From all-round academic master to chief scientist

Dingguang Research Institute, Superconducting Laboratory.

There are many laboratories in the Superconducting Laboratory, and Laboratory No. 1 is the most luxurious laboratory. It not only includes APRES, the "electron structure microscope", but also various other microscopes, such as scanning tunneling microscopes, etc. In addition, there are many other instruments specially used for analysis. All in all, the cost of building such a No. 1 laboratory alone is as high as hundreds of millions.

At the same time, Laboratory 1 can also support a team of at least twenty people to work together internally at the same time.

However, in such a well-equipped laboratory, there is only one person conducting experiments at this moment.

Of course it would be Lin Xiao.

Of course, he can use everything in the Dingguang Research Institute at will. It can be said that he has the right to use anything in the Dingguang Research Institute, but the final ownership belongs to the state.

At this time, because it was still the Chinese New Year, there were not many people in the institute. Lin Xiao was using the No. 1 Superconducting Laboratory alone, and no one paid attention.

Of course, it is very necessary for him to conduct experiments alone.

After all, what he wanted to experiment next was the room-temperature superconductor given by the system.

After closing and locking the laboratory door, he came to an experimental table.

He took out the transparent plastic box from his arms and looked at the ten centimeter long and 0.25 square centimeter thick piece of black material lying quietly inside. Lin Xiao's eyes showed a little excitement.

Finally, we can see how this legendary room-temperature superconductor can achieve superconductivity in a normal environment.

Then, he took out this black conductor.

The conductor has a metallic texture, but it is also very tough.

Toughness is exactly a property that superconductors need to have. A superconductor that cannot be bent is obviously not suitable for large-scale use.

Of course, Lin Xiao didn't pay too much attention. He had touched it many times before, and now was not the time to spend time touching it.

Soon, he stuck both ends of the wire on a conductor testing device on the experimental bench.

This testing device can monitor various data such as the resistance of the conductor being tested, and is very accurate and can measure a resistance value of 0.000001.

Then, he turned on the switch, and the current passed through the entire circuit instantly. However, the value on the measuring meter was still zero.

Seeing this scene, Lin Xiao's brows moved, and then he sighed in his heart.

What a magical scene.

At this time, the temperature in the laboratory was 25 degrees Celsius, a very standard room temperature, and the air pressure was basically one standard atmosphere, without much difference.

But this black conductor has achieved superconductivity in this environment.

Although this scene is very scientific, in Lin Xiao's opinion, it is still very scientific.

Perhaps such a small section of room-temperature superconductor cannot be used to build cables or do other things. However, if it is wound into a ring and then a current is passed through it, when the critical current reaches its critical current, it will become a superconductor. Strong energy storage equipment.

This is superconducting energy storage.

Superconductors are not without resistance, but the resistance is so low that it takes at least 100,000 years for the current in them to be completely exhausted.

In this way, superconductors become excellent energy storage devices.

For example, it can store excess power generation during low power consumption periods, and then directly and instantaneously release it during peak power consumption periods to relieve the pressure on power generation.

Of course, this is only for civilian use. If it is for military use, since the huge current it stores can be sent out instantly, then it is obvious that it has become the best carrier of laser weapon energy. The huge electrical energy can instantly bring energy to the laser. Stronger energy, resulting in more destructive attacks.

In addition to this, superconductors can also be used to generate electricity. By replacing the coils in the generator with superconducting coils, it can achieve lossless power generation!

Moreover, the size of the generator can also be made very small, thereby reducing the energy consumption of driving the generator. It can be used in more places in the future, such as on all-electric ships, or cars, etc.

In short, even such a small section of normal temperature superconductor can play an extremely powerful role.

Thinking about the countless functions of room-temperature superconductors, Lin Xiao could never calm down.

But soon, he fixed his gaze and said, "Okay, there's no point in thinking about it so much. Now it's time to test the specific performance."

The properties of superconductors are critical temperature, critical current density, and critical magnetic field strength.

After a quick test, Lin Xiao's eyes lit up.

"The critical temperature is 69 degrees Celsius, the critical current density is 4.514*10^11A/m, and... the critical magnetic field strength is 19T!"

"Oh my god...my system!"

Lin Xiao's heart was filled with excitement.

The critical temperature of 69 degrees means that this conductor does not even need to be set to a normal temperature environment when working. For example, when working in some high-temperature environments, the critical temperature of 69 degrees is enough to make it competent for more jobs.

And its critical current density of 4.514*10^11A/m is a data that makes Lin Xiao extremely excited. Even niobium-titanium alloy can only withstand a maximum critical current density of 10^9A/m, which is hundreds of times higher. difference!

