In order to find an alkali-making technology suitable for mainland China, Hou was prepared to buy the patent of tea temples from the Germans, but the Germans who looked down on China repeatedly made things difficult for Hou and other teams. Not only are they not allowed to enter, but they even charge exorbitant prices, and even demand that soda ash should not be sold in Manchukuo. Hou naturally can't accept such an unfair deal. For the sake of the dignity of the motherland, does he think that China people can't do what foreigners can do?
During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, the conditions were difficult. With his profound knowledge and spirit of exploration, Hou made progress step by step on the road of alkali production. He combined the Sulvi method with the tea house method, which improved the utilization rate of raw materials for alkali production to over 90% and significantly reduced the cost. His set of alkali-making methods is the well-known Hou's alkali-making method at home and abroad. Although Houbonde was sickly in his later years, he still didn't give up his pursuit of science. Everyone can feel his patriotism and sense of responsibility. We should also remember the last sentence, he said: all my inventions belong to the motherland. Hou's patriotic event is something that every one of us in China can't forget.
Hou's heroic deeds
The heroic deeds mentioned are mainly the performance of his patriotism. Hou's soda production method not only brought economic benefits to the motherland, but also brought a high sense of national honor. Hou's soda production method opened up a new perspective for the development of soda production technology, broke the monopoly of foreigners on soda production method at that time, and was concerned and praised by international academic circles.
Hou's heroic deeds are most worth mentioning, that is, the story of making alkali. Hou's soda production method realized the ideal of China people to produce soda ash. He devoted himself to the research of soda production. After five years of hard exploration and the United struggle of employees, he finally developed soda.
The earliest soda ash was actually sold by the British. This soda ash has formed a monopoly position in China, and there is only one in China. So Britain can set prices at will, and even raise the price of soda ash to a price as valuable as silver. At that time, Wynn Company started construction for the first time, and the soda produced was actually red. At that time, people thought it was doomed to failure. However, Hou was not discouraged after reading it, but looked at the essence through the phenomenon. He thinks the red element should be iron. The raw materials for producing soda ash in China are not as bad as those in Britain, but they are generally of high purity. So Hou added some impurities to the raw materials, and the miraculous red phenomenon disappeared, and white soda came to the fore. Repeated failures have brought success and made everyone overjoyed.
Hou's contribution to China's chemical industry is not only a kind of Hou's soda production method, but also his research on diacid and diacid has brought huge economic profits to China's industry and agriculture. This shows the wisdom and hard work of the people of China.