Jinling, Chuanhai Materials Research Institute.

Xu Chuan and Zhang Pingxiang are still busy optimizing the physical properties of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials.

To this day, the two have carried out different degrees of in-depth research on their respective routes.

In the laboratory, Zhang Pingxiang found Xu Chuan, who was studying how to toughen graphene whiskers (fibers) onto copper-carbon-silver composites, with a material and a data report in his hand.

"Wait a minute, Academician Zhang." Turning his head to look at Zhang Pingxiang, Xu Chuan greeted with a smile, turned his head and continued the work in his hands.

After more than ten minutes, after processing the materials in his hand, he straightened up and walked over.

"How's that, what are the results of your research?" Xu Chuan asked curiously.

These days have passed, and this academician Zhang has been studying the zirconia doping optimization route in the laboratory, and the progress is definitely there, but I don't know how big.

Zhang Pingxiang shook his head and handed over the materials and report in his hand: "There is not much progress, I have tried more than ten different methods, and the brittleness and toughness of copper-carbon-silver composites doped with zirconia atoms have not changed much. ”

"If it is overdosed, it can indeed change the toughness to a certain extent; However, excessive doping can cause superconductivity to plummet. ”

"Your previous speculation was right, zirconia doping this road probably won't work."

Hearing this, Xu Chuan didn't have too many surprises. With his current ability, he can't be 100% accurate in judging whether a path is feasible, but at least he can still give some advice.

Academician Zhang Pingxiang's failure was also expected by him.

Zirconia atoms doped into high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials will change the crystal structure and atomic structure to a certain extent. With these two changes, the superconducting properties of superconducting materials will inevitably be affected.

Flipping through the test report in his hand, Xu Chuan pinched the sample in his hand again.

Not surprisingly, Academician Zhang's research was a failure.

A small amount of doping is of little significance and cannot change the physical properties of superconducting materials.

A large amount of doping can indeed change the brittleness and toughness, but it will greatly reduce the superconductivity performance, especially in the critical temperature of Tc and the critical magnetic field, which are particularly affected.

These two aspects have been seriously affected, and the superconducting material in his hand can almost be said to be wasted.

"How's your graphene research going?"

After giving up the route of zirconia doping, Academician Zhang Pingxiang did not have too much entanglement, after all, in the field of materials, a road does not work.

Xu Chuan scratched his head and said with a smile: "I was busy with some other things two days ago, and I only started researching it in the past two days, and there hasn't been much progress yet." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Pingxiang shook his head and said with some emotion: "There are too many things to study, if you concentrate on breaking through in one door"

He didn't finish his sentence, but both of them understood the meaning of his words.

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Actually, I think it's okay, many disciplines and fields are complementary to each other, for example, if I don't study mathematics, then today's Chuanhai Materials Research Institute does not have that material calculation model." ”

Academician Zhang Pingxiang nodded and said, "This is also true." ”

"Forget it, don't talk about this." Academician Zhang skipped this topic and continued: "Regarding the experiment on graphene whisker (fiber) toughening, if you don't mind, I'll give you a start; Or you can tell me about the idea route of your experiment, and I will help you do the other routes. ”

"I guess you have a lot of other things to do right now, and I'm afraid you don't have much time here in the lab, right?"

Xu Chuan nodded a little embarrassedly and said, "Indeed, I haven't had much time to do experiments in the laboratory recently. ”

He has a lot of things to do recently, the orders from CERN have to be communicated, the controllable nuclear fusion project has to be managed, and the plasma turbulence CNC model If Peng Hongxi talks about it, he will also personally go to Luyang to command.

After all, no one is more familiar with the mathematical model of plasma turbulence than he is, and if something goes wrong during operation, he can adjust and deal with it at any time in the field.

Academician Zhang smiled: "In this case, it would be good for me to take over the relevant experiments." ”

"Your paper on the mechanism theory of high-temperature superconducting materials has inspired and helped me a lot, and I also need some experimental opportunities to verify it, and it just so happens that you have a free materials laboratory and equipment for me to use."

