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"Is this... the quantum world?"

At this time, in Xu You's mind, hydrogen and deuterium in a quantum state appeared.

Just an improvement in precision brings huge changes.

Quantum hydrogen and deuterium have very significant differences in properties.

According to the influence of the quantum uncertainty effect, the apparent volume of matter in the quantum state changes to varying degrees.

And this also makes the difference between hydrogen and deuterium "visible to the naked eye".

Of course, such "visible to the naked eye" refers to being visible to the naked eye in the quantum state.

Being able to distinguish the difference between these two different gases does not mean that the two can be completely separated.

"Yes!"

At this time, Xu You suddenly thought of another way to separate the two gases.

As long as a special material is found according to the difference between these two other quantum states, the separation of gases can be completed in theory.

This special material should have a porous cage-like property, and the pore size needs to meet a certain condition.

While performing various complex calculations with a quantum computer, Xu You put the calculated substances into a mixed gas to conduct a gas separation experiment.

After tens of thousands of attempts, Xu You finally discovered a porous cage-like material whose structure can just meet the separation effect of hydrogen and deuterium that he wanted to achieve.

After memorizing the structure of this material, Xu You withdrew from the state of brain simulation.

The high-intensity thinking just now has pushed Xu You's brain to its limit.

Even though this work is of great significance, Xu You did not dare to think intensively for too long in this state.

Once the brain is irreparably damaged, no matter how big the achievement is, it is not worth it.

Without taking too long a break, Xu You immediately recorded the substance that had just been screened out in the computer, and planned to start research on the preparation of this substance the next day.

The next day, Xu You came to the laboratory as usual.

After seeing Lin Shi, Xu You called Lin Shi over.

"Lin Shi, let's study the preparation of this substance today."

Seeing this substance in Xu You's computer, Lin Shi didn't realize why Xu You suddenly raised this question.

"Teacher, isn't our top priority now to study the separation of hydrogen and deuterium? Why are you suddenly starting to study a new topic?"

"Lin Shi, think again."

Lin Shi rested her chin with her hand, thought for a while, but still couldn't come up with any answer.

In desperation, Lin Shi had no choice but to admit:

"Teacher, I really can't think of the relationship between this substance and the separation of hydrogen and deuterium. You should tell me the answer quickly."

For Lin Shi's confusion, Xu You didn't blame him at all. After all, the jump between these two questions was indeed a bit too big.

"Lin Shi, have you heard of the concept of 'quantum sieving'?"

When this concept was mentioned, Lin Shi rolled her eyes and immediately realized it.

"Teacher, do you mean to use the difference in the quantum states of hydrogen and deuterium to sieve them?"

"Yes, it's such an idea. With the special porous cage structure of this substance, it is possible to achieve such a goal."

As he spoke, Xu You explained the reason for Lin Shi in detail.

Regarding the knowledge of quantum physics, Lin Shi is not very professional, and can barely understand the various theories Xu You said.

"Teacher, it seems that I still need to supplement my knowledge of quantum physics in the future."

"I can't blame you. Before I officially became a student of Jijing University, I was already in the quantum physics laboratory, so in the part of quantum physics, my foundation is not bad. You have been mainly studying It is condensed matter physics, and it is already very good to be able to include materials science.”

Lin Shi didn't care about Xu You's comfort, and retorted:

"This is not an excuse. Everyone started from the same starting line. Since I can widen such a big gap, it must be that I haven't worked hard enough. Teacher, if I want to supplement the knowledge of quantum physics, what suggestions do you have?" ?"

Seeing that Lin Shi is so motivated, Xu You gave some suggestions for studying quantum physics.

"In addition to the knowledge that needs to be learned, necessary experiments are also indispensable. Wang Xiangwu's quantum physics laboratory is one of the best quantum physics laboratories in the world. I will go to say hello to Mr. Wang Xiangwu, You can go there later if you have time. Then you can go to Teacher Zhao Weijia, and if you can surpass him, you can be a teacher."

"Teacher Zhao Weijia? He should be a teacher majoring in quantum physics. How can it be so easy to surpass him?"

Asked by Lin Shi, Xu You couldn't help but smile helplessly.

Because Xu You often surpassed Zhao Weijia in academic research at the beginning, Xu You has become accustomed to using Zhao Weijia as a measure.

Of course, it would be a kind of disrespect for Zhao Weijia if Xu You said what was in his heart in front of Lin Shi.

"If you set your goals higher, you will have the motivation to struggle. Well, let's study the problem at hand first."

In the following time, Xu You, Lin Shi, and several material experts from Jijing University worked together to study this new type of porous cage-like material.

With the help of everyone's day-to-day experiments and the help of quantum computers, the preparation method of this material was finally summed up.

"First dissolve 2-methylimidazole and cobalt nitrate in ethanol, stir and age for 24 hours, centrifuge to collect the precipitated solid in the solution..."

"After centrifuging and washing, dry at 70 degrees Celsius for twelve hours, and ultrasonically disperse the obtained substance in absolute ethanol..."

"Add cobalt nitrate and nickel nitrate to the solution, reflux for two hours under stirring, wash with centrifuge after cooling, and dry overnight..."

Every step here seems to have no reason, I don't know how it was designed, but it is actually carefully arranged for the ultimate purpose.

Each step is interlocking, all in order to finally be able to produce the ideal porous cage-like substance.

After another few days of experiments, the project team finally successfully prepared the first batch of ideal substances.

After observation and measurement by scanning electron microscope and other instruments, it was confirmed that this substance was exactly the same substance as Xu You's ideal substance.

"Teacher, after rigorous measurements, the interplanar spacing of this substance is exactly the same as the target. We can already prepare for the next experiment."