From university lecturer to chief academician.

Chapter 376 One Gram, One Hundred Million Dollars!
Superconducting Materials Research Center.

main entrance.

A car stopped slowly, the side door opened from the inside, and Wang Hao got out of the car.

Deng Huanshan and Wang Hui greeted him immediately, "Academician Wang, here we come!"

"Academician Wang!"

Wang Hao nodded towards Deng Huanshan, touched hands with Wang Hui, then walked quickly into the research center and went straight to the office in the laboratory room on the second floor.

That's his office.

Wang Hao seldom comes to the Superconducting Materials Research Center, but he still has the position of deputy director of the research center, and has direct decision-making power over the affairs of the research center.

Deng Huanshan and Wang Hui also followed.

After arriving at the office, a staff member made coffee for the three of them and left.

At this time, Wang Hui said with a little excitement, "Academician Wang, have you read the report? We conducted an experiment and concluded that it is an iron-based compound synthesized by mutated iron elements. The superconducting critical temperature 14k improvement over the norm."

Deng Huanshan added detailed information, "CW014. The superconducting critical temperature of this material is 93K, but the critical temperature of CW014 synthesized using mutated iron elements is around 107K."

"We all felt that this discovery was very valuable."

Wang Hao listened and nodded.

He took a sip of coffee, thought about it and said, "You only conducted one experiment?"

Deng Huanshan said helplessly, "There are too few materials."

"To be precise, it's only more than two grams so far." Wang Hui added, "I've been doing this work for more than a month, but the content of mutated elements in the materials submitted for inspection is really too low."

Wang Hao asked suspiciously, "Didn't we provide more materials?"

"The main problem is refining."

Wang Hui explained, "The raw materials are sufficient, but because the content of the mutated iron element is very low, we need physical and chemical means, and a total of 27 steps are needed to extract the mutated iron element."

"This still improves the process. We have determined the physical characteristics of the mutated iron element and improved the screening mechanism..."

"Another limitation is the lack of manpower, and funding is also a problem. Many operations need to be done manually, and only a laboratory environment can be refined. Several steps also require vacuum, high pressure, and high temperature environments, and some specific equipment is required. We The equipment in the laboratory is a bit outdated..."

Wang Hao understood, he thought for a while and said, "Well, let me apply for funding for you, and make sure to increase the refining speed. Variation elements are a field that requires a lot of research."

Wang Hui immediately said happily, "Then thank you, Academician Wang!"

"You're welcome, this is our research too."

After understanding the problem of refining the mutated elements, they began to discuss the problem of superconducting experiments.

Although only one experiment was carried out, it can also be confirmed that the iron-based compound synthesized by the mutated iron element has a relatively higher superconducting critical temperature.

This conclusion is acceptable.

Some related research has been done before, and the chemical properties of the mutated iron elements have not changed, while the physical properties have changed greatly compared with conventional iron.

For example, the melting point and boiling point of mutant iron have been increased.

For example, the density of mutated iron also increases.

This time the laboratory verified the superconducting properties, but considering the cost of the experiment and the fact that the extracted materials were very scarce, the corresponding iron-based superconducting materials were simply manufactured based on this. The critical temperature has also been increased.

The superconducting property of materials is a very special physical property, but it is also within the scope of physical properties.

Since other physical properties have changed, it is normal for the superconducting critical temperature to increase.

The results were normal, but significant.

"This is of great value to the research of superconducting materials." Deng Huanshan said with some excitement, "If we use this variant material as the basis and then manufacture the corresponding iron-based superconducting materials, we may be able to further increase the superconducting critical mass." question."

"The iron-based superconducting materials we routinely use on a large scale now have a critical temperature of around 180K, and if it is raised to, for example, more than 200K or 220K, it can be used in daily use in some special environments."

What Deng Huanshan said is a bit exaggerated, but it is true to a certain extent.

220K, which can be roughly calculated as minus 53 degrees.

In some extreme environments on the earth, the superconducting critical problem of minus 53 degrees can indeed be used directly.

The ultimate goal of research in the direction of superconducting materials is to manufacture usable room-temperature superconducting materials. If a certain metal superconducting material can be used at room temperature, it will greatly change human life.

The current superconducting technology has been vigorously developed, but the critical temperature of 180K is still too low, and cooling fluid must be used to maintain superconducting performance, so it is naturally impossible to achieve large-scale applications.

