Chapter 418 Witness the Moment of History

The superconducting critical temperature that Ning Chen refers to is naturally not something that can be achieved under ultra-high pressure, but a true room-temperature superconductor under normal pressure.

To be able to come up with such an experimental idea, in addition to Ning Chen's previously accumulated knowledge of materials science and materials-related scientific research and experiments, it is also inseparable from the discovery of moonstone, as well as the structure and preparation methods of moonstone during this period. Research.

According to Ning Chen's plan, they can successfully prepare this "room temperature superconductor" within a month at the earliest, and according to Xiaozhi's estimation, the success rate of the experiment has reached more than 50%. .

Ning Chen and others are very excited and looking forward to it when they think that room temperature superconductivity is really going to be realized. Ning Chen has even planned to carry out the experiment in the future after it is successfully completed. What applications.

"These days, there has been little change in the completion progress of my new generation of industrial revolution. It seems that major technological breakthroughs are still needed to complete this task."

Seeing the task completion progress bar on the system interface, Ning Chen realized that the scientific research results of Moonstone's laboratory preparation would not have much to do with the new generation of industrial revolution. Revolutionary technologies such as room-temperature superconductivity were still needed. Only with advanced technology can we help ourselves achieve the goals of the industrial revolution.

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As relevant preparations were gradually improved, Ning Chen's experimental team officially began research on the preparation of room temperature superconductor materials.

In the years that Ning Chen has been doing scientific research, this is probably the most challenging research topic that Ning Chen has done. Its difficulty is even greater than that of controllable nuclear fusion. It is considered by many to be a research project. An impossible goal.

After all, although the research on controllable nuclear fusion was considered "forever fifty years", at least there is still some hope.

However, room temperature superconducting technology, it is difficult for people to even see the hope of successful research. Some people even think that this is a technology that violates conventional science, because if this magical substance really exists, then it will not even be "eternal". Motives" can all be created.

But Ning Chen doesn't think so, because he has successfully made breakthroughs in controllable nuclear fusion technology, and room temperature superconductivity is not an impossible technology.

Over the years, humans have continued to reproduce technologies that once existed only in concepts into reality, and Ning Chen will continue to rely on his own strength to accomplish these seemingly impossible things.

As Ning Chen expected, after the experiment started, everyone encountered many difficult problems. However, under the leadership of Ning Chen, everyone did not retreat because of these difficulties, but continued to maintain motivation and concentration, and worked together to achieve the goal. solve these problems.

This has allowed Xiaozhi's successful completion rate of this project to continue to rise from 50% at the beginning to 60% or 70%...

With the end of the first phase of the experiment, Ning Chen called everyone together to summarize the experiment at this stage and plan the next experimental plan.

This is Ning Chen's habitual way of handling scientific research work. In addition to regular summaries, Ning Chen will not blindly conduct experiments according to the original plan, but will conduct subsequent experiments based on the results of previous experiments. Fine-tuning is planned to ensure that these experimental solutions are the optimal solution under the current circumstances.

"Overall, our experiments at this stage are very successful. We have solved many synthesis methods of molecular structures and phase change structures. About 50% of the synthesis work of the target products has been completed. Artificial intelligence The success rate of prediction experiments is also constantly improving. But at the same time, we must continue to maintain a cautious attitude, because in the near future, we will encounter the most difficult part of this experiment..."

In Ning Chen's previous plan, he believed that the most difficult part of this experiment was to apply the complex material structure of moonstone to the target superconductor.

Although Ning Chen and others have overcome the problem of synthesizing this structure in previous laboratory experiments on moonstone synthesis, in fact, the difficulty of reproducing the same material structure in different materials is completely different. Previous successful experiences , and it cannot be directly copied intact.

However, after having a large amount of experimental data from the first stage, Ning Chen has thought of some possible solutions to this problem and shared these methods with everyone.

"As for the follow-up experimental plan, I now have two general directions. The first one is to follow the normal way and try to add the special structure of moonstone on the basis of the original superconducting material. In this way The experimental cycle is very long, but the method is relatively mature. The second method is to adopt a brand-new concept, first prepare a separate special structure of moonstone, and then conduct the entire material around this special structure. Preparation work. This plan does not have any successful experience, but there is a certain chance of successfully synthesizing the target substance faster..."

After listening to Ning Chen's two methods, everyone did not respond immediately, but began to think quietly.

As Ning Chen just said, if it is like usual, everyone will definitely adopt the first method by default, because this is probably everyone's only choice.

However, the second material preparation method proposed by Ning Chen also has a lot of room for experimentation. It can even synthesize the target product faster than conventional methods. This makes everyone unable to help but tend to choose such a set of solutions. .

After everyone thought about it, Ning Chen was a little surprised by everyone's final choice.

"Unexpectedly, more people still prefer the second plan. Compared with the traditional plan, everyone prefers to try some novel plans."

Including Xu Zhou, Song Xiyun, Sui Feng and others, all chose the second plan. Only Yuan Shuai, a more conservative teacher, still firmly chose the first experimental plan.

Of course, Yuan Shuai is not that stubborn and rigid person, but based on the current technical level, Yuan Shuai feels that the first option is a safer solution.

"Teacher Ning, I actually think that trying the second option is a very good choice, but it is best not to give up the first option easily, in case the second option turns out to be not as easy as imagined. , we can still retain hope that the experiment will be successful."

The former commander explained to Ning Chen the reason why he chose the first option to prevent Ning Chen from misunderstanding his idea.

Naturally, Ning Chen would not really have any bad thoughts about the former commander because of this. In fact, Ning Chen laid out these two experimental methods for everyone to choose, and he did not have to choose one of the two methods.

"Teacher Yuan, as you said, these two methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. Originally, I also hoped that these two experiments could be carried out at the same time, so I will continue to follow my idea and carry out this experiment. .”

Under Ning Chen's arrangement, the laboratory was divided into two groups. One group was led by the former commander and used conventional methods to synthesize room temperature superconductors. Another group, headed by Ning Chen himself, is trying to use new methods to synthesize room-temperature superconductors.

But whether it is a conventional method or a new method, Ningchen's latest "material synthesis optimization" technology will be added. It is based on materials science big data and supplemented by artificial intelligence to help everyone in the optimal way. Complete the synthesis of materials.

After the final plan was formulated and the task assignments were completed, the new experiment officially began.

Song Xiyun was assigned to the same group as Ning Chen. After the experiment started, Song Xiyun said to Ning Chen through biological programming:

"Ning Chen, I will definitely help you so that our team can synthesize room temperature superconductors faster."

Song Xiyun's words seemed a little childish, just like a performance competition between students. However, in Ning Chen's eyes, Song Xiyun looked a little cute, which added some motivation to their experiment.

"Okay, then let's prove together that our method is possible."

According to Ning Chen's idea, everyone worked together to prepare the special material structure existing in the moonstone.

Of course, this material structure cannot exist alone, because if it exists alone, the strong force will destroy the normal stable structure of the material. Therefore, Ning Chen must prepare a separate framework for this structure to support it. The stability of the material structure can be replaced by other structures later.

The difficulty of this experiment is how to construct a material framework that is easy to replace, so that when the structure is replaced, the stability of the material will not be seriously affected, so as to avoid the result that it is difficult to complete the synthesis experiment.

After two weeks of research, Ning Chen, Song Xiyun and others successfully created a new type of nanomaterial. This nanomaterial has no other special properties. Its only advantage is that it is very suitable for the research of this experiment. Because it does not easily react with other experimental raw materials and is very easy to replace.

This experimental result made Ning Chen, Song Xiyun and others feel very excited, because they all understood that with such a key result, the subsequent experiments could proceed smoothly.

"Teacher Ning, fortunately we have a technology called 'Material Synthesis Optimization' that allows us to make this new type of nanomaterial so quickly. Such a perfect framework material... This is really in line with our experiment this time. Asked for it!”

As the world's top nanomaterials expert, Xu Zhou had to admire Ning Chen's research results. Xu Zhou knew in his heart that even in the branch field of nanomaterials, he was definitely not as good as Ning Chen.

"Yes, 'Material Synthesis Optimization' is indeed a very good tool. Its biggest advantage is that it can directly provide the most suitable solutions according to our goals. Even if these solutions may not be the most perfect, there are already very large Next, we can discuss how to replace these nanomaterials one by one."

The substance they synthesized is not yet a superconductor, let alone a room temperature superconductor, but according to Xiaozhi's assessment, everyone is getting closer to the final goal.

After learning about the research progress of Ning Chen's team, Yuan Shuai was very excited and did not feel any disappointment or sense of crisis because of the "competitive relationship" between the two teams.

When he originally chose to be in charge of this team, Yuan Shuai was just trying to implement a backup plan. Yuan Shuai didn't really hope that his experimental team could compare with Ning Chen's experimental team. Instead, he hoped that Ning Chen's experimental team could go smoothly. to accomplish their goals.

After all, if my team succeeded first, although it would be a very gratifying thing, it would still be limited to traditional experimental methods and would not achieve a breakthrough in experimental methods.

Yuan Shuai even wished that the work he had done was just useless work. Of course, even if Ning Chen's team's experiment succeeded first, the experimental data produced by Yuan Shuai's team would definitely be of great value.

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In the following experiments, Ning Chen and others successfully replaced these nanomaterial frameworks step by step, and gradually synthesized the "room temperature superconductor" they aimed for.

At the moment when the experiment was successfully completed, the entire project team members were very excited, and some couldn't believe that they could actually complete the synthesis of this substance in a completely new way.

Although Yuan Shuai did not participate in this group's experiment, he was equally happy with their results.

However, the former commander still tried hard to suppress his inner excitement and continued to stay at his post and carry out the synthesis work using traditional methods.

The reason why the former commander did not stop his work immediately is because the current experimental work is not over yet. Even though Ning Chen's team has successfully completed the preparation of the material, it has not been confirmed that the material is a superconductor or even a superconductor. Room temperature superconductors.

Ning Chen seemed to have known something in advance. He came to the experimental group of the former commander and said to the former commander:

"Teacher Yuan, your experiment here can be suspended for a while, and we will take everyone to our experimental group over there to participate in the experiment."

Hearing Ning Chen's words, the former commander was stunned for a moment, then nodded and replied:

"Okay, I'll let everyone pack up the experimental equipment and then take them there."

If you don't know Ning Chen well, you might think that Ning Chen did this because he was showing off his experimental results.