Xu Chuan thought for a while and said, "Since this is the case, then there will be a lot of trouble for Academician Zhang." ”

Zhang Pingxiang smiled and said that he borrowed the free laboratory of the Chuanhai Materials Research Institute, but this was just a reason to help.

He is also a top materials science boss at the top of the pyramid among the academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and he is afraid that he will not have laboratories and equipment?

But there is such a thing as affection, you don't need to say it more, just keep it in your heart.

I have to say that since he returned to China, these domestic scholars he has met along the way can be described as excellent representatives in terms of academics and character.

Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that he doesn't expand his interpersonal circle very much, and he has always known these national treasure-level academicians and scholars, either through acquaintances, or introduced by high-level officials, or they have memories in their previous lives.

In this case, the scholars who can communicate with each other are still very good in character and dealings with each other.

Here, Xu Chuan just sighed that the studious friends around him were very good, and the bad news came.

Gao Hongming and Peng Hongxi, who went to the controlled nuclear fusion project of Luyang Science Island to apply for the EAST device to verify the plasma turbulence model, are back.

"The EAST device over there in Luyang has not been discussed."

In the office, Peng Hongxi sighed and said, he felt a little sorry for the young man in front of him.

As one of the veterans in the field of controlled nuclear fusion in China, he was valued by the other party and invited to go out of the mountain several times, but he didn't do this well.

Originally, he swore that it would not be difficult or easy for him; After all, Chen Mingji is also a former colleague, and the relationship between the two is not bad, but he didn't expect that the other party is no longer the person he is familiar with, and he is no longer the person who is dedicated to the development of the country's controllable nuclear fusion cause.

Maybe his goal has not changed, but in the process, too much selfishness has been mixed in his goals and ideals.

The other party is now the general person in charge of the Luyang controllable nuclear fusion project, the director of the Huaguo International Nuclear Fusion Energy Program Implementation Center, and the leader of the domestic controllable nuclear fusion project, holding billions or even tens of billions of funds, and leading hundreds of projects.

If it is placed in ancient times, this status can be said to be a strong marquis.

In the domestic academic circles, he can master so many funds and resources, which can be said to be an absolute emperor, and it can also be said to be a scholar.

Especially in the field of controlled nuclear fusion, no matter how attractive the prospect is, the pie itself is so big in the research and development stage.

Although there are several different research directions in the controlled nuclear fusion project in China, such as tokamaks, stellarators, pebblebeds, and inertial confinement, in fact, most of the relevant resources in China are concentrated in the field of tokamaks.

As the general person in charge of the tokamak field, Chen Mingji is responsible for the approval of domestic tokamak devices, whether they are under construction or planned to be built.

Not to mention the Luyang controlled nuclear fusion project that he is personally responsible for, even other tokamaks in China may need to consider his opinions.

Originally, Peng Hongxi wanted to write a letter and send it to him to accuse him.

But on the way back, I thought about it carefully, and finally reluctantly gave up this idea.

What if you know the above?

At their level, even if they are at the level of science and technology or even higher, they can be said to be fighting with immortals.

The opinions of all the people on both sides have to be taken into account, and in this kind of matter, at most, it is like the police at the police station mediating the trivial matters of the people.

Under strong pressure, Chen Mingji asked the other party to hand over the EAST device to cooperate with Xu Chuan to complete the research experiment of the plasma turbulence model.

Xu Chuan is a national treasure-level scholar, and Chen Mingji is also a national hero and a top academician and scholar. He has led the development of China's controllable nuclear fusion from scratch for more than ten years and has come to the forefront of the world.

Although there are some selfish motives, it is nothing at the national level.

It can only be said that he didn't think about it at first, and the memory in his mind was still stuck more than ten years ago.

At that time, the country said that it would engage in controlled nuclear fusion, and their group of scholars born in the field of nuclear energy all raised their arms and turned around and threw themselves into it.

From nothing, to the first ignition of the EAST device in 06, and the realization of joining the ITER International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor Organization; Even if every step is difficult, even if the funds are extremely poor, they all have a sincere heart to light the spark of controlled nuclear fusion on this land.

