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Chapter 771 Chapter 770 Major "scientific research" achievements!
Before coming out of the storage room, Tang Zhitong took out two taels of hard candy from his pocket and insisted on leaving it for the custodian.

"No, no, how can I take your things? I have them here." The custodian grabbed it and was about to return it to Tang Zhitong.

"Comrade, you need these candies more than we do. Although work is important, you must also take care of your health. If your health is broken, you won't be able to balance work and work." Tang Zhitong took two steps back and refused to take the candies back.

After all, it was because of hypoglycemia that he stuffed something into someone's throat, which caused the person to faint. Although the person recovered, Tang Zhitong always felt that it was too cruel to just pull the food out and leave.

After saying this, Tang Zhitong didn't wait for the custodian to be polite, turned around, took the beaker containing the freshly prepared materials and walked out of the storage room.

Wan Xianghong watched from the side and couldn't help but sigh at Tang Zhitong's kindness.

After helping the custodian sit down again, Wan Xianghong hurried out of the storage room and caught up with Tang Zhitong.

Once the ingredients are ready, the next steps will be quick.

The mixing and molding were all carried out in accordance with the production process of ordinary magnets. The staff would never have thought that Tang Zhitong had swapped the raw materials in the storage room. Faced with the raw materials brought out from the storage room, they did not even ask questions and directly used the mold provided by Tang Zhitong to press out the super magnetic embryo.

Then it is sent to the sintering furnace for sintering.

When the process reached this point, Tang Zhitong finally breathed a sigh of relief. Half of the work had been done. Once the sintering was completed, the matter would be settled.

After the stove was lit, Wan Xianghong watched from the side, fearing that the fire in the middle would go out or the temperature would deviate.

Tang Zhitong went outside to take a breath. This was the first time he had stolen "precious materials" from the state since he had the space. If he couldn't produce any results, it would be difficult to report to his superiors.

It was noon when the sintering furnace was being heated up. Someone had to be on duty, so the staff discussed who would bring back the lunch and planned to eat directly in the laboratory.

Since they were not familiar with each other, no one brought Tang Zhitong and Wan Xianghong to this session.

Tang Zhitong looked at his watch. It would take at least half an hour to turn off the furnace, and it would have to cool down after that. The whole process would definitely take more than the half a day that Zeng Xinghuai had said. Fortunately, he would not need to borrow equipment from the laboratory much later.

"Xianghong, did you bring lunch?" Wan Xianghong also came with a bag on her back, but Tang Zhitong had no idea what was inside. He had to be selective in what he used.

"I brought it. It's in my schoolbag. Brother, you take it out and eat it first. I'll wait for a while." Wan Xianghong smiled at Tang Zhitong and chose to continue staring at the stove. This was both a way of being responsible and a way of learning.

"Okay, I brought it too. Let's eat together later." The comrades in the laboratory had not eaten yet, and Wan Xianghong didn't plan to eat either. Tang Zhitong thought he could wait a little longer, as he wasn't that hungry now anyway.

As soon as Tang Zhitong finished speaking, Zeng Xinghuai entered the laboratory: "Comrade Xiao Tang, how is the experiment going?"

"That's good, Zeng. I heard from my colleagues in the laboratory that the engine will be turned off in about half an hour." Tang Zhitong didn't expect Zeng Xinghuai to come over at lunch time, so he quickly stood up and replied.

Zeng Xinghuai nodded and said, "It's about what I expected. The cafeteria is open for dinner. Come with me to the cafeteria to eat something."

"Thank you, Chief Zeng. That's okay. We all brought our own food." Tang Zhitong didn't expect that Zeng Xinghuai, with his status, would come and invite him to eat, so he quickly waved his hand to refuse.

"Did you really bring it? You came here to do experiments. If I let you leave hungry, the comrades from the Science and Technology Commission will blame me for not being hospitable enough." Zeng Xinghuai asked tentatively with a smile.

"I really brought it. I had planned to finish it as soon as possible and eat it when I got back to school, but I didn't expect to delay the meal of my comrades in the institute." Seeing that Zeng Xinghuai didn't believe him, Tang Zhitong simply took his schoolbag, took out the lunch box, and opened it to show him.

"Okay, then you guys eat first, I'll come over later." Zeng Xinghuai saw that there were two steamed buns and some pickles in the lunch box, and he didn't ask for more.

It is true that the Science and Technology Commission coordinated the use of the laboratory here, but no food coupons were given.

Zeng Xinghuai came here not for nothing, because his family had elders living abroad who would send him some money every month. If he exchanged it for overseas remittance coupons, he would have more money than others. If Tang Zhitong didn't bring any, he wouldn't mind treating the young man and girl to a simple meal in the cafeteria.

Zeng Xinghuai left quickly and came back quickly.

Before the sintering furnace was turned off, Zeng Xinghuai came to the laboratory again. Two other people came with him. One of them was the custodian of the storage room, and Tang Zhitong did not know the other one.

