The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 345: An Old Classmate Who Is Willing to Keep His or Her Name Secret

"Under the action of strong centrifugal force, the heavier molecules in the isotope mixture will tend to the side wall of the rotor, and the abundance of the lighter molecules in the center will also increase, producing a radial separation effect!"

"By using a certain temperature difference at both ends of the high-speed centrifuge rotor or mechanical methods to create an axial circulation of the gas inside the rotor, it is possible to greatly reduce energy consumption!"

He quickly extended a lot of things according to the direction given by Li Mu.

What’s even more outrageous is that a lot of the content is basically the same as the information Li Mu has.

I can only say that he is worthy of being a top boss, his intuition is indeed sharp.

"Director Deng, you are so amazing. There are many things I haven't thought of yet!" Li Mu couldn't help but sigh.

Hearing this, Deng Jia came back to his senses from his great joy and said quickly:
"That's not right. Without the direction you gave me, I wouldn't have been able to figure it out."

"Don't talk about this."

"The most important thing now is to contact everyone immediately and go to the conference room to discuss your idea!"

It can be seen that he is in a very urgent mood.

After all, the progress has been stuck for too long.

Now that there is finally hope of a solution, I naturally want to verify it immediately.

"I know you're in a hurry, Director Deng, but please don't be impatient." Li Mu waved his hand, looked at the researchers who had just come from the laboratory to eat, and said, "We have to wait until everyone finishes their meal before we start!"

"Yes, yes, look at my brain, I'm so happy." Deng Jia was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

Then, he took Li Mu to the conference room.

I went to call people one by one.

After all, whether it is Guo Huai or Yu Ming, these people have one thing in common - they don’t eat on time.

It is absolutely impossible to wait for them in the cafeteria.

……

It didn't take long.

Li Mu was in the conference room, thinking about how to explain the gas centrifugation method to everyone, when he saw Deng Jia, Guo Huai and Yu Ming running in from the door, panting.

Behind the three are Cheng Jia, Qian Shanqiang, and other researchers.

Almost all the people in this conference room are the most important research force in Xia Country’s current giant mushroom research.

Deng Jia first signaled everyone to find their seats, then looked at Li Mu and said, "Advisor Li, let's begin."

"Okay." Li Mu nodded without hesitation, then took a small blackboard and explained the principle of gas centrifugation in more detail.

By the way, the difficulty in realizing this technology was also mentioned at the end - the high-speed centrifuge rotor.

The current rotor speed of uranium enrichment centrifuges is between 2w and 4w rpm, which is quite different from the 2w to 9w rpm of later generations.

The speed is directly related to the separation efficiency.

Of course, it doesn’t mean the higher the better. Too high a height will also put a lot of pressure on the equipment.

After Li Mu finished speaking.

Deng Jia asked: "Advisor Li, do you have any ideas about the development of high-speed centrifuge rotors?"

The rest of the people also looked curious.

After all, the rotor speed of their uranium enrichment centrifuge is only a little over 2w.

There is still a long way to go to reach the "high speed" standard.

"Let's first talk about the technical difficulties in breaking through it." Li Mu pondered for a moment, then continued: "Material selection and processing, mechanical manufacturing and dynamic requirements..."

……

Although I have the drawings in my hand.

But to be honest, he wasn't sure he could pull it off.

Therefore, we can only guide everyone to break through their thinking by solving technical difficulties.

The first thing is definitely the material.

The rotor of a high-speed centrifuge needs to withstand high-speed centrifugal force and repeated impact loads, so the requirements for materials are very high.

Stainless steel, titanium alloy and aluminum alloy are commonly used.

At present, China has the manufacturing capabilities.

But it is still very difficult to do it on a large scale.

After all, the number of uranium enrichment centrifuges needed by the Big Mushroom Research Institute is in the tens of thousands.

Then there is the question of mechanical manufacturing and dynamic requirements.

The design of the rotor must undergo precise calculations and experiments to ensure that its dynamic characteristics and motion laws meet the requirements, including issues such as moment of inertia, centrifugal force, vibration, and noise.

Any inaccuracy will affect the performance and stability of the rotor.

This project is quite huge.

