The technological empire begins with polymer materials - Chapter 6 Super fabric is born!

“Can you believe it? Uniqlo’s sales hit a new high this year during 618.”

“Why don’t consumers understand?”

“The UT series T-shirts sold by Uniqlo for 99 yuan are actually very ordinary 32-count cotton, and the ex-factory price is only 11 yuan.”

“The famous AIRism quick-drying series is simply cupro fiber, and cupro fiber was invented in the distant 1857!”

“There is also HEATTECH thermal underwear, the raw material is acrylic fiber from Japan’s Asahi Kasei Group.”

“For truly high-quality self-heating fabrics, even if you don’t use DeRong, you should use Mitsubishi’s Mayabi, right? What’s the point of using Asahi Kasei and Toyobo’s acrylic? That stuff will pill after only one season of wear.”

“Moreover, acrylic fiber imitates wool and cashmere. Currently, no company’s technology can truly compete with natural wool and cashmere. 18.5 micron mercerized Merino wool thermal underwear is the best in the industry…”

In the fabric evaluation laboratory, Dr. Xu Qingzhou complained to several of his students. As a staunch national revivalist, Dr. Xu hated the current situation of the textile industry.

In fact, most chemical fiber materials in the world were invented by the West, and the patent rights are also in the hands of the West.

Viscose belongs to the British Courtaulds Group, nylon, acrylic, polyester, Lycra and other mainstream chemical fiber products around the world belong to the North American DuPont Group, polyvinyl alcohol fiber belongs to the Japanese Kurashiki Group, and polypropylene belongs to the Italian Montefibre Group.

Although our country ranks first in production and sales in the world, if you look closely, you will see the Eight-Nation Alliance troops everywhere. This may be a tragedy that only chemical fiber professionals can understand.

In our country, small inventions and creations in the field of chemical fiber certainly exist, and there are quite a lot of them.

But the key point is that, so far, our country does not have a top-notch competitive product that can spread all over the world like DuPont Group’s Lycra, which has to be said to be a huge regret.

After all, manufacturing is just like fighting a war. Conventional weapons are not enough. If you want to become one of the top five gangsters in the United Nations, you must also have a trump card and nuclear weapons.

“Teacher.” One of Xu Qingzhou’s students said: “Clothing companies are more of a marketing behavior and have little to do with whether the fabrics are advanced or not.”

“Uniqlo’s success can only be attributed to its good marketing and high market acceptance of its products.”

“That’s right.” Another student of Xu Qingzhou said: “The dilemma we are facing now is the lack of both technology and marketing.”

“In terms of technology, we need top-notch raw materials and scientific research giants like Bayer, BASF, and DuPont. But in terms of marketing, we need Uniqlo, ZARA, H.M., Nike, Adidas, and MUJI.”

The topic suddenly became a bit heavy, and everyone was a little frustrated. As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, and students like Xu Qingzhou, under the influence of their tutor, also had some feelings for their family and country.

It’s a pity that the current situation is too tragic. There are international giants blocking the way in front of us, and there are rising stars like Vietnam behind us.

In addition, the textile industry is considered a sunset industry and has lacked attention and support for many years. Regardless of whether the factory is relocated or closed down, the people do not know and do not care. The situation is really not optimistic.

“Teacher, do you think it is possible to increase the quick-drying index of fabrics to single digits?” Suddenly, one of Xu Qingzhou’s students asked.

“Impossible, absolutely impossible.” Dr. Xu replied directly without thinking: “The strongest quick-drying fabric in the world at present is COOLMAX from DuPont Group in North America. The quick-drying index is less than 20. It is pure cotton. More than five times the amount of fabric.”

“Achieving a single-digit quick-drying index? Wouldn’t that be more than ten times that of pure cotton and even better than DuPont?”

“Believe me, it’s impossible on Earth. Alien technology is pretty much the same.” Xu Qingzhou finally joked.

However, the student wearing glasses was extremely serious. He swallowed and with obvious shock in his eyes, handed a test report to Xu Qingzhou.

“But teacher, the data just released shows that the quick-drying index of the fabrics sent for inspection by Kunlun Company reached an astonishing 7.4.”

Phew~

Xu Qingzhou sprayed wildly and couldn’t believe his ears.

