Qin Anguo acted very quickly. After receiving the reply from the Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, he rushed from the capital to Jinling the next day.
In the early morning, at the Chuanhai Institute of Materials, Xu Chuan, who was rushing to conduct experiments to study the optimization of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials, was caught red-handed by Qin Anguo and his party.
"Academician Xu, good morning."
Under the building, Qin Anguo walked up with a smile and greeted him warmly.
Seeing Qin Anguo, Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward with a smile and said, "Minister Qin, long time no see."
Since Gao Hongming was assigned, the Minister of Science and Technology has rarely appeared in front of him.
Qin Anguo smiled and exchanged greetings, then introduced: "Come on, let me introduce you."
"This is Academician Zhang Pingxiang from our Chinese Academy of Sciences. He mainly studies the field of superconducting materials and has long been engaged in research on practical low-temperature and high-temperature superconducting material preparation technologies."
"Academician Zhang, this is Academician Xu Chuanxu. We have been studying high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials for the past two days. It was Academician Xu who developed it."
Xu Chuan walked up with a smile, shook hands with Academician Zhang, and said hello.
Academician Zhang Pingxiang wore a pair of glasses, and his eyes looked a little dull or wandering, but he was deeply impressed by Academician Zhang.
If there is any domestic researcher in the field of superconductivity who is well-known around the world, Academician Zhang is definitely among them.
The paper he proposed on "Basic Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors Above 40K" covers various systems such as cuprate superconductors, fullerene superconductors, iron-based superconductors and organic superconductors.
It can be said that he is one of the founders of high-temperature superconducting material systems.
His research on the copper-carbon-silver superconducting system, as well as part of his inspiration and theory, came from Academician Zhang's 40K high-temperature superconducting paper.
This time Qin Anguo brought him here, obviously intending to communicate with him to discuss high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials, so he did not stay long and brought people to his office.
After boiling a pot of water, Xu Chuan was about to make two cups of tea when Qin Anguo slapped his head in annoyance on the opposite side. He stood up with a smile and took out two well-packaged tea leaves from the backpack behind him and stuffed them into Xu Chuan's hands.
"Academician Xu, this is the tea that the person asked me to bring you."
Because of the presence of Academician Zhang, Qin Anguo did not say who asked him to bring the tea, but he and Xu Chuan both knew who sent the tea.
Holding two boxes of well-packaged tea leaves, Xu Chuan felt dumbfounded.
A few days ago, the old man said that he would have two bags of tea brought to him, and now they have brought them to him.
But it just so happened that it would not be good to invite Academician Zhang Pingxiang to drink the 100-yuan-a-bag of tea brought from Fan Pengyue.
After opening a pack, Xu Chuan made a pot of tea and the group started chatting in the office.
When talking about things related to superconducting materials, the eyes of Academician Zhang, who originally looked a little dull, started to shine, and his whole person became a little excited.
This is the confidence that a scientific researcher exudes after entering a field he is familiar with.
After chatting for a while and exchanging some knowledge about the field of high-temperature superconducting materials, Xu Chuan said with a smile: “Research on superconducting materials is actually a field where ‘experiment leads theory’.”
"Many times we can only find superconducting materials by mixing various elements together like 'alchemy', and then we can figure out the mechanism through the materials. Academician Zhang's 40K theory is famous not only domestically, but also internationally.
With your theory, you have pointed out a path for the development of high-temperature superconducting materials."
Zhang Pingxiang shook his head and said: "This is not perfect, it is just some basic conceptual things. If possible, I would like to find a way to the mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity and normal-temperature superconductivity."
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "That's just right. I compiled some mechanism theories about copper-carbon-silver composite materials a few days ago. Would you like Academician Zhang to take a look?"
Hearing this, Zhang Pingxiang was stunned for a moment. He did not expect that Xu Chuan would make this suggestion.
To be honest, for him, the mechanism theory of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials is very tempting to him. But he has never thought about this core theory. Because it is the foundation of the material and the basis for subsequent writing.
The most important thing about the paper.
After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Academician Xu is willing to share this with me?"
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "My research on copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials was inspired by your 40K theory, Academician Zhang. What's the point? I can't support superconducting materials alone without you.
With such seniors here, we can go further on this road."
For him, the mechanism theory of copper-carbon-silver composite materials is actually not very important. Qin Anguo came over today, and the paper probably cannot be sent out.
Instead of holding it in your hands, it's better to communicate with others.
Of course, the key is that the person communicating is Academician Zhang Pingxiang. If it were someone else, he would probably have come up with this theory.
On the one hand, when he was studying superconducting materials in his previous life, Academician Zhang gave him a lot of help. On the other hand, as he said, he alone cannot take on the overall situation of the superconducting materials industry. He still needs others.
