He found himself an extra job, but Chen Nian didn't feel much pressure.

On the contrary, he has become more and more accustomed to this kind of work rhythm that is so full that there are almost no dead ends, and whenever he finds that he has less than five to-do tasks one day, he will have an inexplicable sense of anxiety.

——

However, this is actually quite understandable.

In the final analysis, the reason for this mentality is the further intensification of the conflict with the United States.

Whether it's the list of entities that arrived more than a decade in advance, or the counter-current of talent that caught everyone off guard, there is one thing that is hinted at:

The acceleration of technological development has brought about the acceleration of power change, and many things that Chen Nian originally expected to "have time" have now become "no time".

Therefore, every day of his life, he must strictly follow the plan.

This gave Chen Nian an illusion:

It's like he's playing an SLG game with multiple strategy objectives, like some peer or something.

In this kind of game, your time is divided into several parts, and each part can only do one thing at the same time.

You have to allocate your time carefully and balance the priorities between the various strategy objects, but at the same time, you must ensure that you invest in each object and make sure that you don't miss the key points of breakthrough.

Only in this way can we achieve as many strategy goals as possible with limited resources.

——

Speaking of which, is this a unique kind of fun?

However, compared to the "game", there is one thing that is completely different from the real strategy mission, and that is your own physical investment.

This is not something that can be solved by drinking two bottles of energy potions - let alone energy potions, after a long and high-intensity work, even if you sleep in the dark for more than ten hours, you can't get your state back to its peak state.

But fortunately, Chen Nian's physical condition is very good, and his physical strength is also very abundant.

Compared with the other researchers in the project team who rely on wolfberries to survive, Chen Nian feels that he can still survive.

He also understood more and more why some people say that "energy is the most important endowment of scientific research scholars", when a person is genius to a certain extent, no matter which direction he chooses, he can achieve the same efficiency, and what determines the upper limit of achievement is the upper limit of energy

In the office, Chen Nian poured himself the last sip of the thick and astringent Tieguanyin, and then devoted himself again to the deduction of the production process of the all-nitrogen anionic salt.

In the past two weeks, he has completed nearly 80% of the deduction work, determined the approximate range of the raw material ratio, determined the external conditions including temperature and pressure, and now there is only one last step, that is, the time series controls a link.

The complexity of this part of the work is not very high, and in fact, Chen Nian does not intend to be completely precise.

After all, it's one thing to deduce in a virtual environment, and it's another thing to operate in the lab.

Anyway, it has to be implemented after all, so it is better to wait until you enter the laboratory and then fine-tune it appropriately.

This is the most efficient way to work.

After another two hours, when the caffeine and tea polyphenols in his stomach were basically gone, he finally saw the results he wanted uploaded on the interface of the system analysis.

The number of source points has been reduced to less than 2.

In other words, this whole set of processes is basically not too random, and can be put into the laboratory for actual testing.

Chen Nian didn't bother to organize the documents anymore, the pile of thick scratch paper on his desktop was the document.

After a phone call to Chen Guo, he went back to the dormitory to sleep on his own, and Chen Guo packed the scratch paper and sent it to the Southern Institute of Technology as quickly as possible.

At this time, exactly 14 days have passed since Chen Nian said on the phone that "it is necessary to prepare all-nitrogen anionic salt by chemical method".

After receiving Chen Guo's delivery, Hu Bingchun couldn't wait to pull Liu Zuliang together and unpack the package that was escorted by top secret in his office.

Looking at the thick package, Hu Bingchun subconsciously felt a little worried.

"So many documents? It shouldn't be."

His brows furrowed slightly, and Liu Zuliang on the side also answered with some doubts:

"It shouldn't be, if it's really going to be made by chemical method, how can it involve such thick operating instructions."

"The synthesis of all-nitrogen anionic salts is indeed complicated, but several potential intermediates are still clear, and this thing can't be so thick."

"I don't understand, maybe there are more problems in the catalytic link?"

It's not so much asking Liu Zuliang as Hu Bingchun asking himself.

He quickly opened the last layer of the package, and when he saw the manuscript paper inside, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Why is it all written on scratch paper? There is not even a serial number, where do you start? ”

Liu Zuliang's face was also full of surprise, he reached out and picked up a few pieces of manuscript paper and flipped through them, and after carefully distinguishing them, he said:

"No, it's not 'written on scratch paper,' this thing is a draft"

"But fortunately, there is continuity in this draft."

"Wait, don't move, don't mess it up. The top is the latest, and the bottom is the original. ”

"Take the top chapter first, that one should be the final result."

"And then we look at the penultimate one, you see, this is it. The content of this sheet is very general, and a combined preparation method of m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid and ferrous glycinate is written, but the specific dosage and experimental conditions are not written. ”

As he spoke, Liu Zuliang put the first piece of scratch paper aside, and then pulled out another one from the middle.

And after seeing the above content clearly, Hu Bingchun immediately understood the key.

"This one has entered the middle part-—— PHAC solution synthesis, the chemical formula is (N5)6(H3O)3(NH4)4Cl, the principle is to use cobalt ions to capture N5- ions in solution"

"Look at the next one!"

couldn't wait for Liu Zuliang's slow and leisurely movements, Hu Bingchun directly took the top dozen pieces of manuscript paper to the side and spread them out on the ground in a row, and this time, the entire process of technological evolution and upgrading became clear at a glance.

From the beginning there was only one guess in the direction, and finally the complete and detailed experimental parameters

Hu Bingchun and Liu Zuliang lay on the ground regardless of their image, and the shock in their hearts was indescribable.

So he started from scratch and rolled out the whole process directly on paper?"

