"A wheel that doesn't need a magnetic field, only electricity, to spin continuously!" Even Yang Yunhe, an outsider, was somewhat stunned upon learning this characteristic of the wheel.
This material would likely revolutionize the entire electric motor market.
Not to mention that this wheel was made of metal that could change its shape at will with the current. Combining the two, who knows how many changes the world would undergo because of such a material.
Yang Yunhe secretly glanced at Boss Huang and found that Boss Huang was also frozen, his situation not much better than his own.
After a full few minutes, Boss Huang slowly said, "What's the energy conversion rate? How does it compare to the strongest electric motors today?"
Energy conversion rate refers to the ratio of electrical energy converted into kinetic energy.
"Less than 60%," Tong He, who was prepared for the question, nodded quickly. "The conversion rate of the strongest electric motors today should be around 93%!"
"That's quite a big gap!" Yang Yunhe thought to himself. "There's a 33% difference in energy conversion rate between 93% and 63%, which is equivalent to one-third. This means that for the same distance a normal electric motor can travel on one unit of electricity, this new electric motor might require 1.3 units."
"Can it be improved?" Boss Huang asked. He wasn't dissatisfied with the conversion rate. As long as it could spin, the power consumption was not a concern, as long as this wasn't used to build electric cars.
Of course, Boss Huang still habitually asked if there was room for improvement.
"Yes, as I mentioned before, the higher the voltage, the lower the resistance of sample Jiashen 1478, which means the higher the kinetic energy produced and the higher the conversion rate. If we can increase the voltage difference between the two poles to over 10 kilovolts, the conversion rate can be improved to over 80%."
"If the voltage difference is increased to over 100 kilovolts, the energy conversion rate can exceed 90%!" Tong He said. "Theoretically, as long as the voltage difference continues to increase, the conversion rate will continue to rise, eventually approaching 100% conversion rate, meaning the material is infinitely close to a superconducting state!" Tong He added.
Boss Huang nodded. Increasing the voltage difference indefinitely could indeed improve the conversion rate, but it wasn't necessary. The application scenarios were too restrictive. Unless the equipment was constantly connected to a super-high voltage power transmission network, it was meaningless.
Besides, was a device operating at over 100 kilovolts something for ordinary people to use?
"It seems the possibility of using this material to power electric cars is indeed not high!" Boss Huang sighed. His first thought when he heard about the characteristic of sample Jiashen 1478 was to use it for electric cars. However, it now seemed unlikely.
Because existing electric car technology would be more energy-efficient and cheaper than using sample Jiashen 1478, this new product would have no competitive advantage in the market. Moreover, it was unclear whether this thing could be mass-produced industrially.
Unexpectedly, after hearing Boss Huang's words, Tong He immediately said, "No, boss, we've actually been considering the future uses of sample Jiashen 1478 these past few days, and we believe its greatest potential lies in electric cars!"
"Why?" Huang He asked, stunned, and immediately retorted.
"It's like this, boss. Although we just calculated an energy conversion rate, this is the conversion rate in its liquid state," Tong He said.
"What do you mean by that?"
"It's like this. When sample Jiashen 1478 is in its golden liquid form, we solidify it using the electrode difference, and then it starts to spin. This is the experiment you just saw. In this case, the conversion rate is 60%," Tong He said.
"Is there a second scenario?" Boss Huang's eyes lit up.
"Yes. Don't you remember, I said earlier that sample Jiashen 1478 can actually be solidified by radiation? When the liquid sample Jiashen 1478 is placed in a strong radiation field and electrified, it can also solidify after about 24 hours, but it will lose the possibility of re-liquefying."
"And when we discovered that the voltage difference could make the liquid sample spin, our project team had another idea: if a solidified sample Jiashen 1478 is also subjected to a voltage difference, can it spin?" Tong He paused here.
Boss Huang and Yang Yunhe almost simultaneously pressed: "What were the experimental results?"
"The same as the liquid that wasn't solidified by the radiation field. It could spin when subjected to a voltage difference. However, we were later surprised to find that in this state, the conversion rate of the radiation-solidified sample Jiashen 1478 was 0%."
"0%?" Huang He and Li Yunhe were both bewildered. If it was 0%, it shouldn't spin no matter how much electricity was supplied. But Tong He clearly said it could spin just now!
