The construction of the factory is in full swing, and Zhang Lan can't get involved in the professional work of installing the production line, so Zhang Lan, who has nothing to do, aims at special ceramics.

In the automotive ceramics, Zhang Lan clearly knows that in the next 20 years, ceramic brakes are the peak period of the development of braking systems, ceramic brakes with their excellent braking effect, extremely low thermal attenuation effect, no ash, no corrosion of the wheel, long service life, environmental protection and other advantages, quickly become the new favorite of the vehicle braking system.

The traditional metal brake pads will produce a lot of heat when braking at high speed, so that the braking performance is greatly reduced, and in the process of frequent braking, the driver will feel that the braking system is soft, the braking distance is extended, and the braking system will fail when the situation is serious, which is caused by the thermal attenuation effect of the braking system of the brake. Ordinary brake pads can even be sharply reduced from about 0.5 to 0.9 at the beginning, but the uniqueness of ceramic brakes avoids this, and its thermal attenuation effect increases very little, even after a long time of braking, the thermal attenuation effect of ordinary ceramic brake pads is only attenuated from about 0.45 to about 0.53, so ceramic brakes are quickly adopted in the harshest places in the use environment.

In order to ensure the efficiency of high-speed braking and reduce the thermal decay effect of braking, the ceramic brake system was first applied in the F1 field, and then quickly swept the top car modification industry with its excellent braking performance, but the difficult technical characteristics and high price of ceramic brakes have limited his development, and it has been a patent for top modified cars and racing cars.

Since the birth of the ceramic brake system, the use of the ceramic brake system has been limited to F1, WRC, DTM and other top international automobile events, and then the top car modification, the ceramic brake system appeared in the production car for the first time, until 2001.

Porsche pioneered the use of ceramic brakes on the GT2 in 2001 and quickly became a sensation among the supercar customer base with its efficient braking system, and its GT2 sports cars have been in short supply. Encouraged by this, Porsche AG once again used more advanced composite ceramic brakes on the 2004 carrera GT, a move that attracted a lot of attention from the world's major automotive giants.

Soon after, the world's major automobile giants, led by Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Volvo, have equipped their high-end cars with ceramic brake systems. The ceramic brake system has also officially entered the high-end civilian market.

Zhang Lan aims at this, representing high-end high-efficiency ceramic brakes. Through the study of ceramic brake system, we can accumulate enough experience to make technical preparations for further development in the future.

But what makes Zhang Lan very depressed is. As the birthplace of ceramics in China, the research of ceramics, especially the research of high-end industrial ceramics has fallen far behind the developed countries in the world, the ceramic brake system is developed by the Japanese brake pad enterprises two years later, and then quickly occupied the international high-end brake market. Now, domestic brake pad manufacturers are still keen on the research of drum brake systems such as asbestos brake pads and low-end semi-metallic brake pads. There is no awareness of the bright future of ceramic brakes at all.

As one of the most outstanding research institutions in China for the study of special ceramics, the Institute of Special Ceramics of Harbin Institute of Technology is the object of cooperation that Zhang Lan is targeting. Of course, the Institute of Special Ceramics of Harbin Institute of Technology is not called this name now, and it is still its predecessor, the Ceramic Materials Research Laboratory of the School of Materials of Harbin Institute of Technology.

Harbin Institute of Technology School of Materials Ceramic Materials Research Laboratory is mainly engaged in new aerospace heat-proof materials, advanced structural ceramics, information functional ceramics, nanomaterials, biomaterials and other aspects of scientific research and teaching, but Zhang Lan believes that if he and Harbin Institute of Technology School of Materials Ceramic Materials Research Laboratory, by their own R & D funds, by their research ceramic brakes, should have a greater possibility of operation, now the country is fully committed to the development of the economy, limited capital investment focus to the economic field. The investment in some research institutes is somewhat insufficient, and even the research and development funds of research institutions such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences are insufficient, not to mention the research institutes such as the Ceramic Materials Research Laboratory of the School of Materials of Harbin Institute of Technology, during the entire Tenth and Fifth Five-Year Plan periods, the annual research funds of the Ceramic Materials Research Laboratory of the School of Materials of Harbin Institute of Technology are only four million yuan, four million, compared with the research laboratories of tens of millions of research funds in foreign countries, Zhang Lan really does not know what this money can do for a research laboratory, so Zhang Lan is very sure, Now the director of their institute must have a headache for research funding.