But fortunately, they now have powerful computers and supercomputers to help them, and they no longer need to rely on abacus to type by hand, so the speed should not be a big problem.

……

The meeting lasted until late at night.

Li Mucai finished explaining the gas centrifugation method and how to implement it.

Although it cannot completely solve the current problem.

But it also greatly advanced the research progress.

When he put down the blackboard, a group of people immediately clapped their hands to express their joy:
"As expected of Consultant Li, he came up with such a great idea in just two days!"

"That's right, now we can finally move forward with the progress. Thank you, Consultant Li!"

"Let's work harder and strive to complete the research as soon as possible!"

……

Obviously, Li Mu's speech at this meeting successfully won everyone's recognition.

If the previous enthusiasm was out of respect for his past achievements.

Now, I feel from the bottom of my heart that he is indeed an all-rounder.

If it were them, they might not be able to come up with such a good idea in two months, let alone two days.

"Thank you, thank you." Hearing everyone's praise, Li Mu felt a little embarrassed.

After all, these big guys are all characters in history textbooks.

It feels a bit strange to be praised and recognized by them.

……

Just when Li Mu was busy with research at the Northwest Base.

Here in Kyoto.

Another batch of exchange students from the big brother arrived at Beijing Institute of Technology again.

Accompanying them was a secret negotiation team.

But leaving the latter aside, the number of exchange students is three times that of the first time.

Seeing Yakov coming with so many people, Alexei couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise and asked, "Are we going to restore our brotherly relationship with Xiaguo?"

"No, it's just an exchange study." Yakov's face darkened when he heard that.

It's not easy to return to a close brotherly relationship.

The demands put forward by their country are in fundamental conflict with the interests of the Xia State and cannot be easily eased.

And the higher-ups have no intention of letting up.

It’s just that Xia Country’s technological progress is really too amazing.

If you don’t come to study now, you will probably be left far behind - of course, I mean Emperor M.

Recently, the media from Emperor M also announced that the computing power of the computer has exceeded 100 million times per second.

Although it claims that this is a product developed completely independently by its own country.

But with the power of their intelligence agency, they soon found out that it was because Emperor M got a Type 1 computer that they were able to achieve the breakthrough in such a short time.

There is so much information hidden behind it.

We have the Type 01 computer, but what about the Type 02 computer?
Who knows whether Xiaguo will give technology to Emperor M.

Even if there is only a little, it is unacceptable to their country.

After all, they had acquired the technology for so long, and they had only broken through 80 times per second, far behind Emperor M. The upper echelons would not care about any directional errors.

All we know is that they lost to Emperor M.

Can this be tolerated?
Certainly not.

Therefore, this exchange is to speed up the research on the Type 01 computer.

"Those idiots at the National Academy of Sciences have cost us so much!" Yakov couldn't help but cursed in a low voice.

This time they sent exchange students and also took the initiative to send out a negotiation team.

It can be said that he has completely put himself on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.

"Maybe it's not their fault. It's just that the two mysterious organizations of Xia Kingdom, Hetu and Tiangong, are really too incredible." Alexei, a professor at the National Academy of Sciences, defended himself weakly.

It’s no wonder they don’t work hard!
The speed of technological development in Xia Country.

Not to mention them, even if all the scientists in the world were to be combined for research, they might not be able to win.

……

Return to the Northwest.

in the base.

Li Mu, who had just woken up, washed up and went downstairs to exercise.

After a few sets of punches, I felt refreshed.

It was just that the wind was strong today and he got a mouthful of sand, forcing him to spit out the sand while punching.

When you finish and are ready to go home.

Suddenly, a voice called him from behind: "Li Mu."

It has been a long time since anyone called him by his name directly like this.

Li Mu turned around when he heard the voice and looked at the person who came.

A young man in his twenties, his skin looked rough and dry from living here for a long time. He wore glasses with one leg broken and held together with tape, and his smile looked a bit silly.

He looked at him for a few seconds, then suddenly remembered him and said, "Chen Peng!"

"I thought you had forgotten me after becoming a great scientist." Chen Peng joked with a smile.

Li Mu excitedly stepped forward and patted his shoulder heavily, saying:

"How is that possible? I've always been looking forward to seeing you again."

