When Xu Zhou put down his pen, Liu Zhongmin on the other side also took off his glasses and rubbed his eyebrows.
"Xiao Xu, what did you just say? What did you find?"
Xu Zhou yawned, then smiled and said:
"Let's put this aside, how many days have passed since our last meeting?"
"Let's see, nine days... ten days, thirteen days, fifteen days!"
"Fifteen days have passed."
Liu Zhongmin sighed with a headache.
"Damn it, I seem to have forgotten my daughter's birthday!"
Xu Zhou was stunned for a moment, then apologized and said:
"This... how about some of us help you explain it?"
"Forget it, it's not the first time. People in our field are sometimes like the legendary spiritual retreat. It takes more than ten days to recover."
"Don't look at me like this, Lao Zhou is even more outrageous than me. When he got married, he almost forgot his wedding while hiding in the laboratory. If we hadn't discovered it in time, how could he have gotten a wife? Haha Ha ha!"
Liu Zhongmin said it in a relaxed and humorous way, but Xu Zhou felt something after listening to it.
Yes, those who do scientific research, especially those who are serious about scientific research, the most sorry thing is their families.
While families are getting together, scientific researchers may disappear for more than ten days because of a project. Sometimes they don't even dare to reveal what they are doing due to confidentiality principles.
Xu Zhou felt heavy in his heart when he thought of this.
"What are you thinking about? I'm distracted."
Xu Zhou came back to his senses and smiled:
"It's nothing. By the way, Dean, let's take a day off and we'll continue tomorrow."
Liu Zhongmin waved his hand, and although his face looked tired, he still said firmly:
"There is plenty of time to rest and look back. Now is the critical moment. Don't feel sorry for me just because I just complained."
"For an old man like me, my family can understand, so don't worry."
As he spoke, Liu Zhongmin looked at Xu Zhou's draft of calculations, which contained neat and beautiful formulas.
It seems to have a different kind of beauty.
"By the way, what happened when you just said you found it?"
Xu Zhou followed his gaze to his draft paper, then smiled and said:
"Oh, I mean I found a reaction liquid that meets my conditions."
"That's it, I'll do that then..."
The voice paused, and then Liu Zhongmin opened his eyes wide, his pupils as wide as copper bells.
"What did you say? Found the reaction solution?"
"Well, I think there is no more suitable liquid than this for now!"
"F*ck! You! Why didn't you tell me earlier! Why didn't you interrupt when I just said so much nonsense!"
Liu Zhongmin looked very excited.
The fatigue in his eyes was swept away in an instant, and his expression became full of energy.
The most difficult part of the entire small-scale controllable nuclear fusion task is to find the reaction solution for the appropriate reaction.
Although the sonoluminescence phenomenon can theoretically meet the requirements of the plasma state produced by nuclear fusion, it is not easy to find a liquid that can reach hundreds of millions of temperatures.
In particular, various conditions for nuclear fusion must be met. There cannot be too many other reactions. The mixed gas with deuterium and tritium cannot produce unnecessary reactions. Under the restrictions of various conditions, the two of them have been trying various calculations during this period. , all were eliminated in the end.
But now Xu Zhou said lightly that he had found it.
Doesn’t this indicate that the most important and basic step in the miniaturization of controllable nuclear fusion has been completed!
Xu Zhou was very happy to see Liu Zhongmin so excited. The two of them took turns working overtime and finally got results.
At this moment, Xu Zhou also felt the joy of scientific research breakthroughs.
At this time, Xu Zhou thanked the system. The superintelligence system would not hand over all the knowledge points to you.
Rather, it gives you a main direction and principle.
For example, this time, the knowledge in the system only mentioned that the sonoluminescence phenomenon can play a role in miniaturizing nuclear fusion.
But it doesn't say which kind of reaction liquid it is. Finally, it leaves the calculation and search methods to you, and you need to use your own brain and calculate and search.
This makes Xu Zhou no longer a machine that only knows how to carry things, but a researcher who can learn and use his brain to pursue.
But even so, the super brain system is extremely abnormal.
You want to know what is the biggest problem in scientific research?
It's unknown!
The unknown makes it difficult to start, and there are countless directions that may make you waste a lot of time.
Only one path out of a hundred leads to the right one, but often everyone encounters the correct answer only after taking ninety-nine of the wrong paths.
The ultra-brain system directly points out the correct path, which is equivalent to clearly telling you that if you work hard here, you can get the results you want!
This is the most perverted thing!
