Eight o 'clock in the morning.
Lu Zhou, who stayed up all night to organize his research results into a thesis, yawned, and went to the laboratory. He handed over his five days of research results to Brother Qian.
Then …
"This is impossible!" Brother Qian slammed the thesis on the table and flatly denied, "The mechanism of CNTs materials on cement materials is to provide a nucleation matrix for the nucleation of hydration products, reduce the nucleation barrier, and make the hydration products easier to form!"
"You studied it for a day, and you're telling me it has no effect? How can it have no effect on the hydration reaction in the early age?! Did you even read the documents I gave you?! "
"There is no doubt that there is a problem with your calculations, because this is not physics!"
"But this is mathematics," said Lu Zhou. When he heard that his work was mercilessly denied, he was suddenly unhappy. He fought against his sleepiness and said, "I don't know if you noticed, but in the FTIR chart of sample No. 4, at the age of 8 to 12 hours, the migration speed of the characteristic peaks of the sample mixed with CNTs and the blank sample at 800 to 1025 cm ^ -1 is basically the same! What does this mean? "
He believed that there was no mistake in his calculations.
Not to mention, after discovering this problem, he recalculated it at least three times!
Lu Zhou's tough attitude made Qian Zhongming slightly stunned. His stubborn attitude softened a bit because of hesitation.
He stared at the chart for a long time, pinched his chin, and fell into deep thought.
The argument between the two attracted Liu Bo, who was sitting next to him analyzing samples.
After asking the reason for the argument, Liu Bo stared at the A4 papers on the table with an intriguing expression on his face.
"The CNTs material has no effect on the hydration reaction in the early age of Portland cement? This was indeed unimaginable. If this conclusion is correct, it can even be published as a separate research result. "
"I think so too, it's incredible," said Brother Qian as he nodded in agreement. He then shook his head and said, "From the perspective of molecular dynamics, this is impossible. The highly delocalized large π bond on the side of the carbon nanotube is bound to interfere with the polymerization process of the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron …"
Senior Brother Liu countered, "But this is only one of the views of many sects. Perhaps it is not correct, or perhaps there are omissions …"
Lu Zhou didn't say anything as he watched the two of them engage in a discussion. He couldn't get a word in edgewise because he couldn't understand what they were discussing at all.
It was just like if he were to talk about the optimal inversion theory of linear functionals, the two of them would also be dumbfounded and would not understand what he was talking about.
Looking at the two people discussing, Lu Zhou could not help but sigh in his heart.
As expected, he still had to improve his knowledge level.
A mathematics degree might not be enough to enter the truly cutting-edge scientific research field …
Otherwise, if he waited for the System to really come up with a black technology blueprint for him, he was afraid that he would also be blinded by it, unable to even touch the door.
Actually, if Lu Zhou knew about material physics, he would know that the international academic community did not have a "clear conclusion" on the strengthening mechanism of carbon nanotubes for composite materials.
Although the addition of carbon nanotubes to a material can increase the strength of the material, it has been proven in many fields. For example, the most typical use of laser alloying and quenching process to synthesize carbon nanotubes/4 # steel, the composite material hardness can reach HRC69 …
However, as for how carbon nanotubes do this, it was only a theoretical conjecture based on macroscopic phenomena. Therefore, it was not surprising to see different explanations in different textbooks, because there was no "final conclusion" on this matter itself.
What Senior Brother Qian said was one of the mainstream conjectures on the strengthening mechanism of carbon nanotubes for cement materials.
As for whether this conjecture was correct, or whether it was applicable to this research topic …
To be honest, he did not delve into it. He just used it as a conclusion.
If Lu Zhou's calculation results were correct, then it would undoubtedly provide a strong counterexample to falsify this conjecture.
But this was too unexpected, too absurd!
After a while, Senior Brother Qian and Senior Brother Liu seemed to have reached a consensus and looked at Lu Zhou.
After a moment of silence, Qian Zhongming spoke.
"I can't give you an answer right now … I need to conduct an experiment.
"If your calculations aren't wrong."
"This will be a major discovery!"
Lu Zhou immediately asked, "How major?"
Liu Bo smiled and said, "I don't know how major it is, but it's still quite significant for the field of carbon nanotube material research. At least it can save people from a lot of detours. Of course, the academic value is definitely not as high as the world problem you solved. "
Lu Zhou smiled awkwardly and said humbly, "That's all fake."
"What are you saying? Academic matters are only divided into yes and no, there's no fake." Liu Bo smiled and shook his head. He paused for a second and said, "Like Senior Brother Qian said, this thing still needs to be proven by experiments. I can't give you an exact answer without experimental proof. Also, can I be thick-skinned enough to ask you for a favor? "
Lu Zhou asked, "What?"
Qian Zhongming coughed and said embarrassedly, "About your mathematical proof, can you wait until our project is over before you publish it? Because we're not the only ones doing research in this area, Zhi University is also doing it … "
If he published the research results now, it would be the same as clearing the obstacles for his opponent. What if someone else also walked into this dead end?
This was quite possible!
Although this was a bit unkind, this was related to research funding and half a year of hard work. Even Qian Zhongming, who was not good with words, had to make this request.
"I thought it was something important. That's it? Sure, sure," said Lu Zhou as he smiled and said casually.
Lu Zhou was only able to discover this result by accident. Also, without the experimental data provided by Qian Zhongming and Liu Bo, he would not be able to write a bunch of formulas out of thin air. He would not be able to discover this unexpected result.
Normally, the names of the two authors could also be listed as the second and third authors.
As for the second and third authors of the thesis, their opinions should be consulted.
This was both a matter of courtesy and integrity.
Qian Zhongming, "Latest by the end of next month, or the end of this month! I promise that I can produce results. Then, you can publish this thesis without any problems. "
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "It's alright, I'm not in a hurry. Just let me know when the time comes."
In fact, Lu Zhou still needed to take a little risk. After all, if someone else came to the same conclusion and published a paper first, then his five days of continuous work would be in vain.
However, the bigger picture was the most important.
And the possibility of that happening was very small …
It was a big deal, so Qian Zhongming immediately called Professor Lee Yong-eun.
Professor Lee didn't say anything on the phone. He just asked Qian Zhongming to take Lu Zhou's thesis and the samples from the new campus to the old campus.
If Lu Zhou's mathematical conclusion was correct, then their experiment was obviously wrong.
However, it was not too late to correct it now!
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