"Comrade Xiao Tang, the accountant in the storage room said that a precious metal is missing. Did you take the wrong ingredients when you were mixing them just now?" Zeng Xinghuai went straight to the point as soon as he entered the room, but he did not confirm in his words that it was Tang Zhitong's fault.

"Ah? That shouldn't be the case. I don't remember taking the wrong one." The supermagnetic furnace was about to come out, and Tang Zhitong didn't know what the consequences of insufficient sintering time would be. He could only delay the time and wait until it came out of the furnace.

"Captain Zeng, stop the sintering furnace and turn it on to have a look, then you'll know the answer, right?" Seeing that Tang Zhitong refused to admit it, the middle-aged man next to him interrupted.

"Comrade, how can you be sure that I took the wrong one? So many people's efforts and energy were spent on this experiment, and you just negate it with just one sentence? Will you bear the losses caused by the interruption of the furnace?" Before Zeng Xinghuai could say anything, Tang Zhitong was already unhappy. He had spent a lot of effort to make dumplings for these pieces of iron, and now he was about to eat them, but someone wanted to pour out the vinegar in his bowl. How could this be acceptable?

"Wait a little longer, it won't be long." Zeng Xinghuai ignored his subordinates' advice and said after looking at his watch.

"Director Zeng, what's going on? Is there any misunderstanding?" The results had not come out yet, so Tang Zhitong naturally insisted that he was not at fault, but he also wanted to know how the Metallurgical Institute discovered that neodymium was missing.

"The precious metals in the storage room have to be counted every day. Xiaoji discovered that some were missing during the routine inventory. You two were the only ones who went to the storage room to add ingredients this morning, so I came here to ask." Although the precious metals were lost, Zeng Xinghuai did not get angry and spoke calmly.

The comrade Tang Zhitong didn't know believed that Tang Zhitong had made the wrong choice of ingredients, and said bitterly, "Comrade Tang, do you know how expensive neodymium is? Do you know how many people can be fed for a year with the neodymium you took? How could you do such a thing!"

Xiao Ji in the storage room was embarrassed to hear her leader accusing Tang Zhitong like this. She didn't believe that a comrade who gave her candy would do such a thing. However, the neodymium was still there when she went to work today, but it was less when she weighed it before leaving get off work. No one else had entered the storage room in the meantime!

"Why are you talking like that? What makes you sure we did it? Maybe you were the ones who embezzled the money!" Tang Zhitong knew that he was the one who took it, so he didn't say anything at this time, but Wan Xianghong who was standing next to him was unhappy.

Wan Xianghong believed that Tang Zhitong would not steal, and also knew that Tang Zhitong was only here to process magnets. How could neodymium be used in magnet processing? What was the point of stealing neodymium?

"Okay, stop talking. I believe Comrade Tang, even if he made the wrong mix, it must have been unintentional." Zeng Xinghuai frowned and looked at his watch again. The fire of the sintering furnace had stopped. After the furnace was turned on, the truth would be revealed. Tang Zhitong stared at the laboratory staff operating the sintering furnace. He didn't say anything, but he was thinking about how to "perform" in his mind.

As the steel plate under the sintering furnace was pulled out, several red-hot iron lumps squatted on it, and the color was slowly darkening. It was definitely not possible to work on it at this time.

Tang Zhitong picked up a pair of tongs next to him, grabbed the smallest piece, and then threw it into the water pool next to him used to quench steel.

"What are you doing?! Don't even think about destroying the body!" The one who talked the most stood up and accused.

"It's too hot, do you dare to take it? Let it cool down, so that we can tell whether I have mixed the ingredients wrong." Tang Zhitong said calmly, glanced at the man.

"You... hum!"

For a moment, the laboratory was extremely quiet, with only a slight "sizzling" sound coming from the heated water in the pool.

After the water stopped making sound, Tang Zhitong waited for another half a minute before holding the tongs and taking out the magnetic disk.

The magnetic piece in the middle of the fire tongs is silvery white, which is obviously different from the color of common magnets.

"What else do you have to say? It's obvious that you mixed the wrong ingredients!" As soon as he saw the color, the man began to blame Tang Zhitong for his carelessness again.

The NdFeB had been burned, and Tang Zhitong's goal had been achieved. He did not take the man's accusation to heart, but took out a prepared magnet from his pocket and attracted the NdFeB to it.

NdFeB itself is not magnetic. If it is not magnetized, it looks like an ordinary piece of metal.

At this point, there is no legitimate reason to test the magnetization, so Tang Zhitong can only give it a try.

"Do you know how difficult it is for our country to buy some neodymium? The comrades at the Nonferrous Metals Research Institute have worked hard for more than half a month, and they are lucky enough to extract a few grams from a ton of rare earths. If it is not enough for experiments, we have to buy it from abroad at a high price. But you made a mistake in matching so much at once!" The man was heartbroken, as if he wanted to eat Tang Zhitong alive.

