Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 265: Getting rich! (Thanks to the book friend "Jianshan Gen" for his support!)
"Do you know the result? It is said to have reached several kilograms!"

"How can there be so many!"

"I carried the residues myself. There was a lot of golden powder, just like the soil contained gold. There's no doubt about it."

"Don't be ridiculous. Your estimate is way off. I just went to the team leader's office and saw that it's over a hundred..."

"More than 100 grams is not a small amount."

"As long as it's not one gram, the results are almost the same. We have done this experiment many times!"

"Professor Zhang Shuo is really not an ordinary person."

"..."

The ion cannon research and development base is not large. Everyone has participated in the experiment and knows some information.

When collecting the residues, many people had already guessed that they contained gold, because the residues were different from the previous ones, and there was a lot of golden powder, just like soil containing gold.

After the test results came out, many people knew the clear information.

If the experimental results are placed outside the experimental base, they will definitely be absolutely confidential, but they are no longer a secret inside the experimental base.

Even if you don’t know it now, you will know the specific information by participating in the experiment again.

Many people started discussing it in surprise.

During the research of the ion cannon, they conducted hundreds or even thousands of test firing experiments, some of which were to calibrate the attack on aerial targets, and many were to study the striking power of ion clusters.

This kind of experiment can place a variety of materials on the target, and according to the principle of splitting atomic nuclei by combined force, many people have thought of using this to make precious metals.

Because of this, they have conducted many similar experiments.

Mercury, lead, bismuth, polonium...

Several elements after gold in the periodic table were targeted, but subsequent residue testing found almost nothing.

After many experiments, they gave up on the so-called "precious metal manufacturing" because they felt there was no hope of researching it out.

Now Zhang Shuo came to the experimental base. He just did some calculations and analytical research, and came up with a set of strength data. He added some impurities to the lead and mercury compounds as targets, and as a result, he produced a lot of gold.

More than 150 grams...

This number is definitely not small, because gold is a precious metal. According to the market price, the produced gold can be sold for 10.

"This is just the first experiment. I don't think it can even be considered a test. It's just a try."

"Professor Zhang Shuo, I guess it's just a test of the parameters. The given parameters have a wide range and the results are uncertain."

“And then, it succeeded?”

"Incredible!"

"Being able to create gold? It's of great significance, right? I feel like the world is about to change..."

The experiment is to create gold from scratch, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is like turning stone into gold.

During many discussions, some people mentioned that the value of the gold produced could cover the launch cost, and that this mixture could be used as material in the future, saving a lot of research and development money.

This claim was immediately refuted.

"You are too petty. This is just an experiment. The technology will surely improve gradually in the future, and we will be able to produce gold in large quantities."

"It is estimated that all gold in the world in the future will be artificially produced using this technology."

"By the time……"

“Like synthetic diamonds?”

"Of course not, gold is much more important than diamonds!"

Most of the diamonds on the market today are artificially made, and their place of manufacture is domestic.

When diamonds can be produced continuously and the quality of manufactured diamonds is better than natural ones, the selling price will naturally become lower and lower.

This is the situation of diamonds in the international market.

Gold is much more important than diamonds.

Gold is a reserve precious metal. Banks in various countries reserve large amounts of gold, which is regarded as a stable currency that preserves value.

In addition, gold has a much wider range of applications than diamonds.

At the most basic level, gold is added to components of high-end electronic devices to reduce resistance in key areas and increase the stability of conductors.

Compared with other conductors, gold is a very good conductive material with very low resistivity, which can ensure the stability and transmission efficiency of current.

At the same time, gold's electrical conductivity is more stable and reliable and is not affected by oxidation or corrosion. For circuit boards that are used for a long time, gold is almost an irreplaceable material.

In addition to electronic equipment, gold also has a wide range of uses in aerospace, biomaterials, medical devices, etc.

In addition, gold is also used extensively in the manufacture of jewellery.

and many more.

"If gold could be produced infinitely..."

After Liu Xu received the test report, he began to imagine a bright future and talked with Zhang Shuo about the impact of technology on the world.

That impact is absolutely subversive.

Gold probably will no longer maintain its value, and its depreciation will be very serious, causing all institutions that reserve gold to suffer huge losses.

If you are well-informed and sell a large amount of gold in advance, the losses will naturally be greatly reduced.

"finance……"

"Maybe there will be a big earthquake?" Liu Xu imagined a lot of things, and then asked Zhang Shuo expectantly, "Can the technology continue to improve? We just did an experiment."

"can."

Zhang Shuo nodded affirmatively and replied, "But it requires a lot of research and many experiments."