However, more than a decade has passed, and the country's economy has developed rapidly, and it has become the world's second largest economic power, and there are naturally more funds and resources that can be allocated to the field of controlled nuclear fusion.

The interests and powers are moving.

Although the other party is still working hard for controlled nuclear fusion, it can no longer go back to the era of more than ten years ago, when everyone squatted together and ate a boxed lunch, arguing about how to optimize a certain solution, a certain part, and everyone worked together.

After listening to Peng Hongxi briefly explain what happened, Xu Chuan nodded and comforted: "It's okay, Peng Lao, we can think of other ways." ”

In fact, at the beginning, he took this aspect into account.

On the one hand, this is indeed not a trivial matter, and the modification of the control model of the controllable nuclear fusion reactor and the subsequent need to make certain adjustments to the fusion reactor, although theoretically recoverable adjustments, but not everyone is willing to accept outsiders 'messing around' on their own equipment.

On the other hand, it is a variety of domestic academic circles.

Although he is independently chairing a new project, the plate in the field of controlled nuclear fusion in China is so big, he took away part of the scientific research funds, so correspondingly, the scientific research funds of other controlled nuclear fusion projects will inevitably compress a part.

In this case, it is normal for the person in charge of the controlled nuclear fusion field in China to be unhappy.

Not to mention the academic world, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

What's more, the domestic academic community is particularly special, and the major universities + scientific research fields form a small world that is almost an independent kingdom.

When he won the Fields Medal and the state arranged for that Mu Liangcai to contact him, he didn't ask for anything, just a guarantee for the reason was here.

Therefore, before Gao Hongming and Academician Peng Hongxi went to Luyang, he arranged to use high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials as a backhand for interest exchange.

It's just that I didn't expect that the other party didn't even look at the calculation data of the plasma turbulence CNC model, so he directly rejected the request.

Well, it's a bit disrespectful.

Shaking his head slightly, Xu Chuan didn't pay much attention to this matter.

The EAST device cannot be applied, and we still have to find a way to solve the verification of the plasma turbulence CNC model in the future.

Of course, if he went to the capital in person, or wrote a letter to the old man, the matter could still be solved.

It's just that if you do this, you will completely offend the other party.

Although he is not afraid of offending people, he also has no time and waste so much idle time on infighting with his own people.

After all, the other party is now nominally the head of the domestic tokamak route, and if he really tears his face and makes trouble for him, he doesn't have to do anything else.

Rather than that, it would be better to think of other ways.

What's more, the controlled fusion project is only one of his goals. If he could, he would like to try the unfinished dreams of gravitons, dark matter, and extraterrestrial development in his previous life.

Controlled nuclear fusion was just the first step towards his dream.

After all, human beings have to go out of the earth, if they can, Xu Chuan wants this era to be realized in his own hands.

Seeing that Xu Chuan didn't have much mood swings, Peng Hongxi and Gao Hongming also quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

On the way back, they were discussing He Ru and Xu Chuan about it, after all, relatively speaking, this person's age is really not very old, and it is normal for him to be able to make so many top-level results when he is young, and to be vigorous.

Of course, when is it not vigorous to be young?

So they have always been a little worried that this person ran over in a fit of anger to find Chen Mingji in person, or went directly to the capital to complain.

Whichever approach you choose, it's not a very good thing. Because the conflict will inevitably disrupt the normal development of the domestic controllable nuclear fusion field.

If a Nofi double award winner and a leader in the field of controlled nuclear fusion in China really tear their faces apart, some people in the field of controlled nuclear fusion in China will inevitably be apprehensive, and may even involve some factions in other fields to crush each other, which is not a good thing.

But fortunately, this one is calmer than expected.

Relieved, Peng Hongxi thought for a while and asked, "Judging from the current situation, we can't count on the EAST device in Luyang, in this case, should we wait for our own fusion reactor to be built, or do we think of other methods?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Chuan tapped his fingers lightly on the tabletop, thought for a while, and said with a smile: "All roads lead to Rome, there are still ways, without EAST, there are others." ”

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