"Okay, it's too late to say anything now." At this point, Zeng Xinghuai frowned even more tightly, thought for a moment, and ordered: "Go call the Science and Technology Commission and ask the comrades there to come over."

"Director Zeng, I'm sorry. Our project team still has some funds. How much are these raw materials worth? We can compensate some of them." Tang Zhitong had a guilty look on his face. He looked helpless as he held the materials in his hands to cover up his inner panic. In fact, he was taking this opportunity to replenish the magnetic force of the NdFeB as much as possible.

"Well, let's see what the Science and Technology Commission says first." Zeng Xinghuai shook his head. This is a matter of money, but not entirely. There has to be someone who can take responsibility for how to deal with it later. He doesn't think Tang Zhitong can bear this responsibility.

"Director, I had hypoglycemia this morning and Comrade Tang saved me in time. He might have mixed the wrong materials because of his distraction." Xiao Ji whispered to Tang Zhitong beside him.

"This matter has nothing to do with Comrade Ji. I was careless. Chief Zeng, Comrade Ji is conscientious and never leaves the front line even with a minor injury. He is a role model for me to learn from." Tang Zhitong also heard what Comrade Ji said, but this matter had nothing to do with him, so he could not go against his conscience and accuse him of dereliction of duty.

Zeng Xinghuai stood aside and nodded, indicating that he had heard everything, but he had no time to think about how to deal with the small plan. He was heartbroken about the neodymium used by Tang Zhitong.

This time it was Wan Xianghong's turn to be at a loss. She didn't know why her always careful brother made such a low-level mistake. She looked at Tang Zhitong with worry in her eyes.

Tang Zhitong gave Wan Xianghong a forced smile, signaling her not to worry, and then picked up the tongs again.

No one touched the neodymium iron boron on the steel plate. Tang Zhitong was a little impatient, fearing that he had remembered the wrong formula and produced a batch of waste products. Fortunately, the piece in his hand could be attracted by the magnet, which was a good start.

Since we are about to discuss how to deal with this "accident", we have to take this opportunity to quickly verify the magnetic properties of NdFeB, otherwise all the previous work will be in vain.

Zeng Xinghuai saw Tang Zhitong's actions but did not stop him. These things were all evidence and they would definitely not be destroyed with him here. It would be better to quench them with fire, at least they would not get burned when he handled them.

In full view of everyone, Tang Zhitong quenched all the neodymium iron boron, then wiped them clean one by one with a rag and placed them on the workbench.

The silvery-white metal just lay there quietly, without any thought of attracting each other.

Tang Zhitong picked up a small iron nail from the side and tried them one by one to confirm that they were indeed non-magnetic.

Seeing Tang Zhitong doing useless work, Zeng Xinghuai finally spoke up: "Don't try it. There is a problem with the compatibility of the raw materials. It's good enough that it can be formed. It won't have magnetic properties."

As soon as Zeng Xinghuai finished speaking, Tang Zhitong took out the magnetized neodymium iron boron from his pocket, and under his gaze, he sucked up the iron nail magnificently.

Zeng Xinghuai just watched Tang Zhitong put the sample and the magnet together, but could such a strong magnetic force be produced in such a short time? What kind of magical material is this?
Zeng Xinghuai couldn't believe it, so he tried it himself and felt that it was quite magnetic. His eyes widened in surprise like bells.

"Quick! Turn on the electromagnet!" Zeng Xinghuai keenly discovered the key to the problem, excitedly grabbed the sample on the workbench and shouted loudly.

"Brother, is this done?" Looking at the laboratory staff busy around Zeng Xinghuai, Wan Xianghong approached Tang Zhitong and asked softly.

"I don't know, but there should be some results." Tang Zhitong looked at Wan Xianghong who was worried and comforted her, "Don't worry, it's okay."

Zeng Xinghuai had finished magnetizing. He knew that this was a new type of magnetic material without using any professional equipment to measure the magnetic force. The small piece of silver-white metal in his hand was firmly sucking the iron nail. It took much more force to pull it off than to remove it from an ordinary magnet.

At this moment, the person who had gone out to call the Science and Technology Commission came back: "Director Zeng, someone from the Science and Technology Commission will be here soon."

"Okay. Call the Academy of Sciences right away to see if President Qiu is free. Ask him to come over and tell him what I said!" After hearing this, Zeng Xinghuai immediately sent him to call the Academy of Sciences.

Although he still had complete data support, Zeng Xinghuai knew that Tang Zhitong had accidentally made a major scientific research achievement today. After the people from the Science and Technology Commission came, let's not talk about how to determine the responsibility. The follow-up research of this magnetic material might not necessarily fall on the shoulders of the Metallurgical Institute. He wanted to pull Qiu Han over to fight for the Metallurgical Institute.

If there is a topic, there must be support. If there is support, there must be more equipment. The Metallurgical Institute needs scientific research equipment very much...

(End of this chapter)