novelraw Chapter 96 Birds flying outside the window, and extended-range fighter jets.
Chapter 96 Birds flying outside the window, and extended-range fighter jets.
Commander Li, standing anxiously to the side, scratched his head and pawed, "Old Chen, what's going on? Say something!"
Chief Engineer Chen took a deep breath and carefully placed the manuscript on the table, as if afraid it would fall and shatter. He thought it would just melt away like a ginseng fruit if it fell into the ground.
After putting the things away, he turned to Chief Li and said, word by word:
"If all these processes could be achieved..."
"Our fighter jets will be like being able to fly while eating corn on the cob."
"Our missiles can use straw as fuel."
"Our polyester bottles can degrade in a few years if buried in the ground after drinking water."
"Our gasoline has been changed directly from leaded gasoline to environmentally friendly gasoline, so the exhaust pollution will not be too serious."
As he said this, his face flushed red again, turning a purplish-red hue.
Startled, Chief Hou quickly stepped forward and grabbed his shoulder.
"Old Chen! Old Chen!"
Upon closer inspection, he noticed that Chief Engineer Chen's breathing seemed to have become sluggish.
He immediately shouted outside.
"Guards! Come and save them!"
Several guards rushed to the outside of the meeting room and performed emergency rescues, bringing Chief Engineer Chen back from the brink of danger.
Even so, he fell into a coma.
The soldiers carried him out on a stretcher and took him to the hospital.
Silence fell over the meeting room once again.
This sudden turn of events brought everyone back to their senses, but they were more interested in seeing Lin Yu's manuscript.
Chief Hou first glanced warily at the others, fearing that someone might get excited and faint again.
But they still distributed the manuscripts.
Several elderly professors quietly took off their glasses and pressed them against the manuscript paper as they read, word by word.
During this dull reading time, Chief Hou's cigarette had long since gone out, and ashes were scattered all over the table.
He was completely oblivious, staring at Lin Yu with a complex and indescribable expression.
Just how much is this kid hiding?
Lin Yu felt a little uncomfortable under that gaze. He scratched his head; it was too late to hide his skills now, and besides, he hadn't intended to hide this kind of technique anyway.
"Um... Uncle Hou, please don't look at me like that."
"Some of these technologies are still in the theoretical stage and need to be verified step by step..."
"fart!"
Chief Li suddenly slammed his hand on the table, startling everyone.
Lin Yu was even more surprised.
Indeed, this is a mature process copied directly from the future.
To say that he's only at the theoretical stage is utter nonsense.
But nobody else knows this except him.
Chief Li stood up, walked up to Lin Yu, and grabbed Lin Yu's hands with both of his, squeezing them as if he wanted to crush them.
"Comrade Lin Yu! From today onwards, you are our Equipment Department's precious darling!"
"We'll provide the money, the manpower, and the equipment!"
"We absolutely must get this furanyl bicycloalkane sorted out!"
"We need to move from theory to practice!"
He paused, then added:
"And that DMF, that FDCA, that coupling thing... bring them all out!"
Lin Yu's hand hurt from being squeezed, but he couldn't pull it back, so he could only nod with a wry smile.
Of course everyone should do it; he said it so that everyone would do it.
At this moment, after the manuscript was sent over and read through, Academician Wang, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke:
"Kobayashi, all the routes you mentioned require the carbon chain growth step. How did you choose the catalyst for the aldol condensation of HMF and acetone?"
He came here for condensed matter physics, but now he feels as if he has vaguely grasped some truth.
From initially altering the properties of rare metals in steel slag, to deducing that actinides could be used to create photovoltaic cells, and now, based solely on speculation, various reasonable chemical reaction pathways can be deduced.
……
This is by no means simple.
Although it was hard to believe, he had a guess.
Lin Yu must have mastered a method to predict the properties of objects by utilizing the interaction forces between the outer electrons of elements and the molecular structure.
Lin Yu's eyes lit up; he knew this question had really hit the nail on the head.
He turned and drew a complex schematic diagram of a catalyst structure on the blackboard:
"Professor Wang, that's a good question. The most crucial step in aldol condensation is the catalyst. I designed a magnesium-aluminum-zirconium composite oxide supported copper-cobalt alloy catalyst."
"The copper-cobalt alloy is responsible for hydrogenation and deoxygenation, while the magnesium, aluminum and zirconium oxides provide acid-base active sites to catalyze aldol condensation."
"The three active sites work synergistically on a single catalyst, enabling a one-step conversion from HMF to C9 oxygen-containing compounds with a selectivity exceeding 99%."
"No need to separate intermediate products, no need to change reactors, one-pot process, direct discharge."
The phrase "one-pot method" carries immense weight.
The conference room, which had just calmed down, was thrown into turmoil again.
Those who work in the chemical industry know best what this means.
The most troublesome part of multi-step reactions is the separation and purification of intermediate products. Equipment investment, energy consumption, and material loss all cost money.
Now Lin Yu is saying, "Let's get it done in one step?"
Academician Wang stood up, walked to the blackboard, and stared at the catalyst structure for a full two minutes.
The meeting room was completely silent; everyone held their breath, awaiting his judgment.
at last.
Academician Wang turned around; he was now even more convinced of his judgment.
Either this kid can predict the future, or he has completely mastered a theory that uses molecular structure to determine usefulness.
What kind of good person could come up with such a complex catalyst just by thinking?
The saying "Thinking without learning is perilous" is not just a saying!
Magnesium aluminum zirconium composite oxide supported copper-cobalt alloy catalyst.
He found it difficult to read even this:
"This catalyst design... is absolutely brilliant."
"The spatial arrangement and ratio control of acid-base sites and metal sites are all theoretically the best locations."
"Kobayashi, this isn't something you just came up with on a whim, is it?"
Lin Yu smiled shyly, "I got it from reading books, plus the calculations I did myself."
Academician Wang paused for a moment, then burst into laughter.
Just as he expected! It was Lin Yu who calculated it...
This kind of knowledge is truly terrifying!
With this child, the Republic's scientific research progress will leap forward significantly.
Perhaps... winning the Nobel Prize isn't out of the question.
"Excellent! What a fine student! Old Song has taken on a good apprentice!"
There was a two-second silence in the conference room.
Commander Li patted Lin Yu's shoulder hard, making him grimace.
Several senior professors also stood up and applauded.
Chief Hou put down his teacup, leaned back in his chair, and watched Lin Yu being surrounded by people. A smile slowly crept onto his lips.
This kid...
Two months ago, I was still worried about CPUs costing several thousand yuan.
Now, he's so good that the head of the equipment department can pat him on the shoulder and call him his precious darling.
Chief Hou lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, slowly exhaled, and then looked at Lin Yu:
"Xiaoyu."
"Um?"
"With so many new varieties, are you trying to take over the entire global aviation fuel market in one fell swoop?"
Lin Yu paused for a moment, then nodded seriously:
"More or less."
The people in the room were stunned for two seconds, then burst into deafening laughter.
Outside the window, the March sun shines brightly.
Several sparrows hopped around on the branches, chirping and chattering, seemingly discussing something interesting.
Just then, a fighter jet flew by.
It pushed out the air, leaving two long trails.
Lin Yu stared blankly at the sky, now it was time to work on the fuel.
If, during the Yellow Sea standoff and exercises in October, the US still estimates missile ranges based on current technology…
Just wait to be caught completely off guard!