Due to time constraints, Du Qiu did not continue to study the microscopic images of crystal materials, and instead continued his previous research on purification and synthesis procedures.
During this time, Du Qiu has documented hundreds of new materials, including the catalysts and molecular interchangeable agents needed in their production processes.
In actual experiments, 26 catalysts and 19 molecular exchange agents have been configured.
With these, Du Qiu only needs to copy the primary, intermediate purification procedures, and synthesis procedures of the super machine, and then some new materials can be produced using the technology in the dream.
Du Qiu had never thought of purifying or synthesizing new materials using some traditional methods on Blue Star, but after simulation and derivation, he found that the cost remained high.
This means that no matter how good the new material is, it cannot really have market prospects because it cannot be mass-produced.
For example, the currently popular graphene material on Blue Star can be prepared in the laboratory, but large-scale production faces various problems.
Even for carbon fiber that has been produced on a large scale, the production cost is still too high, so its use is still focused on the aerospace market.
At present, many car manufacturers want to use carbon fiber. The key is to reduce its production cost, at least to the same price as steel and aluminum used in cars.
Otherwise, expensive carbon fiber can only be used to produce luxury cars and supercars.
Similarly, in the manufacturing industry of the Tang Dynasty, if there were cheap and high-quality high-performance materials, many things would not have the problem of being stuck.
It took the people of the Tang Dynasty much shorter time to develop modern science and technology than in the West. Although it has become the only country in the world with the most complete industrial categories, its foundation is still very weak.
Whether it is various engines and compressors in the civilian industry, or aero engines, gas turbines in the military industry, Tang Guo only solved a problem from scratch.
In terms of performance, Tang products are far inferior to similar foreign products.
For example, the service life of the domestically produced turbofan engine used by the Tang Dynasty's main fighter aircraft is several times that of similar Western engines.
The fundamental reason is that there is a gap in the performance of the materials used to make the engine. This gap often requires long-term research to make up for it.
As the saying goes, if the foundation is not strong, the ground will shake.
This is the reason why Tang industry always has "heart disease".
Another example is the computer chip manufacturing that has recently felt stuck. It is also due to reasons such as chip materials and core equipment for producing chips, so Tang Guo can only bow its head.
As a doctor of engineering, Du Qiu knew the key to this, so he chose a large number of material purification and synthetic production processes that memorize the alien civilization in the dream.
Du Qiu's intuition told him that the purification and synthetic production process of the super machine can definitely produce various materials on a large scale, and the cost is controllable.
Even if the equipment you imitate can only achieve half the production efficiency, it should be far lower than the traditional production cost on Blue Star.
In fact, he has found the production procedures for carbon fiber and graphene, but Du Qiu is not sure whether he can imitate the entire production process.
At least according to the production process that he currently understands, the high-speed separator may not be successfully copied.
Because the rotor, the core component of the high-speed separator, requires special materials, currently only special titanium alloys on Blue Star can do the job.
However, high-speed separators are key equipment in new material production processes. If their core rotors are made of special titanium alloy, the cost will remain high.
The key is, let’s not talk about whether it is easy to find a manufacturer with the production and processing capabilities of this kind of titanium alloy parts. Even if we find it, we don’t know whether they will be willing to take this business.
After all, these manufacturers are very busy with the country's high-tech projects. It's hard to say whether they have any spare capacity to customize their own products.
It is a pity that among the hundreds of new materials that Du Qiu has found and recorded so far, no material suitable for this kind of rotor has yet been discovered.
Otherwise, it is similar to titanium alloy, and there is still a problem of processing difficulty.
Of course, if Du Qiu was rich now, this would not be a big problem. The worst he could do would be to purchase equipment that could 3D print titanium alloy parts.
This rotor is produced using 3D printing.
It’s true that you don’t have enough money until you use it!
Du Qiu didn't think much and continued to study the production procedures related to the high-speed separator.
After studying the purification or synthesis procedures of nearly a thousand materials, Du Qiu found that there were always some areas where these procedures lacked too much detail.
In other words, it just gives a calling relationship in general.
The called modules pointed to were often not described in detail, which made Du Qiu very uneasy. It would be a pity if he could not successfully copy due to deviations in details.
Therefore, Du Qiu carefully studied every module in the program and listed those modules that were not explained in detail one by one.
He wanted to see if there was anything special about these modules.
After Du Qiu's patient comparison, he finally discovered an anomaly.
He found that in every single element purification and separation program, some modules were calling a certain underlying module.
When it came to the underlying modules before, he had skipped them first, preparing to learn more about them later.
Now he is ready to take a closer look at what this underlying module is used for.
According to Blue Star's computer language conventions, most programmers will not understand how the underlying module or function is called. They only need to know the role of the module or function and be able to use it.
Now, in the separation and purification program, the description given by this underlying module is only one word: collection.
But Du Qiu also discovered that in a special magnetic material purification and separation program, this functional module was not used. Instead, a program that prohibited shielding was added to ensure that the module was not used.
This attracted Du Qiu's attention, and after careful study, he suddenly felt relieved.
It turns out that the full name of this module is magnetic collection. When most programs call it, it is simplified to collection.
In fact, this module not only implements the collection function, but also generates a complex subtle magnetic field when the high-speed separator is running.
When single element substances go through more than ten procedures to form the final liquid or gaseous mixed substance, they will be controlled by this subtle magnetic field.
While rotating at high speed, the magnetic force exerted by the fine magnetic field on atoms of different materials is different.
As a result, under the external high-speed centrifugal force of the mixed substance, the internal atoms are pulled by different magnetic forces, causing the mixed atoms to separate.
After studying this module, Du Qiu truly understood the function of this high-speed separator, which is not simply to use high-speed centrifugal force to separate and purify.
The real power of alien civilization is hidden in the seemingly ordinary magnetic collection module at the bottom.
Don't think that this kind of fine magnetic field control is ordinary. In Blue Star Technology, the applications using magnetic field control are very cutting-edge.
The most famous one is undoubtedly the tokamak device for studying nuclear fusion. It is a toroidal container that uses magnetic confinement to achieve controlled nuclear fusion.
This kind of magnetic constraint is still implemented as a whole, but in the super machine of the alien civilization, all the magnetic collection used by the high-speed separator can achieve atomic-level fine constraints.
This sounds simple to say, but the principle involves four basic forces: electromagnetic force, strong interaction force, weak interaction force, and gravity.
Even in his dream, Du Qiu could feel his heart beating faster. The four basic powers were actually used uniformly on this small functional module.
At least it shows that this alien civilization has completely mastered the grand unified theory.
Its civilization level is definitely level four or above!