People's help.
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In the office, Xu Chuan and Zhang Pingxiang chatted for a long time before the two ended the communication with unsatisfied feelings.
On the side, Qin Anguo also took the opportunity to intervene. He asked: "Academician Xu, do you have any ideas on how to deal with high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials?"
Xu Chuan did not answer, but instead asked: "Does Minister Qin have any good suggestions?"
Since Minister Qin is here today, the higher-ups must have considered these things.
Qin Anguo coughed, cleared his throat, and said, "That's it. Regarding the high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting material you developed before, the state will absolutely support all your legitimate rights and interests. It's just limited by this material.
Due to the importance and particularity of your research, we hope that you will be more careful about publishing your papers and applying for patents."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "After all, these two aspects are enough to point out some directions and research paths for other countries. And it is very remarkable that we now have a leading material.
Easy, after all, our foundation is much shallower than those countries. If we can maintain our advantage, it will be better."
"So in comparison, it is a better choice to keep secret and build a factory on your own, or to cooperate with qualified domestic companies to produce this high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting material and then sell it to the outside world. Although this way to recover funds
It will be a little slower, but it can ensure our advantages in the field of high-temperature superconducting materials."
"If you, Academician Xu, are in urgent need of scientific research funds for your research, the state can provide an interest-free loan to the Sichuan-Hai Materials Research Institute. What do you think?"
For the young scholar in front of him, at the national level, his thoughts and opinions have to be carefully considered.
If he insists on publishing the paper and applying for a patent, to be honest, there is nothing the higher authorities can do. After all, they can't forcefully stop this at the risk of becoming enemies.
Because compared to a patent for high-temperature superconducting materials, he is a more valuable asset.
Hearing this, Xu Chuan smiled and said: "When I brought up this matter a few days ago, I had considered this aspect. The use of this material is indeed somewhat sensitive, so it is indeed more appropriate to produce it yourself and then sell it.
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"As for the production method of building a factory by ourselves, I'm afraid it's too late for the time being. Because one of the purposes of this material research is to replace ultra-low-temperature superconducting materials and provide strong magnetic fields for controllable nuclear fusion reactors. According to the current controllable
The progress of the nuclear fusion project will require it to be used by this time next year at the latest."
Hearing this, Qin Anguo also had a relieved smile on his face: "If that's the case, I can collect some lists of qualified manufacturers for you, and then you can choose them. I will ask someone to supervise you.
The production of materials will be put on the schedule as soon as possible.”
Xu Chuan nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, these are all small things. I can find someone to handle them on my behalf when the time comes."
Qin Anguo smiled and said: "No problem, don't worry, the country will never let you suffer."
After a pause, he continued: "In addition, when I come here this time, there is one more thing I want to ask you."
Xu Chuan: "What happened?"
Qin Anguo sorted out his words and said: "It's also about the high-temperature superconducting material you researched. Regarding this material, we would like to ask if you have any way to change its physical properties and reduce them.
Its brittleness and improved toughness and strength properties can be used to make superconducting coils?"
After hearing this, Xu Chuan immediately understood what the boss wanted to do.
But in this matter, he really has no choice at the moment. Even if he directly takes out the room-temperature copper-carbon-silver superconducting material, he cannot change the physical properties of this material.
In fact, this is what he has been doing recently. High-temperature copper-carbon-silver superconducting materials have shortcomings such as high brittleness, low earthquake resistance and impact resistance, and fragility, which greatly limits its use.
In equipment such as power generation and substation, even if superconducting properties can be achieved by freezing liquid nitrogen to the critical Tc temperature, vibration and interference caused by the equipment itself or the outside world during operation can easily cause damage to the core superconducting material inside.
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Even if there are cushioning materials on the outside for protection, they cannot withstand the harsh environment where these equipments work.
But if you can slightly change its physical properties to make it less brittle, even if you lower some superconducting parameters such as critical temperature, critical magnetic field, and critical current density, it will be worthwhile.
Shaking his head, Xu Chuan said: "I'm afraid I can't do it for the time being. This is actually the direction I have been researching, but there hasn't been much progress yet."
On the side, Zhang Pingxiang suddenly said: "Academician Xu, can I join your team? I want to participate in research on improving the physical properties of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials."
"Don't worry, I won't be involved in any papers or profit distribution issues. Just treat me as an ordinary researcher in your research institute."
Hearing this, Xu Chuan glanced at Academician Zhang in surprise. He didn't expect him to bring this up. After thinking about it, he smiled and said, "If Academician Zhang doesn't mind that my place is small, I'll welcome him at any time."
