Tiangong New Materials Research Institute is the "money burning cellar" with the most investment and funds in Yang Weiping.

Not counting the batch of instruments and equipment he got from Hughes Field, Yang Weiping alone threw nearly 20 million Hong Kong dollars into it.

All the experimental instruments and equipment are all obtained from Europe, and the first-class top experimental equipment of this era.

In Yang Weiping's office, there are more than 10 kinds of professional precision instruments, such as a complete set of electrochemical workstations, elemental analyzers, automatic temperature-programmed chemisorption instruments, high-resolution field emission scanning electron microscopes, scanning electron microscopes, time-of-flight mass spectrometers, and scanning probe microscopes.

Now that the British have come to the door, Yang Weiping has no intention of hiding and looking petty.

Although the British agreed to all five of the five conditions he proposed, they are still only on paper. If you want others to pay attention, you must have real materials in your hands.

This time, Yang Weiping not only opened the entire laboratory to Williams and his party of professionals, but also deliberately put a laboratory sample of the second-generation aluminum-lithium alloy there, as long as it is engaged in metal material research, it can be seen at a glance that it is a density analysis of a certain metal.

Sure enough, as soon as Williams and his group of five entered the door, one of them discovered that most of the density analysis experiment was being carried out.

"Who is this?" Yang Weiping asked with a slight frown as he looked at the white old man without being rude.

"Yang, let me introduce you to each other. Williams hurriedly answered: "Professor Donald, PhD supervisor in metallurgy and mechanical engineering at the University of Oxford. These four are Professor Donald's assistants, Dr. Mike, Dr. Tony, Dr. Jerry, and Dr. Smith. Professor Donald, he is John Young, the inventor of that new alloy and the chairman of Tiangong Aluminum. ”

"Look up for a long time!" Yang Weiping put on a formulaic smile on his face, "Professor Donald, I hope to have the opportunity to listen to your guidance. ”

"Young man, can you show me your experiment?" Donald nodded a little with an old face, and then pointed to the aluminum-lithium alloy that was undergoing density experiments, and asked solemnly.

"Of course, professor, please!" Yang Weiping was not dissatisfied with the other party's rudeness, as a doctoral supervisor of metallurgy and mechanical engineering at Oxford University, he had his domineering qualifications wherever he went.

"Thank you!" Donald nodded politely and strode over to the density tester.

Mike, Tony, Jerry, and Smith, the four assistant doctors, nodded politely to Yang Weiping, and then followed behind Donald, ready to listen to the professor's orders at any time.

"Is this a piece of aluminum-lithium alloy?" Donald took the aluminum-lithium alloy sample in his hand, turned around, and looked at Yang Weiping with obvious surprise.

"Yes, Professor. Yang Weiping nodded and replied: "I have been engaged in research on aluminum-lithium alloys. Alloy 6063 is just a new alloy that I inadvertently formulated when I was researching aluminum-lithium alloys. ”

"Professor, its density is only 2.47 grams per cubic centimeter!" Mike bent over and stared at the density meter for a while, and quickly calculated the density data of this piece of aluminum-lithium alloy.

"This can't be!Mike, you must have miscalculated!" Smith, with a beard on his face, did not hesitate to deny Mike's conclusion, and walked past Mike as he spoke.

Tony and Jerry also gathered around Mike at this time, and both pulled out notepads and pens in their hands.

"Mike, are you sure you didn't make a mistake?" Donald asked in a deep voice as he stared at Mike with a very serious face.

Mike nodded very affirmatively and replied, "No!Professor, you should know my mental arithmetic ability!"...,

"Professor, Mike is not mistaken, it's really 2.47 grams per cubic centimeter!" said Tony, who was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, holding up the notepad in his hand.

"Schett!2.47 grams per cubic centimeter indeed!" Smith stared at his notepad with a look of disbelief in his eyes, and said with no telling whether he was excited or annoyed, "It's 0.26 grams lighter than what we researched!"

Mike, Tony, and Smith all calculated the same data, and Donald can now be sure that the aluminum-lithium alloy in his hand is less dense than the aluminum-lithium alloy newly developed in his lab!

"Chairman Yang, can you tell me the modulus of elasticity, tensile strength, and yield strength of this alloy?" asked Donald for the first time in an equal and humble tone, looking at Yang Weiping with expectant expectations in his old eyes.

Yang Weiping replied without thinking about it: "The positive elastic modulus is 7680 N per square millimeter, the tensile strength is 468 to 515 N per square millimeter, the yield strength is 330 to 375 N per square millimeter, and the elongation is between 10 and 12 percent. ”

"This can't be!" Smith shouted again, "Your density is so low, how can it be so high!"