"Come on, why didn't you tell me anything here?"

"I've been here for several days and just came to see you!"

Even without having to remember it specifically.

He still remembered the determined light in the other person's eyes when he walked out of Qian Shuyan's office, and his resolute figure when he left.

This is one of his college classmates who graduated early.

He once gave up Kyoto, which had better conditions and environment, and vowed to use his youth and passion to complete the task assigned to him by the country.

——Even before he left, he himself didn't know what he was going to study.

But there is no doubt that it is definitely a national weapon.

Even if you succeed, you are destined to remain anonymous for the rest of your life.

Li Mu originally thought that even if they met again, it might be more than ten years, or even decades later.

I didn't expect the reunion would come so soon.

"Ahem, be gentler! You're using too much force!" Chen Peng was slapped twice and quickly jumped to the side, coughing heavily twice.

Then he went on to explain:
"It's not that I don't want to see you, it's just that I'm too busy with my research and I really can't spare the time."

"I wanted to meet you during dinner, but I didn't expect to miss you every time. I asked around and found out that you always eat in advance."

"I heard from someone yesterday that you have the habit of exercising in the morning, so I was able to rush over to see you today."

Everyone in the base has heavy research tasks.

Even with computers, it only relieves the pressure of computing tasks.

"So that's how it is." Li Mu suddenly realized.

These days, he was either in the cafeteria or in the archives room. It seemed that Chen Peng had no chance to find him if he wanted to.

He took Chen Peng's hand and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go to the canteen and have breakfast first. We finally meet, so we should communicate more during this period of time."

It is a wonderful fate to meet my classmates here.

……

Chatting all the way.

Li Mu also learned about Chen Peng’s experience after arriving at the Northwest Base.

The latter suffered a lot when he first arrived.

The country was still in a difficult period at that time and there were frequent food shortages.

Even if there is food, people often don't have enough to eat.

But he persisted relying on the faith in his heart.

"Speaking of which, I have to thank you. Without you, we wouldn't be able to eat so much." Chen Peng said to Li Mu, holding the food he had just gotten from the window.

Without those industrial products, it would be very difficult for the country to free up resources to solve their food problem.

Li Mu looked at the pitiful amount of food in his lunch box, then looked at the lunch box he was carrying slowly, and sighed, "I still need to work harder."

Some people still don’t have enough to eat.

He wants everyone to have enough to eat and eat well.

"That's a good point, but you have to eat first." Chen Peng looked at the lunch box in Li Mu's hand, turned around and said a few words to the auntie who was serving food behind him.

Then—he took 4 lunch boxes and handed them over.

Li Mu was shocked: "What are you doing? Put it back!"

"Okay, stop pretending. Don't I know how much you can eat? Just eat according to this standard from now on. No one can starve, but you, a hero, will starve." Chen Peng said with a smile.

Having said that, he left the window and found a place to sit down.

Seeing this, Li Mu wanted to put the lunch box back, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

He sat next to Chen Peng and said, "Let's eat together."

"No, this is enough for me. And if you eat it, it would seem like I have ulterior motives." Chen Peng waved his hands quickly. He just wanted Li Mu to eat his fill.

"We must eat, and we can't do this again." Li Mu said solemnly: "If everyone is not full, it is absolutely impossible for me to be full alone."

Hearing this, Chen Peng was stunned.

But looking at Li Mu's expression, he didn't say much and said, "Okay."

But just as the words fell, a voice came from behind them: "What you said is not right!"

Li Mu turned his head and saw—it was the Deng family.

Okay, it's over.

……

After some "bargaining".

In the end, Li Mu’s daily food quantity was set at ten servings.

But these are small things.

Deng Jia quickly talked about the development of high-speed centrifuge rotors.

He first looked at Chen Peng and said, "What a coincidence, you are here too, come and join the discussion later."

"Yes!" Chen Peng immediately replied loudly.

Li Mu didn't expect the Deng family to act so quickly. They had just proposed an idea yesterday, and today they called people together to start discussing and researching it.

"But it's better to hurry up," he thought to himself.

Only if he finishes it sooner can he go back to Kyoto and continue his research.

Everything else can be put aside for now; we must first develop the radiation protection suit.

(End of this chapter)