A week later, the new semester of Suiren University is coming, and more and more students return to school.

Xie Qing's other three classmates also returned to school one after another. After hearing the idea of ​​electric scenes, they did not agree at once.

In the end, only one of them participated in Xie Qing's electric field synthesis group, and the other two planned to follow the traditional chemical synthesis route.

Xie Qing did not force this, after all, everyone has their own ambitions.

2014's fall new semester.

Their instructor communicated with the five people through online videos, and then hurriedly ended the video conversation.

Xie Qing and others were also used to this, and their deputy tutor Qiu Datong gave heart-to-heart talks on a daily basis, or arranged for them to participate in other materials science professors’ open classes.

Xie Qing, who had a lot of spare time, used the credits of three people to apply for some experimental equipment, including electrostatic field generators, frequency converter lasers, reactors and some chemical raw materials.

Their credits are of great use in the school, and this is also one of the ways to encourage students to study actively.

The more credits you have, the more scientific research funds you can apply for, and the more advanced scientific research equipment and laboratories you have. As a top student, Xie Qing and his other students naturally have a lot of credits.

These credits are enough for them to apply to a better laboratory, and they can even customize some special scientific research equipment and precision instruments.

September 28.

After a class, Xie Qing saw the scrolling advertising screen beside the road, and was broadcasting the situation on the moon.

I couldn't help but stop.

At this time, the remaining two capsules had been unfolded at the base of Guanghan Palace on the Moon. The five capsules assembled from orbit were in an upright state; while the two capsules formed on the moon were lying flat on the ground.

The base itself has a magnetic field protection compartment, which can unfold the magnetic field protection system to ensure that it will not be attacked by solar storms.

The expanded solar panels are about 12 meters above the ground. The reason why they choose to arrange such a high position is mainly to avoid floating moon dust and adhere to the surface of the solar panel.

The lunar dust on the surface of the moon is very prone to static electricity and then adheres to the spacecraft surface. This electrostatic effect not only makes the lunar dust abnormally difficult to remove, but is also very easy to ionize by solar wind, turning into long-term floating lunar dust.

In the live broadcast, astronaut Shi Keji climbed onto the solar panel elevated platform, first used a long pole static electricity eliminator to eliminate the moon dust on the surface of the panel, and then used a vacuum cleaner to suck the moon dust on the surface.

The panel dust removal, usually clean once a month on average, can ensure that the panel is efficient and at its highest level for a long time.

If it is a period of frequent solar storms, the cleaning time interval needs to be shortened.

The picture changes.

Nie Changfeng in the experimental cabin was doing a simple chemical experiment, although he had tried chemical synthesis under low gravity in the Tiangong Space Station.

But this chemical experiment was still unsatisfactory.

Xie Qing also knew the troubles. Traditional chemistry needs to consider more variables in outer space, and possible link failures.

After watching the moon live broadcast for more than half an hour, he walked towards the cafeteria while thinking.

Cheng Cunwu and another female classmate Xiong Lingxi have already prepared the meal and have been having dinner long ago.

After he came over, he started eating directly.

"How is the chemical experiment on the moon live broadcast?"

Xie Qing shook his head: "Not ideal, the traditional chemical reaction path is complicated. After all, there is a saying in the chemistry community, dirty chemistry."

The so-called dirty chemistry refers to the super-complex synthetic path in the current human chemical industry.

People who are not engaged in this industry may think that the process of chemical synthesis is A+B=C, or A+B=C+D.

But in reality, modern chemical synthesis may be like this: A+B=G+J+catalyst=H+S+catalyst=…=C.

There are four or five intermediate links, which are already very simple synthesis paths, and there are quite a few dozen intermediate links.

Moreover, during the synthesis process, a large number of by-products will be produced. The reactants in the reaction kettle may be comparable to a pot of 100-ton soup, and then the required compounds are extracted from them and the next step of reaction and synthesis is carried out.

Repeating similar processes often requires more than a dozen synthesis steps to the raw materials from the final product.

No wonder chemists compare chemical synthesis processes to dirty ones.

Modern chemistry has long been no longer the chemistry of the early age. With the physical and chemical properties of simple compounds, they have been used to the extreme by humans, and humans have to synthesize more complex new compounds.

These new compounds often cannot be achieved in one step and require complex synthesis paths to obtain the final product.

Although you can barely synthesize some simple compounds in the Guanghan Palace base now. Once you go deep into relatively complex compounds, no chemist dares to guarantee that you can come up with a set of efficient and low-cost synthesis solutions in a short time.

Xie Qing took a bite of rice and continued: "We need to simplify the complex and start from the fundamentals of chemical reactions to solve the current dilemma."

Xiong Lingxi, who was standing beside him, nodded: "I agree that the fundamental reason for chemical reactions is actually the change of chemical bonds, and chemical bonds ultimately are electron transfers of atomic molecules."

From the fundamental point of view of chemical reactions, electric field synthesis technology is a simple route.

But it is simple to say but difficult to do.

An electric field can change the state of electrons in a molecule, but how large an electric field is required? Are other auxiliary conditions required in the electric field? What is the energy consumption and cost of electric field synthesis?

Such problems are a mess without any system. If you want to integrate the electric field synthesis technology from a messy situation into a complete system, Xie Qing and others still have a long way to go.

After lunch, since there was no class in the afternoon, the three of them went to the special laboratory of their group.

They entered the laboratory after registering today's experimental plan and possible dangers with the laboratory management department.

The school has relatively strict management of laboratories such as chemistry and biology, mainly because it is worried about experimental accidents.

The three of them put on inner protective clothing and anti-virus helmets, and then put on a working model exoskeleton, equipped with an exoskeleton just in case.

Once a dangerous situation occurs, the exoskeleton's emergency escape system can be activated, and the exoskeleton will automatically escape from the dangerous area.

Even if the user loses consciousness or loses mobility, the exoskeleton can be remotely controlled by the laboratory management department.

Xie Qing carefully prepared the experiment according to the strict experimental operation process.

In terms of safety, no one took it lightly. Violating operations are not just a joke on their own lives, but also credits will be deducted. At the same time, the application for funds and instrument review will be more stringent.

Based on the idea of ​​being rude and not being slutty, the three of them operated carefully.

Their experiment today is to use carbon powder in amorphous carbon as raw material to synthesize carbon allotropes such as graphene, fullerene, carbon fiber, diamond, etc.

A spoonful of toner was placed in the reactor.

Then Xie Qing started the electrostatic field generator and put the entire reactor under the cover of the electrostatic field.

They adjusted the electric field strength bit by bit. At each intensity, they took out the toner in the reactor, performed laboratory analysis, and then recorded the changes.
Chapter completed!