Chapter 42: Cracking Failure and Chinese Papers!
In the afternoon, DuPont Chief Scientist, William Brown. Dr. Nelson suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, the closed environment of the laboratory, the humming of the air filter, all of which made him depressed, and it was difficult for him to even breathe.
So he handed over the rest of the work to his men, and he quickly walked out of the laboratory to the open grass outside, and took a deep breath.
Soon after, his assistant Durand also walked out of the lab and sat down next to Nelson with a long sigh.
"Failed again?" Nelson asked.
Durand nodded helplessly, "What the hell, our chemical ratio is obviously the same as Kunlun Company, but the result is so much worse, the fiber quality of Kunlun Company is so good that it explodes, while our imitations are completely rubbish!" ”
Nelson showed an unsurprising expression, "It seems to be the same, but it is not the same, Kunlun's chemical equation adds a trace amount of stabilizer, and the special stabilizer protects the fiber structure from losing strength due to excessive honeycombing, and at the same time greatly enhances the toughness of the fiber." ”
In fact, DuPont's predicament is not unique, as far away as Hakone, at the foot of Mount Fuji on the Rhine River in Germany, all companies trying to imitate X-fiber are experiencing continuous setbacks.
X-fiber cannot be imitated, which is a point of high confidence.
But Gao Yuan is very happy to see that the whole world is trying to crack it, because the more cracking attempts, the more money and resources the opponent will waste.
Nelson rubbed his temples and sniffled again, the California fires that had been burning since September had made the air over the West Coast sweet, the sky a strange orange-yellow, and the air could faintly smell of burnt paste.
In 2019, Australia's months-long fires emitted more than 400 million tons of carbon dioxide into the air, equivalent to the annual emissions of 139 countries combined.
However, Australia and North America want to blame the Chinese for not being environmentally friendly enough and undermining the earth's carbon balance, and need to be punished.
Many Chinese people don't understand, why don't they go all out to put out the fire?
This question is really boring, first of all, it has nothing to do with us whether we can save the fire or not.
Secondly, if you really want to know the reason, it is recommended to go to Mohe once, take a look at the Daxinganling Fire Memorial Hall, and take a look at the children and soldiers who went to the fire site one after another, the shovels they used, the burnt clothes, and the photos they left, you may understand that there are many things in the world, in fact, there is no reason, we are different from them, that's all.
Nelson said meaningfully: "The world often does not pay attention to materials science, but as the cornerstone of industry, once a new material is born, it is very likely that it will change the whole world, just like the people of the Bronze Age, who accidentally invented iron-making technology, and what followed was bound to be a subversion." ”
Durand's eyes widened suddenly, "Do you think that Kunlun's X series fiber has the potential to subvert the chemical fiber industry?" ”
Nelson raised his head and said seriously: "It's not that I think, but it's already happening, in just half a year, our COOLMAX, Toray's Softwarm, Asahi Kasei's Thermogea, too many of the top fiber technologies that originally monopolized the market were overturned by Kunlun Company, and recently there was even news of Toyo Textile's bankruptcy." ”
"From X1 to X2, those Chinese people have beaten the largest sales of chemical fiber products on the market one by one, and they have not met opponents so far."
"What's next? Will the enhanced version of X-fiber, a derivative version, enter more areas? For example, the rubber industry, the tire industry, the medical industry, the military industry? ”
"Do you see just tiny fibers? But it is very likely that it is the cornerstone of disrupting the world! After all, no one knows how many derivative technologies can be developed on the basis of X-fiber. ”
Nelson's words shocked Durand, X-fiber is not terrible, the key is that this super honeycomb structure fiber has unimaginably huge potential, and may shine in more industries in the future.
Suddenly, Nelson's mobile phone vibrate, he glanced at the screen, then frowned, and said to Duland: "It's our research center in Huaxia." ”
In all fairness, the strength of the DuPont Group is not without reason, they are far more focused on research and development than people think, not to mention the global testing institutions, just in Shanghai, China, has a large research center, eight laboratories, and employs hundreds of elite researchers at the doctoral level or above.
Durand watched from the sidelines, and Nelson's increasingly grim face showed that things might not be easy.
Finally, Nelson hung up the phone, revealing a wry smile of weariness.
"What did I just say?" Nelson scratched his hair and said: "Kunlun's X3 fiber has been listed in large quantities, it is a kind of elastic fiber, which is-for-tat with our Lycra fiber, but the performance is far better than Lycra, and our laboratory in Huaxia has preliminary calculations that the comprehensive performance is about three times that of Lycra." ”
Durand could barely believe his ears, history repeats itself again, and at the end of the summer, Kunlun launched X1 fiber, and the DuPont COOLMAX was defeated.
When the time came to winter, Kunlun Company launched the X3 type, aiming at Laika, the king of elastic fiber, and DuPont became the target again.
Is this the rhythm of vengeance?
Nelson paused and said, "What's even more terrifying is that in addition to measuring the performance of X3 fibers, Huaxia Laboratory also received a piece of grapevine. ”
"It is rumored that on the basis of X3, Kunlun has developed a bulletproof fiber called Silver Frost, whose performance is far better than our Kevlar, and even exceeds the third-generation PE bulletproof fiber, and is currently in full swing to prepare for large-scale production."
"With our current relationship with Huaxia's mortal enemies, I'm afraid this news has already made those people in the Pentagon furious."
Call~
Durand gasped, and he finally understood why Nelson was so worried.
The prophecy is coming true step by step, and the X-Fiber is like a virus that is replicating and mutating, changing from one model to two, and then from two to three, until it forms a legion and destroys the original system and rules of this world.
You know, Kunlun company has only entered the chemical fiber industry for half a year!
They have already forced the Toyo Boshoku Group to death, and they have also entered the industrial market and become PLA's winter clothing and body armor suppliers!
At such a rate of development, it is simply inhuman!
COOLMAX, Laika, Kevlar, in the blink of an eye, three generals in a row!
Rao is a DuPont group with a rich family background and is known as the king of chemical fiber, how many rounds of such attacks can it resist?
"It's so ruthless... These damn Chinese people! Durand's hands clenched into fists and roared in anger.
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Ah sneeze~
Cold, Gao Yuan sneezed, he walked up to the air conditioner and touched the air vent with his hand.
The heating is still strong, but it's a pity that the area of my office is a little larger, and the closure is not particularly good, and the indoor temperature is completely incomparable with the heated rooms in the north.
It used to be a textile factory, and the conditions were indeed a little rudimentary.
Back at his desk, Takahara stared at the screen, checking for typos, and taking it very seriously.
After all, the paper is to be shown to peers across the country, how many pairs of eyes are staring at it, Gao Yuan is also a face-saving person, he doesn't want to make a fool of himself in front of people.
As for why it is only shown to national counterparts, not the world, the reason is very simple, because Gao Yuan's paper on X fiber is written in Chinese, and whether foreign counterparts can understand it is not within his scope of consideration.
Rubbing his dry eyes, Gao Yuan clicked the mouse to save the paper, and then after thinking about it, he opened the homepage of the material forum again.