Galactic Tech Empire

Chapter 252 Success and Failure

2 month 1 day.

There are still three days until New Year's Eve.

Many people are already posting Spring Festival couplets to buy new year's goods.

Huang Haojie is still busy in various research institutes.

Under strong pressure, the semi-finished dark red submetallic oxygen is slowly decomposing.

Li Xiang looked at the parameters of the instrument, and then recorded some data.

After these days of experiments, the Institute of Materials has successfully raised the stability of the submetallic oxide (dark red) to a very good state.

At this time, the submetallic oxygen (dark red) has a density of 1971 kilograms per cubic meter and can be maintained at standard atmospheric pressure below 46 degrees Celsius.

Below 46 degrees Celsius is the stable zone, 46-76 degrees Celsius is the relatively stable zone, and above 76 degrees Celsius is the unstable zone.

After a while, the semi-finished metallox (dark red) in the instrument has become a denser stable metallox state.

The researchers took out the stable metal oxide from the instrument and went to the laboratory for testing.

"Ordinary submetallic oxygen is no longer a problem, and it can be mass-produced soon, but superconducting submetallic oxygen is difficult." Li Xiang said helplessly to Huang Haojie.

Huang Haojie has already read the experimental report. Superconducting metallox is also light blue metallox. The reason why superconducting metallox is difficult to deal with is mainly the problem of mutation.

In the beginning, Li Xiang and his experiment went smoothly, and within three days they raised the maintenance temperature of the superconducting metallox to about minus 23 degrees Celsius.

However, after entering minus 23 degrees Celsius, the properties of the superconducting metallox oxide suddenly appeared. After the pressure broke through the critical point, the superconducting metallox oxygen suddenly disappeared.

After breaking through the critical point, the whole superconducting submetallic oxygen turns into a dark red stable submetallic oxygen.

"There is a long way to go!" Huang Haojie helplessly spread his hands.

"I'm really not reconciled! If the superconducting submetallic oxide can be stored at room temperature, then the production cost will definitely not be as bad as iron-silver room temperature superconductors." Li Xiang said unwillingly.

"Scientific research is not infrastructure. Sometimes we are just a little bit lucky."

"I plan to continue the room temperature superconductor project, how about it?"

"You are the director of the Materials Research Institute, you decide for yourself."

"Then continue with the project."

"Actually, we don't have to dig deep into the dead end. There are still a lot of elements on the periodic table. Why not try other elements." Huang Haojie suggested.

Li Xiang looked at him in surprise: "Why didn't I think of it?"

"The authorities are fans." Huang Haojie replied with a smile.

"If you choose other elements, I will consider nitrogen and sulfur first." Li wanted to name two elements.

Huang Haojie was not surprised by this answer. The reason why he chose nitrogen and sulfur was mainly because of their huge reserves and easy availability.

And those rare elements are not within the scope of the first consideration.

After all, Yinhe Technology itself has iron-silver room-temperature superconductor products. If the cost of the newly developed room-temperature superconductor is still the same as that of a bird, what do I need you for?
Therefore, rare elements are the first to go out, such as rare gases such as helium, and tellurium, which is also an oxygen group element, do not need to be considered.

Even if it is developed, the price must be very touching, so there is no need to do such useless work.

Therefore, nitrogen with the largest atmospheric content and sulfur among the oxygen group elements are the first choice for experiments.

As for other elements, wait until the results of nitrogen and sulfur come out.

"Then I wish you success."

"I hope everything goes well!" Li Xiang raised his glasses and replied.

"By the way, Happy New Year!"

"Uh... is it New Years already?"

"..." Huang Haojie didn't know how to answer this question.

"See if you're free." Li Xiang opened the holographic bracelet to himself, and then flipped through his schedule:
"On the 6th... on the 7th..." he muttered while flipping through the schedule.

"Forget it, just make a phone call and go back."

"Go home and spend New Year's Eve!" Huang Haojie couldn't stand it anymore.

This guy is too obsessed with research, he stays in the research institute all day long, and usually doesn't go home. Although his villa is less than three kilometers away from the research institute, the days he goes back all year round are few and far between.

Fortunately, Li Xiang is not an only child, otherwise his parents would not be happy even if they live in a villa.

A typical scientific research dead house, it is about people like Li Xiang, who has a man in a laboratory that he doesn't even need a woman.

"When is New Year's Eve?"

"No. 4, the day after tomorrow." Huang Haojie replied helplessly.

"No, I have one on the 4th..."

"With your head! Everything will be postponed for a day, and you have to let go of this leave if you don't want to! Otherwise, I will let Chengan ask someone to tie you back."

Nima's!Even taking a vacation must be enforced, do you think it's easy for me?
Watching Li Xiang reluctantly go back to the laboratory.

He almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. Others are eager to have a holiday every day, but these guys are good, they can't wait to work overtime every day.

Of course, this has something to do with the scientific research system of Yinhe Technology. After all, those researchers who have made a lot of achievements are definitely the existence of the diamond king.

Just like Li Xiang, it is easy to make more than one billion Chinese yuan a year. Another example is Dr. Yuan Quan of the Seawater Desalination Research Institute.

Although there are a small number of top researchers with this kind of income, even for ordinary researchers, it is easy to earn a million dollars a year.

Moreover, their money is not deposited in the bank with interest, but is invested by the trust fund of Mars Group, and the annual growth rate is generally around 5 to 15%.

In addition, Galaxy Technology will reward or allocate the dry shares of some of its companies to employees.

The employees of Galaxy Technology are all high-income groups, so in order not to lose this job, many employees work hard.

The researchers are fancy patent fees and shares.

……

Huang Haojie asked Zhong to inform the management committee of the research institute, asking them to formulate a vacation and rest plan as soon as possible, so as to prevent some researchers from staying in the research institute all day long. If something goes wrong, it will not only be a loss, but also a trouble.

After arranging this matter, Huang Haojie came to the Hydrogen and Oxygen Engine Research Institute again.

Inside the mountain laboratory of the institute.

Huang Haojie and Qin Tongxing, the director, are watching the testing of a rocket engine.

Boom boom boom...

The light blue tail flame, even through the thick protective glass, can still feel the violence contained in the engine.

On the instrument beside him, Huang Haojie looked at the important parameters of the two rocket engines, specific impulse and thrust.

[Specific impulse: 372 seconds...377 seconds...]
[Thrust: 547 tons. ]
The specific impulse is still beating constantly.

The specific impulse is the momentum that can be generated by a unit of fuel, that is to say, the combustion efficiency.

And the greater the specific impulse of the rocket engine, the greater the load, which applies in any case.

The greater the thrust of the rocket engine, the greater the load, which is obvious at the first level, not so obvious at the second level, and the impact at the third level is very small.

Therefore, generally speaking, the first stage or booster chooses kerosene and solid engines with high thrust and relatively small specific impulse, while the second and third stages generally use hydrogen-oxygen engines with low thrust and high specific impulse.

However, the hydrogen-oxygen engine does not necessarily have low thrust, but the technology cannot meet the requirements of high thrust.

(End of this chapter)