"Mr. Yang, if the data you just said is true, then I can be sure that you have discovered a new alloy that is more valuable than your 6063 alloy!" Mike looked at Yang Weiping with wide eyes in disbelief, his face full of surprise and admiration.

"It can't be...... No way...... Your data is even better than the 1420 alloy in the Soviets' lab......" Donald muttered and shook his head, the professor obviously stunned by the set of data that Yang Weiping had just reported.

"My lab is fairly well equipped for you to do the tests yourself. Yang Weiping smiled indifferently: "I still have three pieces of this kind of sample." ”

Hearing Yang Weiping say this, Professor Donald immediately returned to normal, waved at Mike, Tony and the others, and shouted: "Prepare immediately, cooperate with Mr. Yang, and all the data will be recorded!"

After finishing speaking, Donald bowed to Yang Weiping with gratitude in his eyes, "Mr. Yang, thank you for giving me this opportunity!"

"Hehe, Professor Donald, you're welcome, science knows no borders. Yang Weiping smiled indifferently: "Now this is just a sample, and there is still a process before industrial production is realized." ”

Yang Weiping obviously left a hand, because long before Tiangong Aluminum put into production 6063 alloy, the mass production process of this second-generation aluminum-lithium alloy was more mature than 6063 alloy.

With professional manpower and professional experimental equipment, the experiment conducted by Donald himself was naturally very smooth.

Every time a statistic came out, Smith's bearded man screamed that it was impossible, and then repeated it again.

Modulus of elasticity, tensile strength, yield strength, elongation, pressure characteristics, corrosion resistance, weldability and other experiments have been carried out three times, and the best conclusion is that the Tiangong New Materials Research Institute has invented a second-generation aluminum-lithium alloy with excellent comprehensive properties, which is a grade stronger than the 1420 alloy data hidden by the Soviets in the laboratory!

The research of the second generation of aluminum-lithium alloys began in the early seventies and continued until the mid-nineties to develop to the third generation.

In the past 20 years, developed countries such as the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, and Switzerland have continuously invested huge sums of money in repeated experiments and research on the second generation of aluminum-lithium alloys.

The aluminum-lithium alloys successfully developed in various countries mainly include 1420, 2090, 8090, 8091 and 2091 alloys. Due to the serious anisotropy of the second-generation aluminum-lithium alloy, the low level of plastic toughness, and the serious loss of toughness after heat exposure, the comprehensive performance and price are difficult to compete with the original 2000 series and 7000 series aluminum alloys, except for the 1420 alloy of the former Soviet Union in Mig29, Su27, Su35 and other military aircraft have been widely used, most of the second-generation aluminum-lithium alloys developed in Europe and the United States have not been widely used. …,

After entering the 90s of the 20th century, the United States, France and Russia have developed a series of aluminum-lithium alloys with high comprehensive properties on the basis of summarizing the past research on aluminum-lithium alloys and adjusting their research ideas according to the background of new application needs.

The aluminum-lithium alloy that Yang Weiping is throwing out now is between the second and third generations, and it is slightly stronger than the most mature second-generation aluminum-lithium alloy known as the Soviet Union, 1420 alloy!

The reason why he chose to take out this sample of aluminum-lithium alloy at this time was a decision made by Yang Weiping after careful consideration and repeated weighing of many pros and cons.

Alloy 6063 belongs to aluminum-magnesium-silicon alloys, and there are many gaps compared with aluminum-lithium alloys in terms of aerospace applications.

Although Yang Weiping has now reached a cooperation agreement with the British military, in order to prevent the British from crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, he must come up with something more weighty to increase the British military's attention to him.

A one-shot deal is the easiest deal for both parties to turn around and break up halfway. For now, Yang Weiping is the weak side, and if the British want to turn their faces, he really has no tricks against them.

Without the guarantee of strength, the technique is a castle in the air!

If you want to increase your own strength chips, you must have something better that the British military covets.

Only by allowing the British to see his deeper value in material research will it be possible for him to protect his own rights and interests while fighting for greater interests for himself.

From laboratory samples to industrial mass production, this process is not something that can be achieved overnight.

As the inventor of this second-generation aluminum-lithium alloy, Yang Weiping can be sure that the British military will never cross the river and tear down the bridge before this aluminum-lithium alloy has achieved a mature process of industrial mass production.

As long as he delays the industrial mass production process for three years and two years, he can use the power of the British government to establish the world's top laboratory in Europe.

Only with the help of the current advanced equipment and scientific research resources of Europe, it is possible for the other side to contribute the most suitable advanced technology to China's national defense industry after the No. 1 leader takes office, and strive to make China's industrialization process achieve a qualitative take-off in a short period of time!

It's a hard, long, and risky path to explore!

However, Yang Weiping had no choice!

In order to achieve the goal, we can only do whatever it takes, by any means!