"What did you say? The thermal barrier coating was done? Who did it?"
Chen Guo suddenly jumped out of bed, her expression unable to contain her excitement.
This morning, another full-scale model completed the wind tunnel experiment, and another breakthrough was achieved in key engine materials...
Wait, is it really Chen Nian?
"Xiao Nian! He gave me the formula!"
"The base material is Ni-Cr-Y-Al-Co, the coating is Al2TlO5, MgO is added to increase the strength, and La2O3 is added to control thermal decomposition."
"Originally we planned to use ion spraying to manufacture it, but this equipment is only available at the Imperial Capital Materials Research Institute."
"So, we use the method of ball milling to make powder and manual application."
"The performance of the material made by this method is greatly reduced, but after experiments, it is much stronger than the direction we have considered before!"
"If it can be manufactured using standard ion spraying methods, I estimate that the performance will be improved by at least 3 to 4 times."
"Now our materials can withstand high temperatures of 900 degrees and maintain stable performance. They only start to decompose after the temperature rises to 1,200 degrees."
"If the technology keeps up...according to the operating temperature of each part of the engine, this TBC can fully meet all needs!"
Having said this, Hu Xu on the opposite side stopped and took several breaths.
On the one hand, it was because he was too excited, and on the other hand, it was because he stayed up all night with Chen Nian last night, and his middle-aged body was really unable to bear it.
On this side, Chen Guo wasn't doing much better either.
He walked around with bare feet on the floor, turned around several times, and then walked to the kitchen to pick up the cup of hot water that he had poured out before.
The water is still warm.
"Lao Hu, please don't get too excited. I hear something is wrong in your voice. Please calm down first."
"I'm fine. I just spent the whole night feeling a little weak... Huh? Why is your voice so wrong?"
Chen Guo twitched her lips helplessly and replied:
"I'm not going anywhere. You've been struggling all night, and I've been struggling all morning."
"I was woken up by the phone at around five o'clock. I hung up the phone and just fell asleep for a few minutes when you came again."
"But it's all good news, it's worth it!"
"Yeah, it's so worth it... Damn it, I finally don't have to lick the heels of those American devils anymore!"
"Old Chen, do you know that just last month, we went to negotiate with HUNTSMAN."
"Our appeal is actually very simple. We hope to cooperate with them and use their relationship with NASA to indirectly gain access to some knowledge about ceramic-based composite materials."
"But do you know how bad their attitude is? I am a professor at a prestigious university, the first National Outstanding Youth, and an expert receiving a national subsidy!"
"When I led the team to find them, do you know who they sent to pick us up? A small account manager."
"From beginning to end, I didn't even see the person in charge."
"He only brought me one sentence: Even if HUNTSMAN's technology is shared with us, we can't understand it."
"It's so ridiculous... We can't understand it, how can they understand it?"
"Who wants to cooperate with their bunch of stinky capitalists? They know shit about the material. Aren't we looking for NASA's background?"
"They really take themselves seriously... Niang Xipi, fortunately, I am an alumnus of him, and we met him once when we were at Yale."
Chen Guo listened silently. Although he didn't answer, he could completely understand the other person's feelings.
Yes, refusing to cooperate is actually not unexpected, but refusing with such an arrogant attitude is a bit too insulting.
----However, Hu Xu's last words gave him a new year.
So he opened his mouth and said:
"Lao Hu, do you think it's possible that he deliberately treated you like this just because he knew you were schoolmates with him?"
"...makes sense."
Hu Xu replied in shock.
He had never thought of this, but after Chen Guo reminded him, he came to his senses.
you do not say!
If it weren't for the alumni, maybe the HUNTSMAN people wouldn't make things so difficult for me!
I remember that at the beginning, I ignored the school’s various attempts to stay, and even refused the coveted opportunity to join NASA and decided to return to China.
Although the matter did not become a big deal at the time because my research direction was not that critical, it is obvious that this experience has been written in my background.
As long as HUNTSMAN's own "alumni" does a little research, he can see what he did in the past.
Then it's understandable that he has a bad attitude toward himself.
After all, in their eyes, their behavior of returning home is no different from betrayal.
Hu Xu snorted coldly in his heart.
Huh, betrayal?
It’s not like you gave me the money to study abroad! That’s the Chinese public money I got!
----But of course, when I studied abroad at Yale, I also enjoyed a series of benefits and preferential treatment, which is undeniable.
But on the other hand, the achievements I made during my postgraduate studies and Ph.D. are enough to write off these small favors.
When we meet again, if we can't be partners, we can only be opponents.
Fortunately, the first time we were an opponent, we won a small victory...
Thinking of this, Hu Xu felt cheerful again.
He exchanged a few words with Chen Guo and then hung up the phone. The news of victory had been reported, but there was still more verification and optimization work waiting for him.
Time is very tight.
Hu Xu took a few breaths and turned back to the laboratory. Chen Nian, who was collecting sample residues and various tools, saw him coming in. He immediately put down what he was holding and asked with a smile:
"Professor Hu, have you finished talking to the leader?"
Hu Xu nodded, walked up and patted Chen Nian heavily on the shoulder and said:
"That's it! You were the one who made this achievement, and you belong to the No. 22 project team, so I gave priority to informing Chen Guo."
"He will probably contact me later to ask for specific documents, and then report them to me step by step."
“The process may be a little slower, but it will definitely not take more than two days, so you don’t have to rush.”
Chen Nian hummed and replied:
"I'm not in a hurry... Anyway, this material can't be mass-produced now. I guess I have to let the Materials Research Institute get the plasma spraying machine done first."
"That's not a big problem - the technology of plasma spraying equipment is not complicated, but there was no demand for its use before, so no resources were invested in its introduction and research and development."
“Since ceramic-based materials require plasma spraying, then go ahead and build them—if you can’t build them in the short term, just buy a few units first.”
Hearing this, Chen Nian felt relieved.
In his previous life, the large-scale use of plasma spraying equipment in China was only after 2007, but in fact, plasma spraying technology had already begun to take shape as early as the 1960s.
He thought there were some special restrictions that prevented the country from introducing or developing this technology.
It seems that at this point, I really think too much.
"Understood Professor Hu, then I will leave the subsequent application of this material to you. If you still need my assistance, you can just contact me directly."
Hu Xu shook his head seriously and said:
"The application work can be left to me, but this is me assisting you, not you assisting me."
"Chen Nian, remember, the results are yours, no one can take them away, and I will not allow others to take them away."
"There is only one thing you have to do, calm down, study hard, and research hard."
"I believe that as long as you are here, many things that we didn't dare to think or do before can now be done!"
