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Chapter 692 Is the US really that stubborn?
In a U.S. national laboratory.

Across from Burton, seeing the call had ended, the elderly man with a long beard asked, "What's the Department of Energy's thinking?"

Burton said helplessly, "They seem unwilling to admit defeat like this. It is undeniable that Xia Guo has developed too fast in recent years. In this young man, I seem to see the shadows of great men like Newton and Einstein."

"That's a bit of an exaggeration."

The bearded man was somewhat surprised, considering that Burton had such a high opinion of this young man from Xia Kingdom.

These two individuals are both world-changing figures.

Newton established the classical mechanics system, unified the physical laws of the heavens and the earth, and laid the foundation for scientific methodology with universal gravitation and the laws of motion.

Einstein overturned the absolute spacetime view (relativity), revolutionized the framework for understanding the universe, and predicted unobserved phenomena such as gravitational waves.

These are all paradigm-changing achievements.

Undeniably, Xu Qingzhou is exceptionally gifted, achieving remarkable success in both mathematics and physics, but there is still a gap between him and the former two.

"Too."

Burton shook his head. "But don't forget, this young man is only 24 years old; his future holds limitless possibilities."

The bearded man fell silent.

News of Xia Guo's solution to dendrites and the shuttle effect gradually spread from the battery industry in the United States to the general public.

Reuters has begun its latest report, titled "Xiaguo batteries pose a safety hazard."

"As we all know, scientific development is a gradual process, but this does not conform to the laws of scientific development."

"I cannot see the exact numbers right now."

The report also quoted some experts.

"Yes, it's unscientific to solve dendrites and shuttle effect within a year!"

"The solid-state battery energy density of the national laboratory can reach 550Wh/kg, which is enough to support our battery energy needs."

"Fellow countrymen, America is no longer great."

"Oh my God, this is impossible!"

"The people of Xia love to cheat; this might just be a smokescreen."

News is constantly circulating online in the United States, even more so than in China.

Xu Qingzhou smiled and remained silent after seeing these news reports and comments.

If China gains control of the next generation of battery technology, it will inevitably restructure the global industrial chain and threaten the United States' control over the new energy field.

The essence of the United States' hostility toward China is the maintenance of its systemic hegemony, rather than simply technological competition.

He wasn't worried that the US was really that stubborn.

The United States wants to bypass China's patents, but its domestic technology only includes magnesium batteries, potassium batteries, and the like, which have obvious performance disadvantages.

Secondly, if the United States really wants to cause trouble, it can only continue to hype up certain threats from China and then unite with its allies to contain China.

However, when it comes to dendrite patents and shuttle effect patents, those so-called allies may not necessarily stand by the United States.

After all, the battery industry involves too many things, especially those related to people's livelihoods, such as mobile phones, computers, and cars. Going against Xia Guo would be a losing proposition.

Currently, companies from Europe, Japan, South Korea, and other countries have communicated with Zero Point Technology and its research institute, expressing their desire to visit and investigate.

Xia Guo did not impose many restrictions on these countries' requests for visits, and welcomed them, just like with superconducting thin films.

These two patent packages in the field of batteries cover too wide a range.

You're saying that you want a complete monopoly and not give anything to foreign countries, but that's unrealistic. First of all, other countries would accuse you of technological monopoly, and the country isn't an impenetrable fortress either.

Businesses of all sizes can easily lead to technology leaks.

Furthermore.

Xia needs to reconstruct its discourse power. Dendrites and the shuttle effect are both rare opportunities.

Domestic companies definitely have a first-mover advantage.

This patented technology will help break through foreign barriers in the battery field and help resolve domestic overcapacity.

As for the United States.

Simply put, the cost of technological blockade is too high, so we have no choice but to return to the negotiating table.

In any case, their technology has an absolute advantage.

Rejecting Xia Guo's technology at this time is tantamount to rejecting the Internet in one's own country in the 90s; falling behind is only a matter of time.

Of course, it's also possible that a cheater might suddenly appear and create dendrites and shuttle effects.

but.
Unlikely.

After being reborn, he was basically the only "oddball".

Online, besides those who oppose it, there are also many who support it.

Elon Musk of Tesla: "American interests are as inseparable as conjoined twins, and confrontation is a very foolish thing to do."

Business leaders such as JPMorgan Chase and Charlie Munger will call for cooperation, not confrontation, between the US and China in the field of battery technology.

Even though several days have passed, things are still very lively in the United States.

On Monday, Academician Liu Fanyang called to tell Xu Qingzhou that there was no problem with the investment and that they would be very welcoming.

Song Yao immediately arranged for the research institute to contact people from Zero Point Technology to discuss the specific investment amount.

Zero Point Technology is handling the patent collaborations on lithium dendrites and the shuttle effect, which gives Xu Qingzhou some free time to focus his energy on controlled nuclear fusion.

Currently, the fusion team is divided into three groups, led by Academician Ren Nan, Professor Zhao Shengwen, and Professor Zheng Xu respectively.

laboratory.

The fusion laboratory is located in the southern part of the institute, near the Summer Palace.

The extreme operating condition verification of superconducting thin films has been completed.

Generally speaking, fusion reactor materials need to withstand neutron flux of ≥10 N/cm and performance degradation of ≤15%.

Fusion reactions release 14 MeV of neutron energy. If we compare it to an armor-piercing projectile, then fusion materials are like bulletproof vests. An armor-piercing projectile (high-energy neutrons) bombards the "bulletproof vest" millions of times per second. If the "bulletproof vest" deforms by more than 15%, it means that it loses its protective function.

The superconducting thin film has excellent performance, with an attenuation rate of ≤5%.

The integration of superconducting magnets and the construction of compact magnet systems are proceeding simultaneously.

Finally, to embed the superconducting magnet into the compact magnet system framework, another joint extreme condition verification is required.

Currently, they are using a dynamic performance testing system for superconducting magnets to test the performance of superconducting magnets.

Academician Ren Nan said: "There are currently two problems. First, high-frequency eddy current thermal runaway. Eddy current loss on the membrane surface causes the local temperature rise to exceed the liquid nitrogen temperature range, triggering runaway."

"Second, irradiation defect accumulation, based on test data from the past week."

Xu Qingzhou held the report and drawings.

Although extreme condition testing had been conducted before, there are still some differences between it and real-world testing.

Previous simulation tests were like "tapping the material with a hammer to see if it breaks," while actual operation is like "continuously polishing with sandpaper." When the cumulative amount reaches a threshold, the problem of accumulated irradiation defects will occur.

Academician Ren Nan continued, "I hope you can use a mathematical perspective to extract energy dissipation, microcrack accumulation, and other factors from the data, and see if you can find something different."

"We have a Fields Medal winner, let's make good use of him."

"Okay, I'll go back and take a look."

(End of this chapter)