Chapter 563 Quantum Screening
“Is this… the world of quantum?”
At this moment, quantum hydrogen and deuterium appeared in Xu You's mind.
Just an improvement in accuracy can bring about huge changes.
The quantum states of hydrogen and deuterium have very different properties.
Due to the influence of quantum uncertainty effect, the apparent volume of matter in the quantum state changes to varying degrees.
This also makes the difference between hydrogen and deuterium "visible to the naked eye".
Of course, this "visible to the naked eye" refers to visibility to the naked eye in a quantum state.
Being able to distinguish the difference between these two gases does not mean that they can be completely separated.
“Got it!”
At this time, Xu You suddenly thought of another way to separate the two gases.
In theory, the gas separation can be achieved by finding a special material based on the differences between the two other quantum states.
This special material should have porous cage-like properties, and the size of the pores needs to meet certain conditions.
While Xu You was performing various complex calculations through a quantum computer, he was also putting the calculated substances into a mixed gas to conduct a gas separation experiment.
After tens of thousands of attempts, Xu You finally discovered a porous cage-like material whose structure could exactly meet his desired separation effect of hydrogen and deuterium.
After memorizing the structure of this material, Xu You came out .
The high-intensity thinking just now has pushed Xu You's brain to its limit.
Even though this work was of great significance, Xu You did not dare to engage in intensive thinking for too long in this state.
Once the brain is irreparably damaged, no matter how great the achievement is, it is not worth it.
Without taking a long rest, Xu You immediately recorded the substances he had just screened into the computer, preparing to start studying the preparation of this substance the next day.
The next day, Xu You came to the laboratory as usual.
After seeing Lin Shi, Xu You called Lin Shi over.
"Lin Shi, today we are going to study the preparation of this substance."
Seeing this substance in Xu You's computer, Lin Shi didn't react for a moment. She wondered why Xu You suddenly asked this question.
"Teacher, isn't our top priority right now to study the separation of hydrogen and deuterium? Why are you suddenly starting to study a new topic?"
"Lin Shi, think about it again."
Lin Shi held her chin with her hand and thought for a while, but still couldn't come up with any answer.
In desperation, Lin Shi had to admit:
"Teacher, I really can't think of how this substance has anything to do with the separation of hydrogen and deuterium. You should tell me the answer as soon as possible."
Xu You did not blame Lin Shi for her confusion. After all, the gap between the two questions was indeed too big.
"Lin Shi, have you heard of the concept of 'quantum screening'?"
When this concept was mentioned, Lin Shi's eyes rolled and she reacted immediately.
"Teacher, do you mean to use the difference in the quantum state of hydrogen and deuterium to screen them?"
"Yes, that's the idea. With the special porous cage structure of this substance, it is possible to achieve this goal."
As he spoke, Xu You explained the reasons to Lin Shi in detail.
Lin Shi was not very knowledgeable about quantum physics and could only barely understand the various theories Xu You talked about.
"Teacher, it seems that I need to supplement my knowledge of quantum physics later."
"It's not your fault. I was already immersed in the quantum physics laboratory so my foundation in quantum physics is pretty good. You have been mainly studying condensed matter physics, and it is very good that you can also study materials science."
Lin Shi didn't care about Xu You's consolation and retorted:
"This is not an excuse. We all started from the same starting line. Since there is such a big gap, it must be that I haven't worked hard enough. Teacher, if I want to supplement my knowledge of quantum physics, do you have any suggestions?"
Seeing that Lin Shi was so motivated, Xu You gave some of his own suggestions on studying quantum physics.
"In addition to learning this knowledge, necessary experiments are also indispensable . Wang Xiangwu's quantum physics laboratory is one of the best quantum physics laboratories in the world. I will go and say hello to Teacher Wang Xiangwu, and you can go there when you have time. Then you can go find Teacher Zhao Weijia, and if you can surpass him, you can become a master."
"Teacher Zhao Weijia? He should be a teacher of quantum physics. How can it be so easy to surpass him?"
When asked by Lin Shi, Xu You couldn't help but smile helplessly.
Because Xu You often surpassed Zhao Weijia in academic research, Xu You has become accustomed to using Zhao Weijia as a yardstick.
Of course, if Xu You said such true feelings in front of Lin Shi, it would be disrespectful to Zhao Weijia.
"If you set your goals higher, you will have the motivation to strive for it. Well, let's study the problem at hand first."
In the following period, Xu You, Lin Shi, and several material experts from Jijing University conducted research on this new type of porous cage-like material.
After days of experiments and the help of quantum computers, we finally figured out how to prepare this material.
"First, dissolve 2-methylimidazole and cobalt nitrate in ethanol, stir and age for 24 hours, and collect the solid precipitated in the solution by centrifugation..."
"After centrifugal washing, the material was dried at 70 degrees Celsius for twelve hours, and ultrasonically dispersed in anhydrous ethanol..."
"Add cobalt nitrate and nickel nitrate to the solution, reflux , cool, wash by centrifugation, and dry overnight..."
Every step here seems to have no reason and no one knows how it was designed, but in fact they are all carefully arranged for the ultimate goal.
Each step is closely linked to the next, all in order to ultimately produce the ideal porous cage-like material.
After several more days of experiments, the project team finally succeeded in producing the first batch of ideal substances.
After observation and measurement using instruments such as a scanning electron microscope, it was determined that this substance was exactly the same substance as Xu You had imagined.
"Teacher, after rigorous measurement, the interplanar spacing of this material is exactly the same as the target. We can now prepare for the next experiment."