“Seven point four!?”

“COOLMAX is only twenty.”

“Thirteen and a half times that of pure cotton!?”

“Impossible, absolutely impossible! The data must be wrong!”

Xu Qingzhou felt that this was the most ridiculous thing he had ever heard in his life. However, when he picked up the report and looked at it carefully, his expression suddenly became very exciting.

In addition to the quick-drying index of 7.4, there is also a very important indicator, water absorption rate.

Pure cotton can absorb water equivalent to 7% of the weight of the fabric. Ordinary polyester fiber has a water absorption rate of four thousandths. However, the fabric sent for inspection by Kunlun Factory has a water absorption rate of only one thousandth!

“It’s a mistake, it must be a mistake.” Dr. Xu shook his head and muttered, “Kunlun Textile Fabric Company? I have never heard of it at all. If they really have such strength, why bother to open a factory? They can just go and win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry ”

“Who measured this fabric?”

The young man wearing glasses just now raised his hand, “I am in charge of testing.”

Xu Qingzhou nodded slightly and said, “Okay, you give me a hand and we test again.”

…

Soon, the laboratory was abuzz. Everyone had been dealing with chemical fibers for many years, but they had never heard of such a powerful parameter. They spread it to ten people, and everyone knew about it.

“real or fake?”

“I don’t know. Xu Qingzhou is currently leading the team and is conducting a second review.”

“The overall performance is nearly three times higher than the COOLMAX, which is currently the strongest in the world.”

“It’s too strong, it feels a bit sci-fi.”

“No, it’s more serious than science fiction, it’s simply magic!”

“I hope all this can come true, so that we can overpower DuPont in North America and vent our anger.”

“A small private factory still wants to beat DuPont? I think you should stop daydreaming and wait for the results of Xu Qingzhou’s second test. I estimate that the first test was done by Xu Qingzhou’s student. Young man Without experience, it is very likely that the data will be wrong.”

There are different opinions in the laboratory. Whether it is true or false, the pieces of fabric sent for inspection by Plateau have now become the absolute focus.

Xu Qingzhou’s second test progressed unexpectedly slowly.

From the morning until the early hours of the night, Xu Qingzhou walked out of the laboratory with a few students who looked tired.

“Qingzhou, what’s the result?” Several people ran into the next room and asked anxiously.

Most of my colleagues had gone home long ago. These few were warm-hearted and wanted to know the results as soon as possible, so they stayed.

“Director Qin? Why haven’t you gone back yet?” Xu Qingzhou was slightly startled.

“I’m not worried either.” Director Qin said calmly: “After all, the first result was so amazing. If it were true, it might subvert many things.”

Xu Qingzhou nodded slightly. Facing his anxious colleagues, he did not show off and said directly: “The result I made is seven point two.”

Boom~

The scene exploded immediately!

It is said that these people are professionals and have seen the world. However, when they heard the numbers from Xu Qingzhou, they still showed extremely shocked expressions.

Who would have thought that the result Xu Qingzhou got was actually 7.2! Even lower than the first time!

“Teacher, this is a great happy event, please have a midnight snack!” Xu Qingzhou’s students were so excited that they hugged each other and cheered, and then clamored for the teacher to treat them to a midnight snack.

Without waiting for Xu Qingzhou to answer, Director Qin laughed loudly and said, “Thank you for your hard work, I’ll treat you to midnight snacks!”

“Long live! Long live the director!”

The young people immediately cheered, chattering and discussing how to order takeout, and then stabbed Director Qin hard.

Sitting down in a secluded corner, Director Qin said to Xu Qingzhou: “We all know what it means when such a high-performance quick-drying fabric comes out.”

Xu Qingzhou nodded repeatedly, his excitement and joy were beyond words.

nuclear weapon.

This is the super nuclear weapon that the industry has been waiting for for a long time!

It is still unclear how much damage it can cause to Western giants, but it will certainly be enough to give them a drink.

After a pause, Director Qin said with a serious face: “This matter is very important. You have a good rest tonight and do another test tomorrow to confirm the data.”

this…

Xu Qingzhou held his forehead and said with a wry smile: “Director, the reason why we did it so late is because I led the team to do it three times in a row.”

“The quick-drying index is 7.2, which is the average result of three tests.”

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