As for its maximum critical magnetic field strength of 19T, Lin Xiao directly thought of two things. One was a particle collider, and the other was magnetic confinement nuclear fusion!

Magnetic confinement nuclear fusion is a way to achieve nuclear fusion. It uses a strong magnetic field to control the high-temperature plasma inside to achieve nuclear fusion power generation. The particle collider also uses a strong magnetic field to control the collision of charged particles inside.

At this time, the larger the magnetic field, the better. For the former, it can better control the internal plasma. For the latter, a stronger magnetic field means stronger collision energy.

Whether it is CERN's LHC particle collider or China's magnetic confinement nuclear fusion tokamak device Eastern Hyperring EAST, they all use niobium-titanium alloy to provide magnetic fields.

Niobium-titanium alloy can withstand a critical magnetic field strength of up to 10T, which means that it can only be used to generate a magnetic field of up to 10T. The maximum magnetic field strength of the LHC is 8T, and the ring magnetic field strength of EAST is 3.5

And once it is replaced by the normal-temperature superconductor that Lin Xiao has in hand now, their magnetic field strength has a chance to double.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao suddenly became even more excited.

Unexpectedly, the room-temperature superconductor the system gave him was not just a room-temperature superconductor, but even a room-temperature superconductor with such strong basic performance.

This made him eager to see what this thing was made of.

He did it as soon as he thought of it. He immediately took this thing and started analyzing the ingredients and structure.

First, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy is used to analyze its composition. It can be determined that this is an inorganic substance because there is no carbon inside. Then XRD, that is, X-ray diffraction analysis, is used to analyze the crystal phase. Then the microstructure is continued using a scanning electron microscope. Come and observe.

Although Lin Xiao was familiar with it, it took a lot of effort to achieve the final result.

When seeing the final result, Lin Xiao couldn't help but exclaimed: "This is actually a compound formed by combining iron-based substances and cuprates?"

He felt extremely surprised in his heart.

Can these two things be combined together?

This is a compound, which can be classified as a pure substance, not a mixture like an alloy.

Lin Xiao felt outrageous. Of course, considering that this is a room-temperature superconductor with such an incredible structure, it is understandable.

Lin Xiao even felt a little lucky. After all, this meant that the normal temperature superconductor was relatively cheap at least in terms of raw materials.

Of course, there is something else to say about the production process. Cheap raw materials do not mean that the final cost is also cheap. Silicon wafers are undoubtedly one example.

"Hmm...it seems we need to study how this thing is produced again."

Lin Xiao felt a headache again.

Therefore, reverse engineering is a very troublesome research project.

"No matter, let's get on with it."

Of course, at this time, he does not need to do it alone. He only needs to take out the microstructure and molecular formula, and then study it with others.

After all, even if others see this thing, they won't know its specific function for the time being.

So Lin Xiao made a choice, and finally chose Zhao Sheng, who he had worked with before. They had studied RDX crystals together.

After a phone call, Zhao Sheng, who was still celebrating the New Year, was directly pulled over by Lin Xiao.

"My Director Lin, I'm teasing my granddaughter, so you just come to me. If there's nothing important, I won't be finished!"

When he came to the laboratory, Zhao Sheng said with a smile.

Lin Xiao chuckled and directly gave him the relevant information on iron-based cuprate: "This is the thing. I'm looking for you just to get it out."

Seeing Lin Xiao's somewhat malicious look, Zhao Sheng took the information with some doubts. As soon as he took a look at it, he immediately complained: "Good guy, it's made of iron and copper acid. What the hell is this?" Something? It wasn’t enough to study an RDX pure silicon crystal with you last time, and now you’re going to cause trouble to me, right? If you don’t do it, I won’t do it.”

Seeing Zhao Sheng like this, Lin Xiao guessed that he needed to explain briefly, so he said: "This is a high-temperature superconductor."

Zhao Sheng was stunned for a moment, thinking that Lin Xiao had indeed been studying superconductors recently, he immediately calmed down and asked curiously: "What kind of high-temperature superconductor? You are iron-based and cuprate, so you can't ...It solves the shortcoming of cuprate superconductors that cannot be bent, right?"

Hearing Zhao Sheng's message, Lin Xiao smiled and said: "Yes, according to my calculations, this thing can indeed solve that problem. Just tell me whether you want to do it or not?"

"Do it!"

Zhao Sheng immediately forgot what he just said.

Just kidding, if you can really prepare a high-temperature superconductor that can bend, it will definitely be a more practical superconductor!

Of course he wouldn't miss this kind of thing.

Lin Xiao looked as if he was watching a fish take the bait, and brought out a confidentiality agreement with a smile, "Then let's sign this thing first, then prepare it, and let's start research?"

Zhao Sheng nodded: "No problem!"