Chapter 614: How to Put an Elephant in a Freezer

In the laboratories of the Seventh Institute, a group of experts and professors gathered around the table in the middle, staring at a small thing on the table.

It was a transparent cube about one centimeter square. Inside the cube was a silver-gray metal object the size of a grain of rice, which was also square.

They have worked so hard to get such a thing.

The opened box was placed on one side, with a few words written on it:

"Don't tear it down, it's dangerous, trust me!"

Seeing these words, Qingzhong Yang wanted to scold his mother, whose evil intention is this!

I used to think it was Nan Ming's bad taste, but now it seems that these brats have learned badly one by one.

"Is there only this one thing, and nothing else? Didn't explain anything?" an expert asked.

Qingzhong Yang rolled his eyes and said, "Mr. Lu from Lanshen Special Industries said that this is the sample."

"What is this?" the expert asked again.

"I still want to ask you." Qingzhong Yang was about to roll his eyes.

Do you want to give you a set of supporting production technology?

"I think...it's a bit like a diamond..." A young researcher looked at the cube and said.

Having said that, someone immediately took it out carefully, took a photo with a magnifying glass, and said, "It really looks like a diamond..."

After two and a half hours of testing, the thing that looked like a diamond and felt like a diamond was confirmed.

It's just a diamond, but in a special way.

"This thing looks like a diamond, and it is indeed a single carbon substance, but in fact it is a combination of artificial diamonds and carbon nanotubes to make up for the fragility of diamonds and the poor force bearing ability on some cleavage surfaces. Shortcomings, this kind of..." the deputy director said.

"Speak in human language." Qingzhong Yang became impatient, how could he understand.

"Sir, you must have broken glass. The cross-section of glass has very clear lines, and sometimes it has a very smooth cross-section. This is the cleavage plane. Diamonds have this characteristic and are very brittle in certain directions... "

Seeing that Qingzhong Yang was still a little puzzled, he picked up the box next to it that said "Don't open it, it's dangerous, trust me", rolled up a ball of paper, stuffed it in, and closed the box, but the paper inside was quickly worn out. Open the box, so that the box can not be closed.

"The cleavage surface of a diamond is like the opening of a box, which is not very resistant to pressure and is very easy to break open."

Then the deputy director took the transparent glue and wrapped it around the outside of the box, and the box finally stopped breaking open.

"This man-made diamond is like a layer of adhesive tape tied on the outside of the box that is easy to break open. The people of Lanshen Technology fixed and strengthened a layer of highly isotropic carbon nanotubes on the outside of the diamond in a certain way. Completely wrap it up." Deputy Director Shui Yahuazi, "I have never seen such a huge and pure man-made diamond, and this carbon nanotube technology, it is too advanced... two kinds of materials Combined, it is basically the strongest material created by humans at room temperature, and the accomplishments of Lanshen Technology in materials science are amazing."

"That is to say, it took you two and a half hours to figure out that this is a diamond box?" Qing Zhongyang glared angrily, isn't this a waste of time? "I want to know what's in there!"

From the very beginning, all he wanted to know was what was inside the diamond!

Who cares what the diamonds on the outside are for?

The deputy director was speechless. He didn't know how to explain the thinking of scientists to Qingzhong Yang. They had to make bold assumptions, carefully verify, and confirm one item before proceeding to the next one.

Moreover, they have just confirmed what is inside, and they are under great pressure. This is already great progress.

"Chief, from the appearance, the inside is a kind of metal or an alloy. In fact, it is very simple to open it, and it can be ignited with a blowtorch, but..." the deputy director picked up the writing paper again. They can't open the box with the words "Don't open it, it's dangerous, trust me!"

The melting point of diamond is 6900 degrees, which can be said to be very high, but in an oxygen environment, the ignition point of diamond is only 800 degrees. A blowtorch can boil it.

But it was the only sample they had, and they couldn't afford to open it yet.

