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In the following time, Ning Chen continued to conduct other measurements on the superconducting properties of this material.

Unsurprisingly, this material is not only completely conductive at low temperatures, but also completely diamagnetic and has the properties of flux quantization.

At the moment when all measurements related to superconducting properties were completed, Ning Chen only saw the system prompting the news that Ning Chen's mission was completed.

[Detected that the host has completed the task: developed a new type of superconducting material]

[Get mission rewards: energy*500, subject experience*500 (can only be used for subjects of Lv2 and above)]

[The mission system has been updated...]

[Task: Perfect a new material superconducting system]

[Task introduction: You have completed the research on a new type of superconducting material, please continue to build on this foundation. Perfecting a new superconducting material system requires finding a variety of materials with superconducting properties in this system and explaining them with detailed theories]

[Task reward: energy*1000, subject experience*1000 (can only be used for subjects Lv2 and above)]

After browsing the messages on the system task panel, Ning Chen felt filled with a sense of accomplishment.

The successful completion of the task showed that Ning Chen's previous analysis was completely correct.

Only when all research on the properties of superconductors is completed will the system determine that Ning Chen has successfully discovered a new superconductor.

Looking at the 500 extra energy points and 500 subject experience points on the system backpack interface, Ning Chen felt confident in his heart.

This is the first time that Ning Chen has received so many energy points and experience point rewards at once after owning the system.

For Ning Chen, energy and subject experience are priceless assets that cannot be bought with more money.

In addition, the refreshed tasks also made Ning Chen feel very suitable.

The new mission is just in line with the previous mission, and Ning Chen can continue to research on the basis of this result.

"The new mission rewards are still energy points and subject experience. However, this time the reward amount has been doubled."

In fact, Ning Chen likes this kind of unpretentious reward very much. With Ning Chen's current ability, he can already explore various problems on his own without relying on the knowledge provided by the system.

At this time, Ning Chen didn't really like to directly obtain the various information prizes provided by the system.

After all, Ning Chen enjoys the feeling of gaining through exploration through his own abilities.

Returning to the system backpack interface, Ning Chen thought about the use of these energy points and subject experience points.

"Don't rush to add subject experience. You can add it when you are about to upgrade."

Before the subject is upgraded, the increase in subject experience has a relatively gentle effect on the subject, and is far less obvious than the gain when the subject level is upgraded.

Moreover, Ning Chen has not yet decided whether to focus more on mathematics or materials science in the future, so it is better not to rush to gain experience in the subject.

but……

Regarding energy points, Ning Chen still feels that the earlier it is used, the better.

Naturally, Ning Chen didn't want to use these energy points to engage in speculative behaviors such as system lottery. After all, the uncertainty of the lottery was too great, and he would lose all his money if he was not careful.

The correct way to use energy points is, of course, to add them all to the brain power index.

Thinking of this, Ning Chen said silently in his mind:

"System, consumption of energy points indicates the brain power index!"

In this way, Ning Chen added points to the brain power index many times in a row. Only when it showed that the balance of energy points was not enough to continue to improve the brain power index, Ning Chen stopped adding points.

After taking a look at the record of improvement in the brain power index, Ning Chen found with some regret that after using more than 500 points of energy, the improvement in the brain power index was less than 20 points.

"No, the exchange ratio is increasing too fast. If this continues, spending 100 points of energy in the future may not be able to increase the brain power index by 1 point."

If that time comes, Ning Chen may really have to consider using energy points to exchange for some more cost-effective items.

However, the improvement of the mental index did have a very obvious effect.

Ning Chen only felt that his brain became very comfortable, as if there were multiple warm currents flowing continuously in his mind.

Ning Chen was not unfamiliar with this feeling. Ning Chen knew that his brain's abilities had improved slightly compared to before.

This will be of great help to Ning Chen's learning speed, thinking speed, research ability, etc. in the future.

After finishing the measurement of this superconductor, Ning Chen returned to the laboratory and told Xu Zhou the good news.

Xu Zhou was also very excited when he heard that this material was really a superconductor.

"Ning Chen, you actually found a new superconductor? It's unbelievable... It's really unbelievable!"

It's not that Xu Zhou doesn't believe in Ning Chen's ability, it's just that Ning Chen can bring some new surprises to Xu Zhou every time.

No matter how many times he failed, Ning Chen could stand up again and again and finally reach the other side of success.

"Mr. Xu, if you hadn't given me some guidance that day, I probably wouldn't have thought of this method. Sure enough, in the end, it is this method of adding a small amount of elements to the matrix phase that can form the final superconductor!"

Xu Zhou was also very happy that he could help Ning Chen, which showed that his instructor was not useless.

"Hey, the most important thing is that you determined the superconductor model from the beginning. Speaking of which, if you didn't have such a good mathematical foundation, predicting superconductors would not be that easy."

According to Xu Zhou's understanding, many experimental groups studying superconductors in the industry are not like Ning Chen, who can accurately determine the material composition and structure of superconductors through calculations in advance from the beginning.

Most of them are constantly trying within a certain range, and even like a lottery, they are constantly conducting measurement experiments on the superconducting properties of various materials.

Anyway, there are so many types of substances. If you measure each substance, you can get some superconductors.

It's just that this method will consume a lot of measurement time, and the efficiency of producing results will also be greatly reduced.

In the evening, Ning Chen invited Xu Zhou to have dinner with him in the cafeteria as promised.

"Ning Chen, after completing this result, you should prepare to start writing the paper."

Xu Zhou knew how significant this achievement was. It was not simply the discovery of a new superconductor, but the possible discovery of a new superconducting material system.

Compared with the former, the latter will have greater research significance and will also be very helpful in explaining the mechanism of the entire superconducting phenomenon.

Such results are definitely at the "Nature" level.

"Well...Mr. Xu, my idea is to sort out the results of these days first, and don't rush to write a paper and submit it immediately. I feel that I still have a lot of things to do in this field. Wait until I finish it." It’s not too late to continue exploring related fields and then write a thesis.”

Xu Zhou also admired Ning Chen's mentality of not being eager for quick success. Even if it were Xu Zhou himself, he might want to write the paper immediately and submit it to "Nature".

"If you have the idea of ​​continuing to explore, it is definitely best to complete the experiments first. Hey, you already have so many papers, and you are really not in a hurry to get more results right away."

Strictly speaking, Ning Chen is not yet a graduate student. He just came to the laboratory in advance after graduating from undergraduate degree.

Ning Chen does not have any pressure to graduate or get a professional title, and is free to conduct scientific research at his own pace.

While eating, Xu Zhou asked Ning Chen about his specific research plan.

"Ning Chen, do you have any ideas about future research?"

"Teacher Xu, I want to conduct a more thorough study on this KFe2Se2 superconducting phase first, and try to see if there are any other synthesis methods for it."

"Well, although previous attempts to synthesize this substance using the sintering method failed, it does not mean that this substance can only exist in the form of elements added to the superconducting parent phase."

"The other thing is to study the superconducting mechanism in more detail and search for more superconductors through these mechanisms. I think under this system, there should be more than one kind of superconductor, as long as it can fill the vacancy of Fe, even if Even with other element ratios, it is still possible to create new superconducting phases.”

"Yes, I also think there must be more than one superconducting phase. I even have some doubts that the K element may not be necessary here. If it is replaced with other alkali metals or other substances, a new superconducting phase may also be formed. .”