Wang Hao naturally knew the significance and value of it. He took a deep breath and said, "The significance of this experiment is indeed very significant. It seems that the mutation element must be seriously studied."

He has always known that mutating elements are the main direction, but all along, the focus of attention has been on increasing the intensity of the F-ray. Only by increasing the intensity of the ray can more mutating elements be produced.

Now, research must go hand in hand.

Superconductivity is really important.

If it is possible to rely on mutated elements to manufacture superconducting materials that can be used daily, the technological and economic value contained in it is simply unimaginable.

That will completely change the life of mankind, will bring the level of science and technology of mankind into a new era, and will truly lead mankind to realize a new round of technological revolution.

However, it is very difficult to study in all directions. One is the problem of material extraction. The study of mutated elements must not only be iron, but other elements will also mutate, but the content is very small and cannot be separated at all. Work.

Even if it is only for the iron element, more than two grams have been isolated until now. It must be very difficult to do research on a large scale.

This is especially true in the field of research on superconducting properties.

First of all, they have to rely on mutated elements to manufacture a lot of iron-based superconducting materials, and then continue to conduct experiments to verify the characteristics of the materials, so as to increase their understanding of mutated iron elements.

This is not something that can be directly substituted.

For example, for a certain mutated iron-based compound, the superconducting critical temperature may increase, but for another mutated iron-based compound, the superconducting critical temperature may decrease.

This is an uncertain thing.

In the field of superconductivity research, a large number of experiments are required to conduct research only on conventional iron elements.

Now it is a brand new mutation element, and its difficulty is even higher.

"The refining speed is a big problem."

Wang Hao finally said, "I will apply for funding from my superiors, and more people will be involved in the work then."

"In addition, I will go back and think about whether to let other institutions join in. It is not worthwhile for us to do such a large-scale research."

"If more institutions can join, their research will also be made public, which is very beneficial to us, because only we can manufacture..."

……

at the same time.

International public opinion is still discussing the experimental research information released by the antigravity laboratory.

Among them, information related to variable elements is the focus of attention and the most discussed content in public opinion.

At the same time, there were also many voices of doubt in the public opinion, "It's just that the Anti-Gravity Form Research Center released the experimental results, but they didn't come up with the so-called mutated elements, and no one knows whether it is true or not."

"Maybe it's a fake news, or an experimental detection error. This research result is very vague."

"The International Annihilation Theory Organization did not make this discovery. Compared to the Antigravity Behavior Research Center, I still believe in Empoli-Kubo..."

"..."

Empoli-Cooper is indeed denying the mutant element, but he said it in public very vaguely, and he only raised his own doubts and stated that they did not find anything.

Inside Annihilation Theory International, Empoli-Cooper said with certainty, "That's fake news."

"We haven't found anything. Even if the strength of the field we created is lower, theoretically there will be discoveries, not nothing at all..."

This statement is very unscientific.

One possibility is that if the strength of the annihilation force field is not up to the standard, it is naturally impossible to create mutated elements.

But there are still many people who support Empoli-Kubo, because the appearance of variable elements is inconsistent with previous science, and humans have not discovered so-called variable elements so far.

If there are so-called variable elements, they should be able to be extracted in nature.

Empoli-Kubo's statement is tantamount to digging a hole for themselves. They must continue to verify it according to the experimental results released by the Antigravity Behavior Research Center.

"We have no way to determine which of the experimental results they released is true and which is false."

"So we have to do the verification ourselves, we only trust our own experiments."

There is no room for innovative research until most of the experimental validation is complete.

Outside of the International Annihilation Theory Organization, there are also many scholars who have questioned the mutation element, and even the public opinion has a lot of doubts.

In fact, this is the result of the media guiding public opinion.

For many countries and institutions, doubts about variable elements are only beneficial and not harmful.

The Anti-Gravity Behavior Research Center is a research institution that they cannot control, and a lot of doubts can damage the authority of the Anti-Gravity Behavior Research Center.

If the mutated elements are real, a large number of questioning voices may also force the anti-gravity research center to disclose more experimental data and evidence.

In fact, similar practices also illustrate the concerns of many institutions.

In the field of materials science, countries and institutions headed by American have always occupied a dominant position. Compared with the highest international level, the domestic material technology is far behind, even much larger than other scientific and technological fields.

