1900: A physics genius wandering around Europe

Chapter 57 Patent Layout
Over the following period of time, Ridgway received replies from Einstein and Solvay.

Einstein was very excited in his reply. He thought that Ridgway's ideas were so subversive that they could be described as genius.

He also said that he had been greatly inspired and now had certain research results, and hoped to communicate with Li Qiwei in person.

Li Qiwei smiled knowingly after reading it. The God of Love was praising himself.

As a result of careful consideration, Ridgway would publish a paper with Einstein as co-first author.

So he wrote back to tell Einstein that he would organize an exchange among young physicists soon, and the other party could participate at that time.

That’s right, the wealthy tycoon Solvay wrote back, expressing his great interest in the young scholars exchange meeting proposed by Li Qiwei and his willingness to pay for the meeting out of his own pocket.

And tell Li Qiwei that there is no need to limit himself to the field of physics. If he has connections, he can also explore other natural science fields such as chemistry.

When the time comes, just tell him the confirmed meeting time and he will make the arrangements.

Of course, the boss also had a requirement, which was that the meeting must be held in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.

Li Qiwei readily agreed. Whoever pays has the say, which is very fair.

As for the other patent matter, Solvay first expressed his confusion and advised Ridgeway to concentrate on physics and not to be keen on money and worldly things.

He thinks, can making money be more joyful than doing scientific research?
However, Solvay still carefully explained the relevant matters regarding patent-licensed production in Europe.

As for the directions proposed by Li Qiwei, he knew industrialists in related fields for some of them, but he needed to spend more time to inquire about some of them.

At the same time, he urged Li Qiwei to publish the patent as soon as possible and obtain authorization so that he could operate better and find partners more easily.

After a period of research, Li Qiwei also identified 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 many ordinary families can afford them.

However, the filaments used in current light bulbs are all carbon filaments, that is, carbon filament incandescent lamps.

The principle is to heat the carbon filament to an incandescent state through electricity, and use thermal radiation to emit visible light, thereby achieving lighting.

However, carbon filament has a disadvantage, which is that it is not heat-resistant, so after the bulb has been used for a period of time, the carbon filament will be burned out, resulting in a very short lifespan.

Later, it was discovered that tungsten has a very high melting point. At that time, some people tried to use tungsten wire instead, but due to the insufficient material level, the performance of the tungsten wire produced did not meet the standards.

It was not until 1909 that American inventor Coolidge invented the processing technology of tungsten filament, which greatly extended the service life of light bulbs.

Now, Li Qiwei is preparing to intercept this technology, which is actually very simple.

It is to use the powder metallurgy method to dope nickel powder into tungsten powder to make tungsten billet, and then machine it into tungsten wire.

As for your question about why Li Qiwei knows this technology, it is reasonable that he, as a Ph.D. from Huaxia University of Science and Technology in his previous life and now a rising star in physics, would know something about this.

It suddenly occurred to him that Edison would not come to steal his patent, after all, his reputation was not very good.

No matter what, we will fight back when the enemy comes and block when the water comes.

Based on this patent, Li Qiwei planned to develop the electron tube as well.

When Edison was looking for the best filament material, he 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 electric current because it received thermal electrons emitted by the carbon wire.

Edison did not take this phenomenon seriously at the time. He just wrote a patent and named it the "Edison Effect" and left it alone.

In 1904, British physicist Fleming used this effect to invent the electron tube, marking the world's entry into the electronic age.

Later, the electron tube gradually became the transistor, which became smaller and smaller in size but more and more functional. This thing is a good thing and is an indispensable component in the next electric age.

Li Qiwei was reluctant to write up a patent and prepared to secretly manufacture and research it in the country in an effort to stay ahead of the West.

The second patent is for Freon refrigerant.

By looking up information, he discovered 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 refrigeration effect.

The substance Freon is not only non-toxic and harmless (it was later discovered that it would destroy the ozone layer), but also has a very good cooling effect, so it quickly replaced the various previous refrigerants.

Li Qiwei had minored in chemistry in his previous life, so he knew how Freon was manufactured.

Combined with the improved compressor structure he designed, it will definitely beat all refrigeration products on the market.

The third patent is in the automotive field.

At this point in time, there were not many automobile companies in the world, and the famous brands of later generations were still in the making.

In 1887, the first automobile manufacturing company, Mercedes-Benz, 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 common automobile configurations and engine technologies in the future, in order to sanction major companies in the future.

Then he worked with Karl Benz in the form of a complete design concept to accelerate the development of Mercedes-Benz cars.

After all, the current automobile structure is still very simple, without complicated upstream and downstream suppliers, so he can participate deeply and accumulate strength.

When He Yujie and his colleagues returned to China, they brought a few cars back for my father. You can imagine how shocked he was.

By then, it will definitely attract more people to come to the UK.

After all, if you tell them that Ridgwell invented quantum theory, they may not know what it is; but if you put a car in front of them, everyone will say: That’s awesome.

So, in the next few months, Li Qiwei became busy again.

Apart from daily check-ins at the Cavendish Laboratory, the rest of the time is spent writing Spark textbooks, papers on special relativity, and patents.

With the blessing of his status and the endorsement of Cambridge University, his patent was quickly approved for invention authorization.

He then contacted Solvay to help find collaborators and scheduled the Young Scholars Conference for a date in August.

In addition, Li Qiwei also has to give small lessons to the three people. He recently set up a 100-point examination system, which greatly improved the learning enthusiasm of the three people. After all, no one wants to be last.

The current ranking of results is: Xia Yuanzhen > He Yujie > Xu Qitai. This shows that the test paper is still effective and it can be seen that the foreign horse affects the results.

The only regrettable thing is that Mr. Li’s love life is still progressing slowly.

Wang Luyao has been here for almost half a year, and as long as Li Qiwei has time, she will stick around.

But every time Li Qiwei wanted to act unruly, Wang Luyao would jump away like a little rabbit and could not be caught, which was extremely torturous.

But things have been fine in recent days. He has no time to think about it because his graduation thesis defense is coming soon.

Li Qiwei is going to start pretending not to be busy again.

Thank you very much for the monthly tickets and recommendation tickets from all the new and old book friends. The dull daily life has passed, and the next is a series of continuous plots.

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