Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Great Global Competition

Dry ice, scientific name solid carbon dioxide, is a solid that liquefies carbon dioxide at a pressure of 6250.5498 kPa and then quickly solidifies at low pressure. With a temperature of around -78 degrees Celsius, it is often used for cleaning, cooling, and of course, the most common use we see is the cloudy effect on the stage, which is basically a masterpiece of dry ice.

Dry ice production does not require more raw materials, air can be, the price is low, many times, 10 soft sister coins per kilogram can be done, it is really a home trip, killing people and setting fires. Dry ice and acetone are a low-cost solution for producing low temperatures above -75 degrees Celsius.

To put it simply, if superconductivity can be achieved in the liquid nitrogen temperature region, it is like winning five million in the lottery ticket, then achieving superconductivity in the dry ice acetone temperature region is no different from buying a lottery ticket and winning the Mark Six lottery for ten years.

For the rest of the afternoon, Wang Yinan and Li Wenjing only did one thing, that is, to remove all kinds of restrictions on the Gödel system, regardless of white cats and black cats, if they catch mice, they are good cats. Regardless of whether barium or titanium, calcium or strontium, the Gödel system is allowed to construct the three-dimensional structure of the lattice with its own conceivable elements, with only one goal, the highest possible critical temperature.

Busy until eleven o'clock in the evening, it was almost over, Wang Yinan started the training program of the Gödel system on the terminal, in the LED flash, the Gödel system estimated the time required for training, fourteen hours, "It's okay, it's okay", Wang Yinan let out a sigh, "Let's witness the miracle tomorrow."

After a beautiful sleep, Wang Yinan came to the company at noon, today is also the first day of work after the company's holiday, Wang Yinan specially bought a stack of red envelopes in the supermarket, each red envelope put a brand new Grandpa Mao, from the front desk to the security guard, Wang Yinan turned around the whole company, a red envelope per person, by the way, a New Year's greetings, congratulations to everyone on making a fortune. Of course, you say that how ordinary employees can make a fortune, of course, it is necessary for the company to make a lot of money, so Wang Yinan is actually congratulating himself on making a fortune.

At noon, I had lunch in the company, at the end of last year, Wang Yinan specially poached a fourth-ranked chef and his two assistants from Deng Ruoyan, anyway, he couldn't get out of Deng Ruoyan's club, so it was better to come to me to get a high salary, so Rong and the company's current food is not good, and there are often employees who take the initiative to work overtime at night, just to be able to eat one more company canteen.

Seeing that the training time was almost up, a group of people were guarding in front of the terminal, Wang Yinan said, is it really going to win the Mark Six lottery this time, and drew a cross on his chest, okay, scientific things, as if the God of the West is a little brighter? Then God willing, this little thing will not bother the Bodhisattva. You see, the beliefs of the Chinese people are so simple and practical, and they are brutal and powerful.

As the rhythm of LED flashing accelerated, everyone held their breath, and the beep beep sounded, Wang Yinan saw a three-dimensional complex oxide lattice structure appear on the screen, constantly rotating, Wang Yinan turned his head, and didn't dare to look at the small words below that estimated the critical temperature. "Wen Jing, can you read it, what is the critical temperature estimated by the Gödel system?"

Li Wenjing leaned over, "How much more, I don't believe it can really arrive... "Ah", Li Wenjing was halfway through a sentence when he let out a scream, which startled Wang Yinan.

Wang Yinan said that he would not really win the Mark Six lottery, he leaned over and saw a line of small words, "Estimated critical temperature: 220K", a happy vertigo instantly hit Wang Yinan, he looked at Zhao Keqin and Sun Wei, of course, there are two scientific research dogs, Dong Zhi and Luo Xiaoyin, trying to calm himself down, shaking his head, Wang Yinan said, "It's still a theoretical simulation, before it is made, everyone knows what to do", the people who eat melons nodded, this is going to leak out, but it is really a head-off thing, The garrison of the battalion on the periphery of the company is not funny.

There are two parts to the next task, one part is easy to think of, that is, to make superconducting materials, from the theoretical lattice configuration, to the actual materials, there is still a lot of work, and the molecular compiler used to manufacture this complex crystal structure is a big killer, and the related equipment is still on the drawings.

The other part is to find a theoretical basis for this configuration, the Gödel system is still not exposed as much as possible, not to mention that it is not exposed, you say that we have an artificial intelligence that says that this configuration can achieve superconductivity, and others will think that your brain is in water.

It can't be said that I had a dream last night, dreaming of this and this, and the superconducting material that came out is particularly good, if you really prepare such a material, it confirms the superconducting properties of the material. That's no problem, if you really write such a paper, it will definitely be published, and scientists will admit that you are very good, but this kind of cow will be put in quotation marks, maybe it won't be long before Zhang San, Li Si, or even Thomas Cheng Qian and the like, come up with a theory to explain why your configuration can produce superconducting effects.

If you really want people to get the theory out, and if it seems quite reasonable, let the industry evaluate, maybe the credit of others is greater than yours, Wang Yinan, how can they allow this to happen.