Wait until the company's newly hired Italian translator arrives. Zhang Lan took Xiao Chenxi and drove on the journey to Harbin.

It's not that Zhang Lan has any special hobby for driving, in fact, taking the train is not a problem at all compared to Zhang Lan's family to get two soft sleepers, but Zhang Lan just likes the feeling that she and Xiao Chenxi are not disturbed, and this feeling can not be enjoyed on the train.

I felt the day of Harbin. The sky has already darkened, and Harbin, known as the "Little Paris of the East", does not have the romance and prosperity of later generations, but has become more of a link of non-governmental trade between China and the Soviet Union. In the past two years, the economic and political situation of the Soviet Union has continued to deteriorate, and the relations between China and the Soviet Union have not been as tense as before.

It's getting late. The two of them first found a guest house to live in, and planned to go back tomorrow.

At present, the Ceramic Materials Research Laboratory of the School of Materials of Harbin Institute of Technology is in charge of Academician Lei Tingquan and Professor Zhou Yu, who are also authoritative experts in the research of special ceramics in China.

The process of finding the Ceramic Materials Laboratory of the School of Materials of Harbin Institute of Technology was smooth, and this is a well-known laboratory in Harbin Institute of Technology, which almost no one does not know. But visiting Academician Lei Tingquan and Professor Zhou Yu went wrong.

"I'm sorry," the staff in charge of the reception room said to Zhang Lan and Xiao Chenxi apologetically, "Academician Lei Tingquan and Professor Zhou Yu are working in the research room now, and they never allow others to go in and disturb them when they are working, so you better come back another day." ”

This is a common problem of all avid researchers, as soon as they enter their own research field, their heads will be extremely excited, forget the time, forget to eat, all for the research they love. Of course, the usual reaction of these people to the guys who dare to disturb their research work at this time is to be furious, and they do not look like the gentle scholars they usually have, and no matter what they talk to at this time, the scholars in a state of extreme anger will not hesitate to shoot them. Zhang Lan is not good, naively thinking that they can give them special preferential treatment, so naturally she doesn't want to leave a bad impression on them at this time.

Zhang Lan thought about it, borrowed a piece of paper from the reception staff, took out a pen to brush and write something, folded it carefully after writing, and solemnly handed it to the reception staff, "Please wait for Academician Lei Tingquan and Professor Zhou Yu to finish their research and give them this message, please." ”

"No problem," the receptionist took Zhang Lan's message and nodded, "I'll definitely transfer it." Although I was very curious about Zhang Lan's little kid leaving a message for the two professors, this is my job, this situation is normal, and the reception staff did not intend to find out the bottom of the matter, and when the two professors finished their research work, they would just hand it over directly.

Well, since people don't have time, let's go back. After writing down the contact number of the research room, Zhang Lan and Xiao Chenxi rolled back in a gloomy manner.

After waiting until three days later, the phone from the Ceramic Materials Research Office of the School of Materials Science and Technology of Harbin Institute of Technology finally called: "Academician Lei and Professor Zhou have finished their research work in the past few days, come here." ”

These two gods are finally out of the customs? Zhang Lan almost cried with excitement.

I saw that there were two children, the eldest was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and I didn't know if I had graduated from high school; The younger one was only six to eight years old, and Academician Lei and Professor Zhou grew up in surprise, and it was difficult to connect the two children in front of them with the owner of the paper in their hands.

"Although I am very handsome," Zhang Lan looked at the two experts in front of him who enjoyed a high reputation in the field of special ceramics in China, "but I will also feel embarrassed if you look at me with such enthusiastic eyes." ”

Of course, no one can be angry with these little children, Academician Lei and Professor Zhou were happy at that time, the two glanced at each other, and laughed: "Whose child is this, so interesting?" ”

It seems that these people who are engaged in research are not as rigid as they imagined, and they still seem to be people who understand the joy of life. Zhang Lan muttered in her heart, relying on her young age, no one would blame her for saying the wrong thing, so she was bold enough to point to the one standing on the left and asked in good spirits, "If I guessed correctly, you are Uncle Lei, right?" ”

"I am," Academician Lei nodded, obviously very satisfied with Zhang Lan's politeness, this kid was very likable, and scared Zhang Lan with a joke, "But if you don't say what you're here for, I'm going to you out?" ”

Just a small joke from Zhang Lan resolved a lot of the strangeness of the two groups of people when they first met. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )