From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

Chapter 332 Let's do it!
Dingguang Institute, Superconductivity Laboratory.

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

At the same time, Lab 1 can also support a team of at least 20 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.

That was naturally Lin Xiao.

Of course, he can use whatever is in the Dingguang Research Institute. It can be said that he has the right to use anything in the Dingguang Research Institute, but the ultimate ownership belongs to the state.

And this time period, because it is still the time of Chinese New Year, so there are not so many people in the institute. Lin Xiao uses the No. 1 superconducting laboratory alone, and no one pays attention to it.

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

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

After closing the door of the laboratory and locking it, he came to a laboratory bench.

Taking out the transparent plastic box from his bosom, Lin Xiao looked a little excited when he saw the ten centimeter long and 0.25 square centimeter thick black physics lying quietly inside.

Finally, I can see how the legendary room-temperature superconductor achieves superconductivity under normal conditions.

Then, he took out the black conductor.

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

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

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

Soon, he clamped both ends of the wire to a conductor testing device on the bench.

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

Then, he pulled on the switch, and the current passed through the entire circuit in an instant. However, the value on the meter was still zero.

Seeing this scene, Lin Xiao frowned, and then sighed in his heart.

What an amazing scene.

At this time, the temperature in the laboratory is 25 degrees Celsius, which is a very standard room temperature, and the air pressure is basically a standard atmospheric pressure, without much difference.

But this black conductor has achieved superconductivity in this environment.

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

Perhaps such a short 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 into it, when the critical current is reached, it will become a superconductor. Strong energy storage device.

This is superconducting energy storage.

Superconductors are not without resistance, but the resistance is so low that it takes at least 10 years for the current in them to be completely exhausted.

In this way, superconductors make excellent energy storage devices.

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

Of course, this is only for civilian use, and if it is for military use, since the huge electric current stored in it can be sent out instantly, it is obvious that it has become the best carrier of energy for laser weapons, and the huge electric energy can instantly bring energy to the laser. Stronger energy, resulting in more destructive attacks.

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

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

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

Thinking of the countless functions of room-temperature superconductors, Lin Xiao still couldn't calm down.

But soon, he fixed his eyes, "Okay, it's pointless to think so much, now it's time to test the specific performance."

The performance of superconductors, that is, critical temperature, critical current density, and critical magnetic field strength.

After the test soon, Lin Xiao's eyes lit up.

“69摄氏度的临界温度，4.514*10^11A/m的临界电流密度，还有……19T的临界磁场强度！”

"Oh my god...my system!"

Lin Xiao's heart was full of excitement.

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

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

As for its critical magnetic field strength of up to 19T, it directly reminded Lin Xiao of two things, one is a particle collider, and the other is magnetic confinement nuclear fusion!

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

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

Regardless of whether it is CERN's LHC particle collider or Huaguo's magnetic confinement nuclear fusion tokamak device East Super Ring EAST, they all use niobium-titanium alloys 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 10T, while the highest magnetic field strength of LHC is 8T, while the ring magnetic field strength of EAST is 3.5
And once they are replaced by the room temperature superconductor that Lin Xiao is holding now, their magnetic field strength will have a chance to be doubled.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao's heart suddenly became more excited.

I didn't expect that the room-temperature superconductor that the system gave me was not only 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.

As soon as he thought about it, he immediately took this thing and started to analyze the composition and structure.

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

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

When seeing the final result, Lin Xiao couldn't help exclaiming: "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?
This is a compound, which can be classified as a pure substance, not a mixture like an alloy.

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

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

Of course, the production process also says that cheap raw materials do not mean that the final cost is also cheap. Silicon wafers are undoubtedly one of the examples.

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

Lin Xiao felt a headache again.

So reverse engineering is a very troublesome research project.

"It doesn't matter, just keep doing it."

Of course, at this time, he doesn't need to do it alone, he just needs to take out the microstructure and molecular formula, and then research it with others.

After all, even if others see this thing, they will not know its specific function for the time being.

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

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

"My Director Lin, I'm teasing my granddaughter, so you just bring me here. If there's nothing important, I'm not 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: "Just this thing, I came to you just to get it out."

Seeing Lin Xiao's malicious look, Zhao Sheng took the information with some doubts, just glanced at it, and immediately complained: "Good guy, it's iron and copper acid, what the hell is this?" Something? The last time I studied an RDX pure silicon crystal with you was not enough, now you are going to trouble me again, right? No, I won’t do it.”

Seeing Zhao Sheng like this, Lin Xiao guessed that he needed a brief explanation, so he said, "This is a high-temperature superconductor."

Zhao Sheng was taken aback for a moment, thinking that Lin Xiao was indeed researching superconductors recently, he immediately restrained himself, and then asked curiously: "What kind of high-temperature superconductor? You are iron-based and cuprate. ...Is it to solve the shortcoming that cuprate superconductors cannot be bent?"

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

"Fuck it!"

Zhao Sheng immediately forgot what he said just now.

Just kidding, if a high-temperature superconductor that can be bent can be prepared, 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 looking at the bait of a fish, and brought a non-disclosure agreement with a smile, "Then let's sign this thing first, and then prepare for it, so let's start researching it?"

Zhao Sheng nodded: "No problem!"

(End of this chapter)