly solidified into anhydrous magnesium sulfate! This is also a warehouse Elder Xi mentioned that Venus does not have plate movements like the Earth, instead, the surface is resurfaced by volcanic lava!"

At this point, Cui Xingmeng's expression suddenly dawned on her, and she was filled with admiration for Yuan Yizhou!

But Yuan Yizhou's face was still serious, without any sense of accomplishment or relief after solving the problem, and his eyebrows were still furrowed!

"Yes, you are right!" Elder Cang Xi nodded in praise!

Then, when he was about to turn around and continue leading Yuan Yizhou and Cui Xingmeng forward, he was stopped by Yuan Yizhou.

"Elder Cang Xi, however, there is still a key issue that Yizhou has not figured out. Elder, please give me some advice!" Yuan Yizhou humbly requested.

"Oh? What you just said is very clear. That is also the principle of the movement of Venus' mantle and crust. Is there anything else you haven't figured out?" Seeing what Yuan Yizhou said, Elder Cang Xi was a little confused!

"I haven't figured out how magnesium sulfate heptahydrate ran from the mantle of Venus to the craters on the surface!" Yuan Yizhou said frankly that this is the last piece of his puzzle. As long as he can figure out this problem , his model really worked!

"Didn't you already say that it was pumped to the surface?" Elder Cang Xi was a little confused. She was not sure what Yuan Yizhou wanted to ask.

“But the surface of Venus has high temperature and pressure, and when I came here, I discovered that not only does its mantle not have high temperatures, it doesn’t even have any serious pressure!

If there is no force to actively absorb it, under normal circumstances, the flow direction of magma should be from high temperature and high pressure to low temperature and low pressure, not in the opposite direction like now! "Yuan Yizhou further explained his doubts.

"Oh, so that's what you're asking. Just in time, we're almost at the center of the beehive. See for yourself!" Elder Cang Xi smiled slightly and continued to lead Yuan Yizhou and Cui Xingmeng into the beehive!

Soon, the three of them arrived at a slightly larger honeycomb. In the center of the honeycomb, there was a pillar-like structure, standing tall against the sky!

"That's the answer to your question," Elder Cang Xi said, nodding towards the "big pillar", "Do your own research and see if you can find what you want!"

Yuan Yizhou followed Elder Cang Xi's instructions and came to the big pillar. Cui Xingmeng also followed him curiously.

After the two walked in, they realized that this was not a pillar at all!

Instead, it is made up of thousands of extremely fine pores arranged in one direction, a large bundle of capillary tubes!

"So that's how it is, it's really wonderful!" Yuan Yizhou was amazed and couldn't help but praise!

"Yizhou, have you found the answer? How were these magma magnesium sulfate heptahydrate pumped to the crater on the surface?" Cui Xingmeng also wanted to know and asked hurriedly.

"This big pillar should be connected to a certain crater on the surface of the earth!" Yuan Yizhou explained, "Look at the capillary structure on it. These are the pipes that transport magnesium sulfate heptahydrate molecules!"

"But you just said that with the high temperature and high pressure above and the low temperature and low pressure here, magnesium sulfate heptahydrate should be poured into the bee hole and should not be pumped to the surface!" Cui Xingmeng reminded Yuan Yizhou of what he had just said.

"Yes, if it is really a big pillar that towers over the sky, it should be poured in here!" Yuan Yizhou nodded in agreement, "But there are countless capillaries here, and the capillary force can make the magnesium sulfate heptahydrate liquid flow in tiny It rises up in the channels, or even flows backwards!"

"What, the magma that is enough to pave the entire planet's surface is sucked to the ground through the capillary action of these small holes?!" Cui Xingmeng had to admire Venus's brainstorming, this is okay!

"Yes, on the earth, drops of water can penetrate rocks and ropes can cut trees! What's wrong with that!" Yuan Yizhou nodded and affirmed, "Moreover, the capillary action here has a natural engine to cheer it up!"

"Natural engine? Where is it?" Cui Xingmeng looked around. Apart from honeycomb structures everywhere, there was nothing special that could be related to the engine!

"It's these honeycomb structures!" Yuan Yizhou said directly without going around in circles with his lover! “These honeycombs themselves can absorb and transport liquid through their porous structure, and then transport it through capillary action inside the honeycomb!

Therefore, it is the honeycomb capillary force that works together to speed up the collection and transmission of magma molecules in Venus to the surface! "