"It should be. After a while, I feel that I can't understand this matter a little, did he make the plan purely by thought experiments? ”

"Looks like yes - it's not a big deal, I've heard that he even saw the drawings of the twenty-two engine before, and he made it like this."

"Well, anyway, he can use a thought experiment, and we'll have to do it in the lab."

"Don't worry, look at it again, this kind of manuscript can't be seen anywhere, if you take it out, it is estimated that someone will be willing to exchange an entire laboratory"

So, these two high-powered scholars just lay on the ground and watched for a whole afternoon.

Even when there was a knock on the door, they sat on their knees, just straightening up slightly.

And in the face of the surprised eyes of the visitors, they did not feel embarrassed at all.

On the other side of the sea, in the laboratory of the American all-nitrogen anionic salt project.

Crist's face was full of helplessness as he looked at the busy experimenters in the laboratory, and his heart twitched one after another.

Just now, there was a small explosion in his laboratory, and the whole laboratory was in shambles.

The reason for this explosion was the failure of the pressure gradient curve control during the synthesis of the total nitrogen anion salt by the high-pressure method, which led to the violent decomposition of the already stable compound, and finally caused the explosion.

It stands to reason that such a mistake should never have happened, because every step of the experiment has been rigorously and precisely designed, and every parameter has been repeatedly demonstrated.

But there is no way, no one can really be foolproof in practice, just an explosion, the damage caused is not large, such a result Crist is already very satisfied.

At least this shows that the project team has done a good job in terms of safety management-—— everyone is wearing protective gear according to the standard, and the most serious injuries are only due to panic and sprained their ankles in the process of escaping.

What really upset Crist was the attitude of the researchers after the explosion.

The first thing they thought about was not to preserve the data and correct the error, but to apply for accidental injury subsidies with him.

Are these people poor and crazy?

Yes, according to the previous rules, a certain amount of high-risk subsidies will indeed be issued in the process of carrying out such high-risk experiments, but that can only be issued after the approval of the logistics department.

What the hell is it that is in battle now?

There are even people who threaten to quit the experiment, as if the entire project team can't do without him.——

However, here comes the more disgusting point.

Although the project team is not without anyone, in fact, even if one person quits for this reason, the atmosphere of the entire project team will inevitably be seriously affected.

When the time comes, not to mention whether the experiment can go smoothly, I will face large-scale complaints if I don't know it.

It's so hard.

So, Crist had no choice but to reluctantly agree to their request, but what he couldn't understand was, why did the current scientific research team become like this?

I think back then, when I was working on explosives at MIT, let alone this level of accident, even if the ceiling of the laboratory was lifted and the eardrum was cracked, I would only happily record the explosion data, for fear of missing a little detail.

Why is this happening? What went wrong?

Crist couldn't figure it out, so she simply stopped thinking about it.

At this time, after the messy laboratory was finally cleaned up, the deputy walked up to him and said:

"The data is collated, and based on the spectral data, we can confirm that we have synthesized the target compound."

"But the problem is that in the explosion just now, the final product has already been destroyed."

"The good news is that our testing equipment has already recorded the data, so we don't need to repeat the experiment."

"At least that's good news!"

Hearing this, Crist finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He then went on to ask:

"Have you recorded the experimental parameters?"

"It's well documented-—— according to the latest data, we reached a peak pressure of 110 Gpa, and it was at this pressure that the target compounds began to be generated."

"I think based on this data, we can start working on the paper."

"The only trouble is that the experiment can be difficult to replicate, because the pressure we need at the moment is not stable enough to control even ourselves."

"It is very likely that every synthesis process will cause a similar explosion"

"It doesn't matter, our goal is not to make a finished product in a short period of time."

Christ replied lightly.

Yes, the goal of this project team is not to actually "make" the all-nitrogen anionic salt, let alone to achieve large-scale mass production of this material.

In fact, what the project team has to do is only to verify the possibility of the theory, and just to show the world its scientific research strength.

It's a process of throwing bricks and bricks – in this way, they can prove their technological sophistication in front of everyone, so that they can get more support and more resources.

At that time, many things that can't be done now will slowly become "doable".

This is a strategy that we have been skillfully using in the process of scientific research for a long time, and this time it is just another repetition of historical successes.

After a few simple words of communication, the two determined the follow-up research route, and Christer's irritable mood because of this accident also settled down.

He breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile on his face:

"Looks like we're ahead of them again this time."

"I've heard that they're also preparing for a conference on energetic materials, and invitations have been sent out, and the list of people basically overlaps with ours."

"I don't know where they got their confidence to fight us in this field-—— well, the strength of Southern Institute of Technology is indeed very strong, but some things, after all, can not be determined by the 'scientific research strength' itself."

Hearing his words, the deputy nodded slightly and replied:

"Our lab has also received an invitation from them, but I haven't had time to respond yet."

"To be honest, their topic is quite interesting, the chemical synthesis of all-nitrogen anionic salts-—— if it doesn't conflict with our schedule, I'd really like to see it."

"Nothing to look at. This topic has been discussed countless times as early as more than ten years ago, as early as the era of our synthesis of all-nitrogen cationic salts, and many related scholars have made long-term explorations. ”

"But without exceptions, they all failed."

"Basically, it's certain that the so-called chemical route is a hoax – it can't be called a hoax, it should be said that it is wishful thinking."

"However, since they are willing to go with this illusion, let them go, anyway, the more resources they waste, the greater our advantage."

"That's true."

The deputy nodded again, looking at Christ's confident expression, and he instinctively responded with an equally confident smile.

But for some reason, he always had a faint uneasiness when he remembered the contents of that invitation.

The introduction of chemical methods on that invitation was not like a discussion, but rather like. Notice?

It's as if they already have results and are just waiting for a suitable opportunity to make it public.

(End of chapter)