Therefore, what Wang Yinan and Li Wenjing have to do now is to find a way to explain why this configuration can produce the superconducting effect, which is like when you take the exam, you have already got the standard answer, but this alone is not enough, you have to make up for the process of pushing down, oh no, the process of deduction, in order to get a full score.

Although it is also difficult, it is many times easier than not knowing the answer, if this is not as good as Thomas and Cheng Qian, Wang Yinan and Li Wenjing simply found a piece of tofu and killed themselves.

What's more, they also have the Gödel system, a cheat, and with continuous improvement, they are now able to partially understand the thought process of the Gödel system, some of which are phased lattice configurations, as well as the Gödel system pruning (that is, a basic technique to remove obviously impossible branches and reduce the amount of calculation) process, through the newly added human-machine interface system, the Gödel system can output the intermediate part of the results in a form that can be understood by humans.

In other words, to a certain extent, Wang Yinan and Li Wenjing were able to understand the process by which Gödel's system came to conclusions, so as to provide valuable help for the theoretical interpretation of the final results.

This kind of thing is not rushed, to find clues from the vast intermediate data of the Gödel system, combined with the relevant theories of physics and mathematics, to supplement the derivation process from theory to actual superconducting materials, this is a very time-consuming and brain cell work, three or five months, it is simply too normal.

Because of the acquisition of the Lingyang factory, Wang Yinan did not let Qian Lao help to issue the development task of molecular preparation equipment to the Lingchen Factory and the Lingyang Factory for the time being, after all, this thing is the company's big killer, although the secrecy of the semi-military industrial enterprise is still quite high, can not take risks, Wang Yinan thinks it is better not to take risks, anyway, with the work progress of Deng Ruoyan and Zhang Qi, it will only be delayed for a month.

Just when Wang Yinan and Li Wenjing were guessing like a riddle every day, piecing together the outline of the theory that human beings could understand step by step, the scientists of the Sun Country put a satellite, it turned out that after they spent a lot of money to get data and a small part of superconducting raw materials from Europa, they used the strong basic industrial strength and the full support of the whole country, first reverse analyzed the composition of the materials, and then concentrated all the supercomputers, and adopted the same brute force method as Thomas and Cheng Qian, and launched an all-round attack.

Fortunately, their luck seems to be a little better than Thomas and Cheng Qian, in the titanium copper oxide, the scientists of the Sun Country found signs of superconductivity, and now the scientists of this island country are like chicken blood, all the staff are dispatched, using crowd tactics, and the physics departments and chemistry departments of various universities have all become ceramic production workshops. After a few months of hard work, they have set a new critical temperature record for Thomas and Cheng Qian, and now the leader has become the Sun Country, with the current record at 140K.

Losing the world's No. 1 in their hands, Thomas and Cheng Qian are also crazy, and the IBN company that sponsors their laboratory is also very stimulated, after all, if Huaguo or Europa surpasses it, it will be forgotten, and the little brother Sun Country, who is supported by one hand, can actually surpass my rice country, which is simply a shame for my Mirican. IBN immediately doubled the scientific research funding, aren't you a crowd tactic, I'll have a gold dollar tactic and smash you to death with a knife.

In China, Imperial Capital University, Shuimu University, and of course, Wang Yinan and Li Wenjing's alma mater, N University also invested in this competition, but no matter in terms of manpower and capital investment, or the degree of attention, it is far less than the rice country and the sun country, but there are still some bright spots, Professor Zhao of the University of Science and Technology, has found a unique way, and has also seen signs of superconductivity in organic compounds, so in this blue star war of the century, it can be regarded as having a place.

This war was so enthusiastic that it alarmed the elders in charge of science and technology in the House of Elders, and he convened experts and professors from all walks of life in the imperial capital, Shuimu University and N University of Science and Technology, and held two small-scale seminars.

As with all other seminars, the two-day meeting ended without any conclusions. The only impression left on the elder was that this thing was very money-burning, not an ordinary money-burning, and even with Huaguo's current financial resources, if he wanted to stand out from the competition, the investment he spent needed to be carefully weighed.

Fortunately, the power of private capital in China cannot be ignored, so soon, a "Opinions on Encouraging Investment in High-temperature Superconductivity-related Industries" was quickly drafted and discussed.

And the Guardian Alliance did not participate in this critical temperature war, for this long-established organization, the maximum critical temperature is a false name or something, it is completely unnecessary, on the contrary, they have gone far on the road of practicalization, in Arthur's laboratory, several meters long, the use of superconducting alloy as a material hollow tube has been manufactured, in the inside through the flow of liquid nitrogen for cooling, this superconducting alloy tube, to achieve practical lossless power transmission, away from the actual product, It's only one step away.

In this race in which all members of the Blue Star participated, the leading ones are now the Sun Country and the Guardian Alliance, of course, Wang Yinan is still waiting for his running shoes.

"If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools", Wang Yinan comforted himself.