Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 494: Chapter 297 The Importance at a National Level_2

"After all is compressed, the temperature and pressure can be lowered slightly, and some means can be used to separate the gaseous elements."

"This would probably make the element distribution more uniform, right?" Zhao Yi said, not entirely sure. In his mind, he only knew the simple manufacturing process without any specific explanations.

What’s the principle?

He didn’t know.

Why do it this way?

He didn’t know.

Zhao Yi simply outlined the information in his mind. He didn’t specify the standards for high temperature and high pressure, nor did he explain how much they needed to be reduced.

That wasn’t necessary.

For a materials scientist like Zhang Hongtao, there is certainly a lot of knowledge. Just mentioning the key points was enough; if Zhao Yi went into too much detail, it might seem like he was stealing key technology from abroad.

Just hinting at the key points and having professional researchers study the rest was enough.

Zhang Hongtao fell into deep thought. He was lost for more than half a minute, not even acknowledging Zhao Yi before going to a nearby table and taking notes on a book.

Zhao Yi didn’t mind.

Researchers were generally like this; capturing inspiration was more important than anything else. Zhao Yi took the opportunity to wander around the workspace.

The workspace of the materials lab was truly like a steel mill workshop, with not only high-temperature, high-pressure furnaces but also several large machines such as hydraulic presses, cutting machines, and water-jet cutters. In the corner, there were several precise instruments safely stored, their exact purposes unknown.

"This place is really nice. If there’s enough technology, it’s enough to produce a Transformer..." Zhao Yi thought.

Many people likely dream of creating cool products like sports cars, airplanes, and rockets themselves. However, most people can only dream; those who actually put their dreams into practice might, at best, create a strange diesel car or only a shell of machinery with no functionality.

Zhao Yi had similar thoughts. For example, he hoped to create a robot with many functions, and the components could not all be purchased; black technology products were definitely not available for purchase. Even if he could design the software, hardware support would still be a significant issue.

The current workroom was powerful. It could not produce a working Transformer, but making a full-metal Transformer casing was likely not a problem.

If there was enough raw material support, it would probably not be a big problem to create a rocket that could reach a thousand meters high. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

A sports car frame?

Aircraft shell?

Ahem.

Anyway, it’s just a shell...

When Zhao Yi returned, he saw Zhang Hongtao, staring excitedly at the book in his hands.

"Professor Zhao! Professor Zhao!" He called out, waving energetically.

Zhao Yi walked over, "Any progress?"

"I don’t know if it counts as progress." Zhang Hongtao said excitedly, "But what you said is very useful. For alloy manufacturing, the most important thing is to mix every element in a specific pattern. Even if the elements are distributed uniformly with the same content, the results might not be the same."

"This is the difficulty of alloy manufacturing; there must be some methods. One is to mix various elements uniformly, and the other is to combine them according to a specific pattern."

"If we use the method you mentioned, maybe we can get several elements to form a new combination..."

Zhang Hongtao took out the book, which showed a diagram with dense lines and boxes labeled with element names.

The only thing Zhao Yi understood were the element names.

As for the rest...

Sorry, he didn’t know what it was!

Zhang Hongtao continued his explanation, "If we distribute the elements in this pattern, they can bond together most tightly, but it’s not easy to achieve..."

"However, our conditions here aren’t quite sufficient..."

He was referring to the capability of their equipment.

The furnace was not for casually producing high temperatures and high pressures; each furnace had a limit with different functionalities. A furnace that could produce even higher temperatures and pressures would be more advanced.

The furnace in the workroom was not powerful enough.

Other equipment was also lacking.

Zhang Hongtao said generously, "Thank you so much, Professor Zhao. Your help is invaluable and so important. If I can complete this project, I will definitely include your name when reporting."

He had even started using honorifics.

Zhao Yi waved his hand quickly, "No need, don’t be so polite. I don’t know much about materials and alloys, so I spoke casually."

"This is not a joke!"

Zhang Hongtao suddenly became serious, "If you hadn’t come, I’m very sure that the project would never be completed, and the materials would be wasted. You saved it."

"This project is not for me personally but for the country. It has significant implications for the country’s military industry, greatly improving our manufacturing capabilities and saving the country a lot of money."

"Even if this project cannot be completed, I am very sure that based on this train of thought, perhaps more high-quality alloy materials could be produced. I can’t take all the credit for that!"

"Perhaps you only spoke casually, but for me and the entire nation’s materials and alloy technology, it is of great significance!"

"Your contribution cannot be erased!"