"What? Boss, you asked me to cooperate with this novelist to do the experiment? What are you kidding? After hearing Irene's order, Carothers said angrily, ignoring Monet's presence next to him.

Although Irené also thinks that Monet should not understand chemical experiments, but he can't say this in front of others, how embarrassing is this? So he said to Monet very embarrassed: "Well, Mr. Monet, don't be surprised, Carothers teaches him that he just doesn't think much about talking, in fact, he is still very kind." ”

In fact, Monet didn't care much about this situation, because most of the scientific research weirdos are not like this, and it is generally difficult for people who are smooth to be more serious in scientific research, and it is difficult to produce results, so he said with a smile: "Dr. Carothers, the reason why your previous research on polyester failed was actually because of the problem with the polymerization raw materials you chose, as far as I know, the raw materials you use are fatty acids and fatty alcohols, but if you switch to acid raw materials, you may come to a completely different conclusion." ”

"Well, it's a good idea to fuse with acidic materials. Have you done experiments before? Do you have any experimental data in hand, bring it to me and let me take a look. Although Carroses did not have a very good attitude towards Monet before, as soon as he heard about the new experimental ideas, he immediately turned into Frankenstein and asked Monet carefully.

Seeing Carroses' unpretentious change of attitude, Monet and Irené looked at each other and smiled, and then Monet organized the language, and then said: "I did do some experiments, but my experimental equipment is not as good as that of DuPont Laboratories, so I want to verify here that there are generally two more reliable synthesis formulas." One is the polycondensation reaction of terephthalic acid with diols, Dr. Carothers, you can try it now. ”

"Terephthalic acid versus diols? You might want to give this one a try. Carothers muttered to himself, and then began to instruct his assistants, "All right, folks, let's get ready now, and see if this lovely Monsieur Monet will surprise us." With that, despite Monet and Irené in the laboratory, he began to work on his own.

Seeing this, Irene pulled Monet, and then said with a wry smile: "Mr. Monet, I'm really sorry, Dr. Carothers is like this, once he enters the working state, he can't take care of anything, let's go to my office for a cup of coffee and wait for his good news." ”

"Scientists, it's all like this, if you don't be so persistent, it's hard to get results." Monet said very understandingly.

After arriving at the office and the secretary brought two cups of coffee, Irené asked curiously, "Mr. Monet, didn't you just say that there are two synthesis formulas, why did you just say that there was only one?" ”

After Monet took a sip of coffee, he said slowly: "Because this synthesis formula is relatively simple, and it is easier to see results." And you can see Dr. Carothers' attitude just now, and if he doesn't see the results quickly, he won't believe what I'm going to say. ”

"Well, you're right. However, I still have a question that I am very curious about, as far as I know, Mr. Monet, you don't seem to have studied chemical engineering before, and you have no experience in this field, so how did you know these two synthesis formulas and still have such confidence? Irené asked, staring at Monet.

"You guessed it right, I didn't develop these two formulas, and I don't have the skills to do so. As for the origin of the formula, you will have to keep it a secret. Monet said mysteriously. In fact, Monet was also gambling on this matter, when he watched "The Speculator of the Republic of China", he once carefully studied the research and development process of nylon out of curiosity, and found that in fact, Carothers only made a small mistake in the selection of raw materials, and then mistakenly came to the conclusion that polyester does not have synthetic fibers.

He just said that the fusion of terephthalic acid and diols will give polyester fiber, that is, polyester (that is, what we commonly call "really good"), but this research result was drawn by Dr. Winfield of the United Kingdom, and it is because of this conclusion that Carothers restarted the study of the polyester condensation reaction.

A few days later, Carothers excitedly found Monet and Irene, and said excitedly: "Mr. Monet, boss, I succeeded!" I finally made it! Then he hugged Monet hard: "Mr. Monet, you are really great!" I found that the fiber obtained by spinning and processing this polyester fiber is really fantastic, not only avoiding the previous disadvantages of easy hydrolysis and low melting point, but also has a lot of advantages such as high strength, good elasticity, good thermoplasticity, high abrasion resistance, light resistance, corrosion resistance, etc. ”

As a competent businessman, after listening to Carothers' description, Irene immediately reacted to the commercial value of developing this new material, so he hurriedly asked: "Dr. Carothers, according to what you say, isn't this new material extremely suitable as a raw material for clothing?" Can it even replace silk? ”

Carothers thought for a moment, then shook his head and replied: "This is still not good, although this polyester fiber has a lot of advantages, but it also has its own shortcomings, such as poor dyeing, poor moisture absorption, easy to carry static electricity, easy to contaminate dust, etc., so it still can't replace silk." ”

"Oh, that's a shame." Irene said a little lonely. The reason why Irene is so concerned about whether polyester fiber can replace silk is because the silk market in the United States has always been monopolized by Japan, so American businessmen urgently need a new material to replace silk in order to break the monopoly of the Japanese chaebol.

At this time, Monet said leisurely on the side: "Dr. Carothers, don't forget that I have a second set of formulas here, and this time the result should completely replace silk." ”

"Huh?! Mr. Monet, are you telling the truth? Irené asked eagerly with Carothers.

Monet nodded and replied, "Of course it's true, but this experiment may be a little longer." What we are going to do this time is to perform a polycondensation reaction of hexamethylenediamine with adipic acid. ”