Sail across the sea

Chapter 88 Is it too ugly to eat

"Mr. Hai, hello."

In a simple office in the chemistry building, Gao Fan respectfully greeted a teacher in his 40s.

His name is Hai Qingwen, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry. He graduated from university in the 50s and has been teaching at Peking University ever since.He is not well-known nowadays, and even the title of associate professor is only awarded based on his qualifications.However, Gao Fan knew that he would have an outstanding performance in the future, and made himself one of the academic giants who could write his name on the cover of a textbook....

Inspired by Pan Chang, Gao Fan decided to hold a thick leg in the department so that he could do some interesting things as an undergraduate.He remembered that there were a few professors in the department who had just returned to China after liberation, but after weighing his small body, he felt that if he came to look for them rashly, they might not care about him.

Gao Fan of later generations had no contact with these professors. Most of them passed away in the 90s and [-]s.

Since there was no friendship in later generations, in this life, Gao Fan is too lazy to pursue this relationship. Who knows what temper the old gentlemen have. If you don't like his publicity and give him a frivolous comment, he will be Self-defeating.

Hai Qingwen is a teacher that Gao Fan had contact with. Gao Fan also participated in a project under Hai Qingwen's command when he was studying for a Ph.

Another reason is that Hai Qingwen's research direction happens to be coal chemical industry, which is closely related to synthetic ammonia. Gao Fan can use what he did in the Canghai Fertilizer Factory as a stepping stone.

"You are……"

Hai Qingwen looked up from a pile of academic journals, looking at Gao Fan in front of him, feeling a little puzzled.He is a patient with severe prosopagnosia, and he is a little afraid of some strange faces, for fear that this person is actually his old friend for decades, but he will be forgotten by him.

"My name is Gao Fan, and I'm a freshman in the 82nd grade of the Department of Chemistry." Gao Fan introduced himself.

Hearing that he was not someone he knew, Hai Qingwen nodded in relief, "Oh, okay, what do you want from me?"

"I wrote a paper, and I would like to ask Teacher Hai for advice." Gao Fan said.

"Paper? A paper about what?" Hai Qingwen asked.

"It's about rare earth catalysts for the synthesis of ammonia." Gao Fan said, and then handed over a stack of manuscript paper and a copy of "Maolin Chemical Industry" magazine.

Gao Fan's paper is based on the previous paper published in "Maolin Chemical Industry".

When he wrote the previous thesis, he was still a high school student in Cangtang No. [-] Middle School, and he couldn't find reference materials at hand.In order to avoid cheating, he did not dare to speak too deeply about some of the views in the paper. He could only say that they were his own imagination, or they were speculated from the views of some journals.

Due to the lack of theoretical basis, that paper is not so much a paper as a work summary, a review of the process of the trial production of rare earth catalysts by Canghai Chemical Fertilizer Factory.Of course, industry publications such as "Maolin Chemical Industry" are originally focused on publishing various work summaries, and even publish some industry memoirs and even poems from time to time.

This time, Gao Fan went to the Peking University library for a few days, read through the collection of foreign periodicals, and found evidence for many points of view.In this way, the professionalism of the article is strengthened, and it looks more like an academic paper.

He handed over the newly written paper and "Maolin Chemical Industry" which published the previous paper to Hai Qingwen, in order to prove that his research has a source.Otherwise, if a college freshman suddenly writes a paper, it will inevitably make people suspicious.

"Synthetic ammonia rare earth catalyst, do you understand this?"

Hai Qingwen really became interested. He took the materials Gao Fan handed him, pointed to the side at the same time, and said, "Sit down for a while, I'll read your article."

Gao Fan sat down.Hai Qingwen began to read Gao Fan's papers.

As soon as he glanced at it, his eyes lit up. It wasn't because he saw any novel viewpoints, but because the format of Gao Fan's paper was too standardized, which was exactly the same as the papers in foreign journals.

In the early 80s, Chinese academic journals did not pay attention to the format of papers, such as abstracts, keywords, etc. did not exist, and references were optional, and there was no requirement for "actual citations", that is, you just write a few articles It is enough for the article to say that it is a reference, and no one cares whether you have actually read these articles.

Hai Qingwen reads foreign language journals all the year round, and knows that foreign countries have a set of normative requirements for papers, but such requirements have not been taken seriously in China.Even if you write a paper according to foreign standards and submit it to a domestic magazine, the editor of the magazine will change your format and replace it with a domestic one.

The result of this is that many domestic scholars do not care about the norms of papers, and believe that this is "writing to convey the truth" and there is no need to stick to the format requirements.

But Gao Fan's paper is full of "international styles". The opening article is a long list of literature reviews. What Golterman proposed, Stevenson believes that many names are very familiar to Hai Qingwen. Where there is no problem with the cited literature, the foundation of this study is solid enough.

The content below surprised Hai Qingwen even more, and there were even some surprises.

Gao Fan analyzed the mechanism of action of rare earths in ammonia synthesis catalyst, and took the practice of Canghai Chemical Fertilizer Factory as evidence.The demonstration process is very rigorous, and there are empirical data. This is a very rare article.

"You wrote this paper?"

After reading the full text, Hai Qingwen looked at Gao Fan suspiciously and asked.

"Yes." Gao Fan replied calmly.

"Who is your advisor? No, are you a postgraduate or undergraduate student in class 82?"

Hai Qingwen changed his words halfway through, because Gao Fan's face looked too young, even immature, it's not like the age of a graduate student.

"I'm an undergraduate student in class 82."

"Undergraduate? How do you know this?"

"This..., it can be regarded as a family background." Gao Fan seemed to be a little shy to answer, "My father studied chemical engineering, and he is now the director of the Canghai Chemical Fertilizer Factory. The rare earth catalyst I wrote in my thesis is here. practical application in the factory."

"You mean, you and your father collaborated on this paper?" Hai Qingwen asked meaningfully.

The so-called cooperation is of course just a step he wants to leave for Gao Fan.He is now convinced that this article must have been written by Gao Fan's father, and let him use it as a stepping stone.As for the reason for knocking on this door, Hai Qingwen also gave the answer, that is, he wants to be able to go to graduate school in the future.

In this era, the enrollment of graduate students is random, and the students that the tutors like can be recruited directly, and the exam is just a formality.Then, Gao Fan's move is to build a relationship.

It's just that you are just a freshman, and you are doing such a trick, isn't it too ugly to eat?
(End of this chapter)