Liu Xu pursed his lips in understanding, but he didn't agree in his heart. It's not that he disagreed with Zhang Shuo, but he felt that what Zhang Shuo said "a lot" might be a lot of water in it.

In the first experiment, nearly 200 grams of gold were produced.

Second time, third time...

The so-called 'a lot' is perhaps a huge understatement?
Liu Xu thought to himself, "Professor Zhang Shuo is good in every way, but sometimes... he is too modest!"

……

Zhang Shuo didn't think so much.

Technological research will certainly continue to improve, but it is not easy to achieve "qualitative" improvements.

The experiment just conducted was just calculating the 'threshold' range analyzed, and randomly picking a point on the center edge.

In the research on the manufacture of gold by nuclear fission technology, the results are directly affected by 'ion cluster strength' and 'raw materials, field force balance additives and content'.

Within a fixed threshold range, if the value is slightly different, the result may be very different.

A little difference can make a big difference.

'Raw materials, field force balance additives and content' are also very important influencing factors, which together with 'ion cluster strength' determine the experimental results.

In the parameter-affected system, a high ion cluster strength will allow a more complete reaction, but it may not be beneficial to the result of gold production.

The strength of the ion cluster will correspond to an optimal 'raw material, field force balance additive and content'.

Due to the lack of very complete theoretical research, it is impossible to directly calculate the "optimal parameter combination" theoretically, and the data can only be determined through continuous experiments.

This experimental method can almost be understood as taking a chance.

Over the next two days, the research base conducted four more experiments, two of which produced mixtures with lower gold content than the first experiment.

The last time was higher than the first, producing 339 grams of gold.

After the test results came out, the research base conducted the same experiment again with the fourth experimental data and produced 267 grams of gold.

“It’s caused by instability.”

"Whether it's the target material or the strength of the ion cannon, if there's even a slight deviation, the results could be very different."

“Therefore, control and detection must be more refined.”

Zhang Shuo summarized the results.

Liu Xu found that what Zhang Shuo said about "many experiments" made sense.

The gold produced experimentally now can already cover the cost, but it is still far from "mass production".

"After the manufacturing and launching costs of the ion cannon are reduced, the cost of each launch is about 30,000 to 40,000."

"On average, 200 grams of gold can be produced at a time, and the manufacturing cost is less than 200 per gram, but we also need to consider the extraction cost, raw material cost, key technology cost, etc...."

"The current manufacturing efficiency is still too low. It won't have any impact at all." Liu Xu made a summary and finally said with a sigh, "We still have to continue researching!"

"It would be great if we could produce several kilograms, or even dozens or hundreds of kilograms of gold at a time..."

"Team Leader Liu, your request is really too high."

Zhang Shuo smiled and shook his head.

At the current ion cluster strength that can be produced, the reaction ratio of mercury is very low. Even if all the mercury elements involved in the reaction are converted into gold, it will not reach several hundred kilograms.

Therefore, the upper limit is to produce a few hundred kilograms of gold at one time.

In fact, if you want to rely on manufacturing gold to influence the international gold price, you don’t need such high efficiency. As long as the manufacturing cost is lower than the value of gold and it is profitable, you will continue to manufacture it driven by profit, and even build ion cannons in large quantities to make gold.

As new gold is continuously produced and enters the market, the international gold price will naturally be affected, and gold manufacturing will continue to bring in profits.

Zhang Shuo is also very much looking forward to this, because the research on chaos force fields is very short of funds.

The research base reported the matter to its superiors.

The superiors paid attention to the information almost immediately and determined that the leadership team would come to the research base to understand the situation.

Zhang Shuo wanted to conduct further research, so he decided to upgrade the mission.

The highest level of the task can be upgraded to A-level. After upgrading to A-level, the number of scientific research coins required by the institute will be as high as 2,000 points.

The task was not to find the 'parameter set for the most efficient production of gold', but became a theoretical study.

【Task 3】

[Research project name: Theoretical basis for producing gold elements by nuclear force splitting technology (difficulty assessment: A). ]

【Progress: 25.372%.】

(The task can be canceled. Currently, the number of scientific research coins required to cancel the task is 0.)
(The remaining progress requires 1500 scientific research coins.)
When the mission was established, it was already one quarter complete.

These advances are related to theoretical content related to strong forces and are also directly related to gold manufacturing experiments that have been carried out.

The main content of the research has become the theoretical analysis of the reaction process of splitting atomic nuclei to produce gold elements and the impact of changes in materials and other factors.

After establishing the task, Zhang Shuo also checked the status of the scientific research coins.

【Scientific research currency: 4293. 】

"There are still a lot of research coins left, but if I spend all of them at once..."