Tong He, feeling smug about his successful suspense, didn't dare to overdo it in front of Boss Huang, so he quickly explained with a smile, "It's 0%, yes, because you only need to apply a voltage difference to the surface. The spinning itself doesn't consume electrical energy, so the conversion rate is 0%."
"You mean it spins without consuming electricity?" The two were even more confused.
"Not without consuming electricity, but without consuming an external power source, rather it consumes its own internal energy!" Tong He said. "Sample Jiashen 1478, solidified by a radiation field, also consumed a large amount of energy during solidification. Radiation itself is an energy field, and sample Jiashen 1478 can only solidify in a strong radiation field. Therefore, we believe that sample Jiashen 1478 absorbed a large amount of radiation energy in the strong radiation field, and simultaneously fixed this radiation energy within itself. When an external voltage difference is applied, it excites these stored energies and releases them in the form of rotation!"
Tong He's words sounded a bit convoluted and difficult to understand, but the meaning was very simple.
Normal sample Jiashen 1478 is driven by the power supplied when connected to a power source, no different from traditional electric motors.
However, the radiation-solidified sample Jiashen 1478 can solidify the energy generated by radiation within itself, and the voltage difference only acts as a spark to activate the energy stored inside sample Jiashen 1478, allowing the entire sample Jiashen 1478 to rotate.
"Doesn't that mean that the radiation-solidified sample Jiashen 1478 has essentially become a battery, releasing energy while pushing itself to rotate? Isn't this combining an electric motor and a battery?" Yang Yunhe couldn't help but summarize, and then covered his mouth. An electric motor combined with a battery, what kind of magical and terrifying material was this?
"How much energy can the sample Jiashen 1478 in the radiation state store?" Huang He immediately asked.
"I don't know..." Unexpectedly, Tong He, who had been answering every question, now had no answer.
"Did you not even conduct such an important test?" Huang He couldn't help but ask, his tone even containing some questioning.
"It's like this!" Tong He explained. "Radiation solidification was only discovered in later experiments. It took us a long time to find radiation as a way to solidify the sample. Therefore, we didn't have much time for specific experiments, only about half a month! And the experiment using radiation-solidified samples for rotation only began a week ago!"
"But a week should be enough time for you to conduct relevant experiments!" Huang He said.
"This... Boss, this is really not enough!" Tong He said with a wry smile, then pointed to a small experimental chamber on the left side of the laboratory. "Boss, you can actually take a look at what's in there."
"What is it?" Huang He looked over and saw that in this small experimental chamber, there was also a sample Jiashen 1478 continuously rotating.
"Could this be the radiation-solidified sample?" Boss Huang guessed.
"Yes. We started electrifying it a week ago and wanted to conduct energy tests. However, it's still rotating until now, with no sign of stopping!" Tong He said with a wry smile.
"You mean this thing has been rotating continuously for a week!!" Boss Huang's mouth widened. The degree of energy solidification seemed a bit formidable.
After a while, Huang He said, "Old Tong, is there really no way to estimate how much longer this thing can rotate? Do we just have to wait for it to stop?"
"There is a somewhat uncertain method..." Tong He hesitated for a moment and then said, "After solidification by a strong radiation field, the sample itself can also emit a weak radiation..."
As soon as Tong He said this, Boss Huang and Yang Yunhe both took a few steps back.
This thing has radiation?
"You don't need to panic. The radiation intensity is very low, only 1.3 millisieverts, which is below the international safety standard. Radiation below 100 millisieverts is harmless to the human body. Moreover, our glass cover can also isolate some radiation. The current radiation value in the laboratory air is below 0.02 millisieverts," Tong He quickly said. Boss Huang took a step forward again, putting on a calm demeanor. "It's fine, just radiation. Continue, is it possible to measure energy through radiation?"
"Yes. A week ago, the radiation value we measured was 1.35 millisieverts, but now it has dropped to 1.3 millisieverts. This indicates that the solidified radiation energy within the material is decreasing. When the radiation value drops to 0, it should be when this thing stops rotating," Tong He said.
"0.05 millisieverts can make it rotate for a week. Then 1.3 is 26 times 0.05 millisieverts. Doesn't that mean this thing can rotate for another 26 weeks?" Boss Huang licked his lips. Just what kind of treasure was this sample Jiashen 1478?