Chapter 57 Patent Layout
In the next period of time, Li Qiwei received replies from Einstein and Solvay.
Einstein was very excited in his reply. He thought Li Qiwei's idea was so subversive that it could be described as a genius.
He also said that he was greatly inspired and now has certain research results. He hopes to communicate with Li Qiwei face to face.
Li Qiwei smiled knowingly after reading it, the God of Love was praising himself.
As a result of careful consideration, Li Qiwei and Einstein would publish a paper together as co-authors.
So he wrote back and told Einstein that soon he would organize an exchange between young physicists, and the other party could participate.
Yes, Solvay, the wealthy tycoon, responded to the letter, saying that he was very interested in the young scholars exchange meeting proposed by Li Qiwei and was willing to pay for this meeting out of his own pocket.
And told Li Qiwei that there was no need to limit himself to the field of physics. If he had connections, chemistry and other natural science fields would also work.
When the time comes, just tell him the determined meeting time and he will make arrangements.
Of course, the boss also has a requirement, that is, the meeting must be held in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.
Li Qiwei readily agreed, whoever pays has the say, it’s very fair.
As for the other patent matter, Solvay first expressed confusion and advised Li Qiwei to concentrate on physics and not be interested in money and mundane things.
Does he think making money can be more enjoyable than doing scientific research?
However, Solvay carefully explained the matters related to patent-licensed production in Europe.
For some of the directions proposed by Li Qiwei, he knew industrialists in related fields, while others needed more time to inquire.
At the same time, he also urged Li Qiwei to publish the patent as soon as possible and obtain authorization, so that he could operate better and find collaborators more easily.
After this period of research, Li Qiwei also determined several patent directions.
The first patent was for the tungsten filament light bulb.
In this era, thanks to Edison's invention, light bulbs have become very popular and can be used by many ordinary households.
But the filaments used in current light bulbs are all carbon filaments, that is, carbon filament incandescent lamps.
The principle is to achieve lighting by heating carbon filaments to an incandescent state and using thermal radiation to emit visible light.
However, one disadvantage of carbon filament is that it is not heat-resistant, so after the bulb is used for a period of time, the carbon filament is burned out, resulting in a very short life.
Later, someone discovered that the melting point of tungsten is very high. At that time, some people tried to use tungsten wire instead. However, due to the lack of material quality, the performance of the produced tungsten wire was not up to standard.
It was not until 1909 that the American inventor Coolidge invented the processing technology of tungsten filament, which greatly extended the service life of the light bulb.
Now, Li Qiwei is preparing to cut off the beard, which is actually very simple.
It is to use powder metallurgy method to dope tungsten powder with nickel powder to make tungsten billet, and then machine it into tungsten wire.
As for your question about why Li Qiwei knows this process, in his previous life he was a Ph.D. student at Huaxia University of Science and Technology and now he is a rookie in physics. It should be reasonable for him to know this.
He suddenly thought that Edison would not come to snatch his patent. After all, his reputation was not very good.
No matter what, the soldiers will come to cover up the water and earth.
Based on this patent, Li Qiwei planned to develop electronic tubes by the way.
When Edison was looking for the best filament material, he once placed a small piece of copper wire near the carbon filament, hoping to prevent the carbon filament from evaporating.
As a result, one day he accidentally discovered that the copper wire generated an electric current by receiving the hot electrons emitted by the carbon wire.
Edison did not pay attention to this phenomenon at the time. He just wrote a patent casually, named it "Edison Effect" and ignored it.
In 1904, British physicist Fleming used this effect to invent the electron tube, marking the world's entry into the electronic age.
Later, electron tubes gradually turned into transistors, becoming smaller and smaller but with more and more functions. This thing is a good thing, and it is an indispensable component in the coming electric age.
Li Qiwei was reluctant to write a patent and prepared to conduct secret manufacturing research in China to strive to lead the West.
The second patent is for Freon refrigerant.
After checking the information, he found that refrigerators and air conditioners already existed in this era, but the cooling effect was not satisfactory.
The core of refrigeration equipment is the compressor, and the core of the compressor is the refrigerant.
The current refrigerants are mainly ether, ammonia, sulfuric acid, etc., which are not only toxic and harmful, but also have poor cooling effect.
Freon, a substance that is not only non-toxic and harmless (later found to destroy the ozone layer), is also very effective in cooling, so it quickly replaced various original refrigerants.
Li Qiwei had minored in chemistry in his previous life, so he knew how to make Freon.
Coupled with the improved compressor structure designed by him, it will definitely kill all refrigeration products on the market.
The third patent is in the automotive field.
At this point in time, there are not many car companies in the world, and the famous brands of future generations are still in the process of being nurtured.
In 1887, the first automobile manufacturing company, Benz Motor Company, was established in Germany. Its founder was Karl Benz (known as the "Father of the Automobile").
Li Qiwei decided to first register patents for all technologies such as automobile configurations and engines that will be common in later generations, and sanction major companies in the future.
Then we will cooperate with Karl Benz in the form of a complete set of design concepts to accelerate the development of Mercedes-Benz cars.
After all, the current automobile structure is still very simple, and there are no complicated upstream and downstream suppliers. He can be deeply involved and accumulate strength.
When He Yujie and the others returned to China, they brought a few cars back to their father. You can imagine the shock.
It will definitely attract more people to come to the UK.
After all, you told them that Li Qiwei invented quantum theory. Others don’t know what it is; but when you put a car in front of you, everyone will say: Awesome.
So, in the next few months, Li Qiwei became busy again.
Apart from going to the Cavendish Laboratory to check in every day, the rest of the time is spent writing Spark textbooks, writing papers on special relativity, and writing patents.
With the blessing of his identity and the endorsement of Cambridge University, his patent was quickly approved for invention authorization.
Then he contacted Solvay to help find collaborators, and also confirmed that the Young Scholars Conference would be held on a certain day in August.
In addition, Li Qiwei also has to give small lessons to the three of them. He recently set up a 100-point examination system, which greatly improved the three people's learning enthusiasm. After all, no one wants to be the last one.
The current performance ranking is: Xia Yuanzhen>He Yujie>Xu Qitai. It can be seen that the roll is still effective, and the Ocean Horse affects the performance.
The only regret is that Lao Li's love life is still making slow progress.
Wang Luyao has been here for almost half a year. As long as Li Qiwei has time, she will definitely stay with him.
But every time Li Qiwei wanted to be arrogant, Wang Luyao was like a little rabbit, hopping away and unable to catch it, which was extremely tortured.
But it was okay in the past few days. He had no time to think about it because his graduation defense was coming soon.
Li Qiwei started pretending not to be busy again.
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