Chapter 351: Grab the Order From Sakura Country

Gao Hongming nodded and said nothing about the resource exchange proposed by Xu Chuan.

Although this is in China, and everyone is working hard to achieve controlled nuclear fusion, different projects have different resources and things.

Not everyone is willing to contribute their own technology or key equipment.

Just like between countries, although the ITER International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project was established, it is said to be a resource and technology sharing cooperation, but the countries participating in this project, whether it is the United States, Europe, or China, cannot take out their own real core and leading technology.

With high-temperature copper-carbon-silver superconducting materials as the foundation, the probability of exchanging the right to use the ‘EAST’ magnetic confinement fusion tokamak device will be greater.

Skipping the test of the plasma turbulence mathematical model, Xu Chuan turned over another document in his hand.

Compared with the controlled nuclear fusion project, there are many more laboratories, enterprises, or institutions in China that study superconducting materials.

However, there are not many manufacturers qualified to enter this list.

Western Superconducting Materials Technology Co., Ltd., BJ Yingna Superconducting Technology Co., Ltd., Qingdao Hancable Co., Ltd.

Companies and enterprises flashed through Xu Chuan's eyes. He still needed to grasp some key points in finding one or two manufacturers of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials.

Although he had already checked it once, the companies that could enter this list must have no problem with their qualifications and backgrounds, but the things involved in high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials were too critical, so he had to be more cautious about it.

For example, the controlled nuclear fusion project currently underway, such as the large-scale strong particle collision project that has not yet started, or the superconducting coil particle acceleration field that the above wants to apply, etc.

Including some other fields, such as medium and large nuclear magnetic resonance equipment and permanent magnetic medical devices in the medical field.

One of the core key points of these projects is superconducting materials.

Only when superconducting materials can be produced stably and with high quality can these projects develop stably.

In fact, more than 90% of the medium and large nuclear magnetic resonance equipment and permanent magnetic medical devices in the domestic medical field are imported.

According to statistics, in China, there are only 3.5 MRI machines per million people, while the United States, Sakura Country and other countries have reached 35.4 and 49.5 machines respectively.

This means that if you want to do an MRI examination, you may have to wait in line for a long time, and you have to pay a high fee, generally ranging from hundreds to thousands of yuan. This is a big burden for ordinary people.

The key to these devices lies in the core superconducting coil material that can provide a strong magnetic field.

Although the development of China in the field of superconductivity is still quite rapid, it started late after all.

Coupled with the technical blockade of Western countries, the prohibition of exports, the refusal of exchanges and other factors, it still lags behind in the field of coil superconductivity.

And this time, the high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting material is an opportunity to break the full dependence on imports.

After flipping through the information in his hand, Xu Chuan picked out three manufacturers, marked them with a pen, and handed them back to Gao Hongming.

"At present, these three companies are OK, and they all have production qualifications, but the production of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials is critical, involving subsequent controlled nuclear fusion and other engineering aspects, so the specific situation needs to be arranged."

"Let's do this, Director Gao, please contact these three companies. I want to meet with them in a few days."

Although the country has helped him select qualified companies, the cooperative production of high-temperature superconducting materials not only involves projects such as controlled nuclear fusion, but also involves the issue of profit distribution.

The previous patent authorization of artificial SEI film does not apply to this time. The last time was similar to a one-time buyout, and this time the high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting material needs to be reconsidered.

After dealing with the test of the plasma turbulence mathematical model and the production of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials, Xu Chuan did not return to the laboratory.

He still has to host another press conference on high-temperature copper-carbon-silver superconducting materials.

Although the paper and patent will not be applied this time, the press conference still needs to be held.

After all, he had developed high-temperature superconducting materials for the purpose of making money, and there was no point in making money domestically, so he would make money from foreign countries.

There are many fields where high-temperature superconducting materials can be applied, such as large particle colliders, medical equipment, maglev trains, etc.

Although only developed countries can support these fields, every time they are negotiated, they are super large orders, worth tens of billions or even hundreds of billions.

For example, the European Organization for Nuclear Research originally followed the historical trend and upgraded the LHC again in 2019. This time, it would purchase high-temperature superconducting materials from the Sakura Country to further improve the energy level of the collider.

However, due to the discovery of inert neutrinos and dark matter, this upgrade plan was temporarily interrupted. CERN is still exploring the traces of dark matter.

However, it is estimated that they should give up soon, after all, they have been looking for more than half a year and have not found anything. Dark matter is indeed very attractive, but countries cannot afford to throw money into a bottomless pit like this.

Every time the Large Intense Particle Collider is started, the funds consumed are astronomical figures. It is estimated that CERN is already considering stopping exploration and restarting the upgrade plan.