"Actually, we have a guess, but this guess is too impossible, so..." the deputy director said, "Judging from the need for carbon nanotubes to be bound, this is a gas that exhibits a metallic state under ultra-high pressure. "

The deputy director paused, and said, "As for what's inside, we still need to conduct a more detailed analysis..."

Yang Yixing in Qingzhong was unimpressed, these people are really dead, and they still need to study and study, why can't they be a little more neat?

"Actually, Chief, I have a guess that it may contain... metallic hydrogen."

In fact, this guess was made long before Qingzhong Yang got back such a product.

After they took apart the bulge by hand, the bulge exploded, and the explosion produced a smell of water vapor. They tested the explosion residue, and there was only one substance, water.

So the explosive should be hydrogen.

As a superconductor, there is only one theoretical product that does not exist on the earth-metal hydrogen.

The deputy director gave Qingzhong Yang a popular science. In theory, as long as the pressure is strong enough, any object can show a "metal state", and hydrogen is the most special existence in the universe-it itself is a proton, and its metal The gaseous state is the most difficult to produce among all gases. It is theorized that metallic hydrogen exists in the core of gaseous planets such as Jupiter.

Metal hydrogen is a room-temperature superconductor, and it is also the best superconductor that can be found in human theory. It is the ultimate pursuit of superconducting technology.

After about five hours of testing, they finally confirmed the contents of the box.

"Now, we are 90% sure that there is hydrogen in the diamond box, maybe it is really metallic hydrogen." The deputy director came to report to Qingzhong Yang with a look of despair.

"Oh, that's great. Now that we know it's metallic hydrogen, can we make more superconductors?" Qingzhong Yang said full of hope.

The deputy director opened his mouth to say something, but finally swallowed and swallowed.

"What are you hesitating for?" Qingzhong Yang became angry, "Can it be made? Is it costly?"

"Although there is a 90% chance that it is metallic hydrogen, many of us think that it cannot be metallic hydrogen..." said the deputy director, "because, in any country on the planet, the existing technology does not Metal hydrogen may be created! Not to mention such a large piece! Unless they land on Jupiter and bring metal hydrogen back from Jupiter! To be honest, I would rather believe that they have been to Jupiter!"

Qingzhong Yang stared, this rice grain is big, but it can still be considered a big one?

...

Next door, Lazy God Special Industry, Lu Yeqian said: "Uncle Ming, do you think they figured out what it is?"

Just as Nan Ming was about to answer, the phone rang. He hissed and said, "The phone is coming."

Picking up the phone, Qingzhong Yang's voice came: "Xiao Ming, what exactly is this you gave me?"

"Metal hydrogen." Nan Ming said.

"You don't know that these people are arguing like crazy, what the hell is this? Is it metal hydrogen?"

"That's right, it's not a secret. You guys are going to test it stupidly, why don't you just ask me?" Nan Ming said.

Qingzhong Yang: "..."

He wants to kill.

"Isn't this thing impossible to manufacture?" Qingzhong Yang asked patiently.

"Yes, do you want me to write you a process for making metal hydrogen?" Nan Ming asked.

Five minutes later, Qingzhong Yang led a team of experts to kill Nan Ming.

Nan Ming took out a pen and wrote three lines on the paper:

"1. Fill the container with hydrogen gas."

"2. Pressurize the container to 500,000 atmospheres."

"3. Take the metal hydrogen out of the container, and keep the pressure in isolation from the air."

Then Nan Ming handed the note to Qingzhong Yang, the deputy director next to him snatched the note away, took a look, and his face changed, what are you kidding?

"Wait, I made a mistake." Nan Ming said suddenly, he beckoned to return the note, and then added another zero after 500,000.

Even if Qingzhong Yang didn't know how to make metal hydrogen, he still had a feeling of being tricked at this moment. Seeing the second step, he couldn't help thinking of a joke.

How to put an elephant in the freezer.

Step 1, open the refrigerator door. Step 2, put the elephant in...

The key is, how to put the elephant in it, drop it!