For example, the field of chips that has attracted much public attention.

There is a "several generations" gap between the domestic chip technology and the international top level, but the "several generations" also has a clear number. Maybe a lot of manpower and material resources are invested in research, and there is a chance to catch up in a few years or more than ten years .

The field of materials is different.

Many top-notch materials cannot be produced in China. It does not mean that research cannot be carried out, but research in the field of materials does not necessarily pay off, and in many cases the gains outweigh the losses.

For example, materials in a certain civilian field have always been dependent on imports, and there will be no large companies investing in research.

Because even if a lot of manpower and material resources are invested and the corresponding manufacturing method is researched, the manufacturing cost may be higher than the import price, which means that the research has no economic value.

The market is also a key factor limiting the development of materials.

Now there is a brand new mutated element, and only the Antigravity Behavior Research Center has used high-end technology to manufacture it, which is equivalent to opening up a new field of material science.

This new field may lead to great progress and development of materials science.

Most critically, they do not have manufacturing capabilities.

This is what worries many institutions, they will no longer have a technological monopoly in the field of materials.

Public opinion is fermented on this basis. As time goes by, conspiracy theories have even taken a dominant position, which has also affected domestic public opinion.

The domestic mainstream public opinion will naturally not criticize the Anti-Gravity Behavior Research Center, but some special remarks, "Maybe this time is a smoke bomb, we have a monopoly position in related technologies, and they have no way to do anything."

"This is the benefit of mastering the most advanced technology!"

"In the frontier field of annihilation physics, we have the most advanced technology. Just releasing an experiment result, even if it is a fake news, can cause such a big impact..."

"It's just that it's a bit too exaggerated to say what mutated elements were found!"

Of course, this weird atmosphere of public opinion cannot be allowed to develop, otherwise the Antigravity Behavior Research Center may be affected.

So Wang Hao stood up.

He was interviewed by a reporter from the most influential TV station in China, and he said with certainty, "The experiments we released have no problems, they are all real, and there are no smoke bombs or conspiracies that public opinion says."

"As for the International Annihilation Theory Organization, their technology is just not up to standard, and they haven't created a stronger annihilation force field."

"The extraction of mutated elements is very difficult because the content is extremely small. Up to now, we have invested a lot of money, manpower, and material resources, and we have only extracted a few grams."

"specific?"

"Probably more than a billion."

Wang Hao estimated the number, "I'm not sure, it's just that the manufacturing cost is very high."

"We also know the reason for the public's doubts, so we are discussing whether to make the results public to the world, or to involve other institutions in the research."

"After all, technology belongs to all mankind!"

……

Wang Hao's personal influence is great.

He publicly accepted the interview, explained the authenticity of the experiment, and also mentioned that the disclosure of the results to the world may allow other institutions to participate in the research, which immediately changed the direction of public opinion.

Domestic public opinion has undergone great changes, and international public opinion has also been greatly affected.

Many people began to look forward to the so-called sharing of results, or the issue of involving other institutions in the research, and some scholars sent emails to inquire.

Among them, Novotini is the most typical one. He directly asked about the disclosure of results, and also asked about the possibility of collaborative research in the future.

Novotini is one of the top scholars of the International Annihilation Theory Organization and is still very influential internationally.

After seeing the content of the email, Wang Hao chuckled and understood the meaning.

In fact, Novotini’s concern is cooperation, not the research of variable elements, because the research of variable elements is directly related to materials science. In Novotini’s field, he must pay more attention to the manufacturing of variable elements. To create mutated elements, one must be able to create a stronger annihilation force field.

Wang Hao replied with two sentences, "Mr. Novotini, in the research of annihilation force field, there will definitely be opportunities for cooperation in the future."

"As for the research on mutated elements..."

"You'll know right away."

……

Novotini did find out quickly.

Two days later.

The florist's science and technology department released information about mutated elements, which immediately attracted major international attention.

The information released by the science and technology department can be described in one sentence, "We decided to share the extracted mutated iron element with the international material organization for research."

There is no further explanation in the follow-up.

Some large international organizations that responded quickly contacted the science and technology department and knew the way of 'sharing'. They need to pay for the cost of manufacturing and extracting mutated elements.

specific price--
One gram, one hundred million dollars.

(End of this chapter)