Orion Crest, Series_1

Chapter 43: Project completion

　　When he received the call from Professor Roger, Orion was still thinking about the literature he had just read from the journal 'Materials Science and Engineering' about the theoretical calculations of graphene half-electron mobility.

　　"Orion."

　　"Yes?"

　　"That paper of yours, it's time to publish."

　　"Oh."

　　"I mean, our project, we've officially submitted our closing report and applied for closure!"

　　"......?!", Finally coming back to his senses and taking a deep breath, Orion, in an excited and trembling tone, asked, "We ...... succeeded!?"

　　Professor Roger laughed out loud and repeated in an affirmative tone, "Yes! You heard right! We did it!"

　　Orion quickly asked, "What's the percentage?"

　　"0.47wt%, your guess was exactly right. The optimal ratio of CNTs material to Portland cement is indeed between a much smaller 0.4 and 0.5, not above 1wt%. We made an empirical mistake that could have been avoided."

　　"...... The compressive and tensile strengths of Portland cement were increased by 47.1% and 34.2%, respectively, when the CNTs material was blended at 0.5wt%."

　　Up to this point, with the last technical difficulty overcome, the whole subject can finally be regarded as a successful conclusion.

　　Not only about the proportion of CNTs and cementitious materials, but also about the functional modification of the surface of CNTs, and even the design of the production process, etc., which are all included in this project, only that Orion did not participate in these parts.

　　And as the whole research project comes to an end, the project team led by Professor Roger will have produced at least five papers, as well as two patents on the technology.

　　If Orion remembers correctly, this project has an investment from Imerys, a publicly listed company, in addition to the support from the National Fund of the Ministry of Engineering and Materials Science. The two patents should belong to Imerys.　　

          Further work is to submit the closing materials, receive the statement of research funds, reimbursement of the balance of the project research, and wait for the feedback from the project authority after the audit ......, But these tedious and complicated things don't need Orion to worry about, there are special people in the lab to run this piece.

　　Leaning back in his chair, Orion let out a long breath. This subject finally came to an end at this moment. Fists clenched and unclenched, Orion suddenly shook his head, refreshed himself and stared at the computer screen.

　　"My battle isn't over ...... There's still one more SCI!"

　　Opening up the word document, his fingers danced quickly as he tapped down a line of text.

　　[FTIR spectral analysis and mathematical method solution of the effect of carbon nanotube materials on the hydration reaction of Portland cement at early age]

　　[Abstract: The hydration process of Portland cement and its carbon nanotube-modified samples at early age was characterized by FTIR method. And mathematical methods such as generalized function analysis were used to establish a mathematical model for the analysis, and it was concluded that CNTs materials did not affect the hydration reaction at the early age when they were blended into Portland cement.]

　　[Text: ......]

　　Taking a whole day, Orion put together this paper according to that first draft he had made earlier and took it with him to the lab.