Chapter 509: Chapter 161 This is Basic Mathematics Drill_3

“Alright, let’s go to the laboratory first and then we’ll talk.” Qiao Yu smiled, and his confident demeanor made Liu Hao feel much more at ease.

Soon they arrived at the laboratory, and Liu Hao hadn’t lied. Indeed, everyone in the research team had stopped their work, all waiting in the conference room for him to give instructions.

Qiao Yu didn’t make small talk. After a brief greeting, he immediately assumed the role of commander.

“So, looking at the data you provided earlier, it seems you’ve already mastered the relationship between molecular bonding energy and the ratio of monomers to crosslinking agents, right?”

“Yes, we’re confident in that area, there’s not much of an issue.”

“Alright, I now need the molecular interaction strength to be between 20-30 kJ/mol, with each 2 kJ/mol corresponding to five samples of the monomer to crosslinker ratio. Shouldn’t be an issue, right?”

“Huh? Such a small interval…” Zhang Haoyuan was about to express doubt when Liu Hao shot him a glare.

“No nonsense, just do as you’re told! Qin Zhongliang, you help Xiao Zhang with the solvent preparation, and make sure to be meticulous. Label five samples for each ratio.”

“Oh, and I don’t know the minimum amount of solvent needed for each experiment, but you guys do. Make sure each sample is one and a half times the minimum volume. We need a total of 30 samples, make sure not to mess it up.”

Qiao Yu emphasized again.

“Don’t worry, this is basic stuff; they won’t mess it up. It’s just that the interval is so small, controlling the ratio of monomers to crosslinkers might be precise to the second decimal place, which is tricky.”

“Yeah, take your time, there’s no rush anyway.”

“By the way, are we doing five experiments today with so many preparations?”

“No, this is just the first. I told you before, I need some data. The next step…”

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Alright, with Liu Hao’s support, the subsequent laboratory operations actually went smoothly. Everyone kept their doubts to themselves for the time being.

For Qiao Yu, he wasn’t actually familiar with the entire operation process; he was only responsible for the data results.

As for the people in the lab, they needed to implement Qiao Yu’s ideas using their familiar methods.

Fortunately, Qiao Yu didn’t make any excessive demands; at most, he just asked for more samples to be prepared at once, which seemed somewhat wasteful.

Moreover, this time was different from last time.

There were ample materials, the solvent needed could be freshly prepared, and once mixed, it was left to stand in the solution to undergo the crosslinking reaction.

The key to affecting material performance was the temperature-sensitive monomers and crosslinking agents forming a gel through radical polymerization.

Various factors such as the ratio of different materials, temperature, and synthesis time could all influence the final performance of the material.

After two hours of busy work, the 30 samples were already placed on the lab bench of the thermostatic reaction chamber.

Each sample was labeled with a number at Qiao Yu’s request, quietly arranged under different temperature conditions waiting for the radical polymerization to complete.

The atmosphere in the laboratory was particularly quiet, with only the faint hum of the temperature control instruments in the reaction chamber.

Liu Hao finally had time to discuss those seemingly regular charts with Qiao Yu.

“Were all these analyzed using our data?”

“Yes, if it works, we should thank Senior Brother Chen. He’s worked hard recently. Your data was quite messy, and sorting through it was quite a hassle.”

Qiao Yu nodded and replied.

He wasn’t planning to disclose the specifics for the time being, but it was necessary to give some credit to Chen Zhuoyang.

After all, Senior Brother Chen was very capable, just that he was short on people.

Qiao Yu even thought that Senior Brother Chen should quickly take on a few students and train them to be like him.

“Of course, but how was this result analyzed? Didn’t Professor Lu say our data wasn’t statistically significant?”

Although Qiao Yu said to keep it confidential, they had nothing better to do, so Liu Hao was very curious about these charts.

Even though he couldn’t understand how the analysis results of these charts were derived, or even how to correctly interpret them, he could at least tell that these charts had a certain pattern.

This suddenly gave him confidence. After all, the requirements given by Qiao Yu were quite targeted.

“That depends on the situation. To put it simply, I’ve transformed some common mathematical methods, you can think of it as filtering out the impurities in the complex data using some high-dimensional means.

But let me tell you upfront, don’t get your hopes up too high. As I mentioned before, this is just a test of a new method, I can’t guarantee it will be useful.”

Qiao Yu earnestly gave Liu Hao a precautionary warning once more.

Their voices weren’t quiet, so naturally, others in the lab could hear them. Still, no one spoke up…

They had already completed the tasks as per Qiao Yu’s requirements, so complaining now would just be thoughtless.

“Haha, Qiao Yu, you don’t have to keep emphasizing this. Actually, if you stay in a chemistry lab long enough, you’ll know that many times project failure is the norm, and success is occasional.

The situation this time is different from last time. Firstly, the projects are quite important, and there’s competition this time. Secondly, there were successful cases before, so we have high hopes. Sigh…

To be honest, in our experiments, there are more times without results. We’ve long been numb to it. But for some of the less important projects, if there’s no outcome, we just give up.”

Liu Hao said with an air of nonchalance.