At this time, Zhang An and Zhou Guofu, who were separated by a glass wall on the other side, saw Liu Zhongmin's excited expression and immediately realized that there was some major breakthrough!
Then the two of them put down what they were doing and immediately ran to the next door.
"What's wrong? Is there a breakthrough?"
Liu Zhongmin pointed at Xu Zhou excitedly and said:
"This kid, while I was taking a nap, quietly found out the biggest problem, the reaction solution!"
"Fuck!"
Zhou Guofu couldn't help but cursed.
If this was normal, Liu Zhongmin would definitely remind him to pay attention to his quality and image.
But this time Liu Zhongmin didn't say anything because he couldn't help but be violent just now.
Researchers are human beings too!
When facing this kind of shock, apart from this quintessence of Chinese culture, what else can express my heart simply and directly?
Zhang An was more reserved. He walked to Xu Zhou and then said with some concern:
"Dean Xu, can I take a look?"
Xu Zhou smiled and handed over the draft paper, and Zhang An quickly and carefully calculated the formula silently.
Finally, his eyes looked at the last line, where several letters were displayed.
Seeing this, his pupils suddenly shrank and he said in shock:
"What! You want to use this thing as a reaction solution!"
"No way! This is simply too dangerous, we can't take this risk!"
Liu Zhongmin hadn't read it yet. Out of his trust in Xu Zhou, he subconsciously took Xu Zhou's words seriously.
Now seeing Zhang An so excited, I am also a little worried.
Zhang An has a stable temperament and is generally not impatient.
What exactly is Xu Zhou planning to use as a reaction solution to excite Zhang An so much?
At this time, Zhou Guofu on the side also came over, and he looked directly at the final result.
Then he frowned, thought deeply, tapped his fingers on the table and said:
"Isn't this... a bit radical? Although according to your algorithm, it can indeed maintain a temperature of hundreds of millions and meet other conditions, but... the risk is also very high..."
Liu Zhongmin couldn't help it now and took the draft paper directly.
Then he couldn't help shouting:
"What! You want to use liquid lithium as the reaction solution! Are you crazy!"
"Junior high school students all know that this thing is the most reactive of all metals. Aren't you afraid of it exploding when you take it?"
At this time, Liu Zhongmin couldn't help but wonder if Xu Zhou had made a mistake in this choice.
Let’s not talk about how dangerous elemental lithium is. Let’s take the lithium batteries in daily life as an example. Once an explosion occurs, it is basically impossible to extinguish it in a short time.
The more this thing encounters water, the more intense it becomes. Sometimes a lithium battery from an electric car can kill someone.
Accidents like this are in the news every year.
Not to mention elemental liquid lithium!
This thing is used as a reaction solution. To normal people, it looks like an old man hanging himself. It’s too long-lived!
You must know that their purpose is nuclear fusion. When the two meet, isn't it just like dry wood meeting fire, and they achieve mutual success?
It's no wonder that Zhang An and Zhou Guofu raised objections at the same time, and Liu Zhongmin himself felt it was inappropriate.
At this time, Xu Zhou handed a pile of draft paper to several people and said:
"Everyone, what we are trying to do is to conduct research that will lead mankind to achieve an energy leap. It is impossible without danger."
"But then again, you can look at the results after all my calculation formulas and models are built."
"What we need is not an ordinary sonoluminescence effect, but a temperature of hundreds of millions, which can create enough high pressure and high temperature to carry out nuclear fusion reactions in the plasma state!"
"According to my calculations, currently only liquid lithium can achieve this!"
Liu Zhongmin and the other three couldn't help but frown after hearing this.
Xu Zhou is right, scientific research experiments are not 100% safe.
If this is the case, and everyone knows the results, what else can be explored?
After figuring this out, the three of them looked at each other helplessly, and finally Liu Zongmin said:
"Give us an hour, we need to recalculate according to your process!"
"Of course, this is what I hope for, and I believe in my calculations."
Xu Zhou nodded and stretched out his hand to check the calculation casually.
He has his own persistence in scientific research.
As long as it is correct, he believes that the choice he insists on will also gain the support of the three people.
So after Xu Zhou agreed, Liu Zhongmin, Zhang An and Zhou Guofu began to check the calculations on the spot.
After all, nuclear fusion miniaturization technology is no joke. Although they are only used as assistants, they must also uphold the responsible attitude of scientific researchers.
Suddenly, in the entire laboratory, except for Xu Zhou who was resting with his eyes closed, the other three people gathered together to continuously discuss and verify calculations.