"Such a waste!"

The A-level task requires 2,000 scientific research coins, and is still very difficult.

Zhang Shuo hopes to complete it quickly, but he doesn't have a lot of krypton coins, so he still follows the normal process and finds the research direction first.

After a krypton coin transaction, the reverse direction became very clear.

"The main focus is to study the reaction intensity and the problem of mixed material balance."

"Mercury is the material, and other atoms in mercury compounds will also affect the reaction..."

"At the same time, each different element will affect the reaction balance, and the calculations must be analyzed, which is still very complicated..."

Zhang Shuo officially started his research.

He was not working alone, he also sought help from Xue Bokun and Wang Qiang, who could help with a lot of calculations and analysis.

There are no other scholars engaged in theoretical research in the research base.

So the three of us did the research together, and the first step of balance calculation and analysis already had a clear direction.

……

More than ten days later.

The first step of balance calculation and analysis has been completed, and the task progress has also increased to '42.667%', which is quite rapid progress.

With the support of a large number of calculation results, the three also worked out a more precise set of 'parameter threshold' ranges.

“With this set of parameters, perhaps gold production will be more efficient.”

"You can try it!"

“Maybe there will be a big improvement!”

Zhang Shuo gave the threshold parameters to Liu Xu and asked him to conduct experimental research.

After Liu Xu got the parameters, he couldn't wait to prepare for a new experiment. The experimental preparation was all about raw materials.

The mercury compound of choice is mercuric nitrate, to which a field balancing impurity is added, the latter being powdered calcium carbonate.

Calcium carbonate is an inorganic compound and the main component of limestone, marble, etc. It is also very cheap.

The two are mixed together by stirring to form a semi-solidified substance, which is then placed in a built concrete container.

After the ion cannon is fired, it will hit the opening of the concrete container and directly hit the intended target material.

The experiment was conducted in a low-key manner, mainly because the research base had been conducting various experiments in the past week.

Mercury compounds, lead compounds, and constantly changing mixed materials make the experiments full of uncertainty.

The research base collects data through experiments one by one.

These data are also meaningful to Zhang Shuo's research.

For the current experiment, only Liu Xu and the other two team leaders know that the parameters and materials were given by Zhang Shuo.

No one else knew and didn't have high expectations for the experiment.

Of course, there are expectations.

Because it is an experiment to make gold, the results are full of uncertainty. Sometimes the gold produced is extremely scarce, sometimes only dozens of grams can be produced, and at most, even more than 300 grams.

More, there is nothing.

A low-key experiment, routine material preparation, followed by an ion cannon strike.

After one day, the residue was collected.

The personnel involved in the experiment have discovered the anomaly, they saw a large amount of golden powder in the residue.

After the residues were sent for testing, many people became concerned about the test results.

As soon as the test results came out, the leadership team arrived.

The leadership group is centered around Teacher Zhao. Teacher Zhao and his team had a very low-key itinerary and they drove directly into the base.

Then, a group of people entered the main office building.

The main office building is a two-story building built against the mountain, with an office on the first floor.

As soon as Teacher Zhao and his group entered the room, they saw through the window a person holding a document and laughing non-stop, making a strange "hehehe" sound.

He immediately asked Zeng Qizheng next to him, "What is this..."

Zeng Qizhen is the deputy director of the research base. When he saw Teacher Zhao and his group arriving, he followed them in.

Hearing Teacher Zhao's question, he also looked through the window.

Liu Xu's expression was really embarrassing, and he couldn't help but burst out laughing. After realizing his mistake, he immediately covered his mouth and introduced, "It's Liu Xu, Team Leader Liu!"

Liu Xu is the person in charge of the research base. People in the base call him "team leader". In fact, his rank is very high.

Teacher Zhao also knew Liu Xu. He made a "quiet" gesture to the others and continued to watch happily.

After waiting for about half a minute, Liu Xu seemed to realize something was wrong. He looked up suddenly and noticed that there were quite a few people at the door.

He hurried over to open the door, and when he saw several "big shots" at the door, he immediately raised his hand and saluted.

"Liu Xu, Team Leader Liu!"

Teacher Zhao asked with a smile, "What did you just say..."

"I'm so happy!"

Liu Xu immediately said excitedly, "We just conducted an experiment and extracted 2903 grams of gold from the residue!"

Teacher Zhao was stunned for a moment and didn't understand what was going on.

Zeng Qizheng widened his eyes in surprise and shouted subconsciously, "How much?!"

"2900 grams! More than that!"

"Whoo~~~"

"Get rich!"

(End of this chapter)