And Xu Chuan wants to intercept the order of high-temperature superconducting materials from Sakura Country before that.

As long as the press conference of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials is made public, he is confident that he can do it.

Not only because the high-temperature superconducting materials in his hands have better performance, but also because his relationship with CERN is stronger than that of Sakura Country.

Although he is just one person and the other party is a country, in terms of importance, the entire Sakura Country team is probably not as important as him at CERN.

The method of mathematical calculation of physical particles, the discovery of inert neutrinos, the traces of dark matter and dark energy, the means of astronomical observation and calculation of distant celestial bodies, etc., each of these things is what CERN desires.

For Xu Chuan, snatching an order from Sakura Country is not snatching at all!

This is called helping CERN upgrade and build a more powerful particle collider!

Understand?

As for the opinions of the small island country, what does it have to do with him?

I can't have better materials, but I still use your worse ones, right?

Under the preparation of Chuanhai Materials Research Institute, the press conference of high-temperature copper-carbon-silver composite superconducting materials began.

Because Chuanhai Materials Research Institute has expanded, this report did not borrow the auditorium of Nanjing University as the venue.

However, the report hall of the institute is undoubtedly much smaller than the auditorium of Nanjing University.

This also led to the fact that those manufacturers and media reporters who received invitations and those who came spontaneously after receiving the news almost filled the hotel's report hall.

A row of cameras were placed horizontally under the report table, just waiting for the report meeting to begin.

In the venue, while the report meeting had not started yet, some manufacturers who received the news were discussing with each other.

In the front row, Kelvin Noah, a representative of Nexen, was quietly looking at the empty report table, and another middle-aged man who walked towards this side showed a hint of surprise on his face after seeing him.

"I didn't expect you to come here. Does Nexen also think highly of Professor Xu's research?"

Hearing the voice, Kelvin Noah turned his head. He knew the person sitting next to him. He was a representative of Luvata Materials, which was also from Europe. The two had dealt with each other before.

Nodding, Kelvin said hello: "Of course, although Professor Xu rarely involves the materials industry, every problem he solves is a world-class problem."

Hearing this, Saroyan Patrick, a representative of Luvata Materials, smiled and said: "But the field of materials is not mathematics. 152K room-temperature superconductivity is indeed amazing if you only look at this value. But it may be difficult to transform the results in the laboratory into commercial use."

After a pause, he added: "And I heard that this time he is not studying copper oxide-based superconducting materials, but another new superconducting system. Without industrial experience, it may be even more difficult to transform."

To be honest, 152K temperature superconductivity is nothing. In the laboratory, there are materials that can achieve higher temperatures or even room temperature superconductivity.

However, achieving superconductivity at this temperature under normal pressure has a completely different meaning.

Of course, for these world-leading superconducting material suppliers, laboratory products and industrial products are two completely different concepts.

It is undeniable that 152K normal pressure superconductors are indeed excellent, but there are also products in the laboratory that are not much different from it.

For example, Bi series (92K), Y series (125K), Hg series (135K), etc., can all break through the temperature barrier of liquid nitrogen temperature (77 K).

But as of now, I have not heard of any laboratory that can achieve large-scale commercial production of high-temperature superconducting materials.

So far, most of the applications of superconducting materials in the industry are still low-temperature superconducting materials.

And when they make commercial superconducting magnets, they still use the niobium-titanium alloy series of low-temperature superconducting materials.

Of course, there are also a very small number of copper oxide-based high-temperature superconducting materials, but the output is very low. Only the International Superconducting Industry Technology Research Center (ISTEC) in Sakura Country can produce more Bi series high-temperature superconducting materials.

I heard that they have signed a contract with the European Atomic Energy Research Center in Geneva to provide some BI high-temperature superconducting materials in batches in the second half of 2020 for the transformation of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

So although the parameter of 152K normal pressure superconductivity is indeed amazing, it does not mean much to them if it cannot be commercially produced.

At most, it can provide some research value.

Kelvin leaned back in his chair and smiled faintly: "If that's the case, why did you come here?"

Hearing this, Saroyan Patrick shrugged and said: "It's just the company's arrangement."

Kelvin didn't say anything, but raised his head silently and looked at the podium.

If it's just a product of the laboratory, it would be fine.

What he is worried about is that this superconducting material may be able to be industrialized in a short time like the artificial SEI film last time.

With the ability and character of Professor Xu, this is not impossible.

More importantly, he not only did not publish a paper this time, but also did not apply for a patent.

This is what makes him and some superconducting manufacturers worry.

From this point of view, Professor Xu is likely to choose to keep the production secret and then sell it, just like the production of some materials.

If this is the case, it is really not good news for superconducting material manufacturers like them.

As for Luvata Materials, if they are as stupid as his representative, they deserve to go bankrupt.

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