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Would you be nervous about the U.S. trade war with China?
But while tariffs have hit China's steel exports hard, the mainland has recently made another breakthrough technology.
This technology is a high-strength steel material that can be 10 times or even 13 times stronger than the strongest brands available.
At the same time, the density can be reduced while the strength is increased.
What does this mean?
What's so breakthrough about this material?
What impact will this have on China's steel trade and steel industry?
First, the breakthrough of new steel materials in the mainland.
Continental's new steel material is a low-density, high-strength, high-toughness material at the same time.
The researchers who designed the new material wanted to increase the strength while reducing the density.
In this way, the cost in the process of manufacturing high-end materials can be reduced to a certain extent.
At the same time, it can also reduce the cost of materials used, so as to better save resources, reduce energy consumption, and benefit environmental protection.
When we use materials, as a conventional idea, strengthening the material will inevitably bring higher hardness, destroy the toughness of the material, and lead to a significant increase in the cost of the material.
In order to solve the bottleneck encountered in improving the performance of steel in recent years, researchers have changed their conventional thinking and used innovative methods when designing this new material.
This material is designed by using advanced computer mechanics models, through molecular dynamics simulation and other methods, from the atomic, molecular and other aspects of analysis and research.
It has been verified that this material weighs only 0.7% of the weight of steel.
So if calculated for the same weight, then the strength of this material can reach 13 times stronger.
The new material also has the highest strength-to-density ratio of any material currently available, at 220.
However, the strength of this material exceeds the strongest grade in the world, and is the strongest of all known materials.
Not only that, but the toughness of this material is also very good, and its toughness can even reach 5 times that of very ordinary steel.
Second, the breakthrough significance of this technology.
This technological breakthrough not only makes the mainland's steel industry have been greatly improved, but also marks a great breakthrough in China's material science.
This is also under the background of "Manufacturing Power", the continent in terms of materials, continuous innovation, and continuous improvement of the technical level of the performance.
The breakthrough of this technology will also be under the power of the mainland, and will really move towards the road of commercialization.
This will also affect the mainland's steel industry, and will also have a certain impact on the mainland's steel exports.
1. The impact on the mainland's steel industry.
Under this technological breakthrough, the mainland's steel industry will usher in a new round of technological innovation.
At the same time, it will also form a new force in the mainland's steel industry, and the breakthrough of this technology will also accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the mainland's steel industry.
At present, the mainland's steel industry has always been a big country with production capacity, but it is a product with low technology content, resulting in the mainland's steel industry has no right to speak in the world.
This has also led to the mainland's steel industry, which has been in a state of circular production for a long time, and low-level repeated construction has increased production costs, reduced the output and quality of steel, and also greatly reduced the price competitiveness of steel in the mainland.
If this technology can be promoted, then the utilization rate between a variety of raw materials can be improved to a certain extent, the optimal configuration of products can be improved, and the strength and toughness of steel can also be improved, and better material properties can be obtained.
Moreover, it can greatly reduce the weight of steel and better meet the needs of the mainland for transportation, aerospace and other aspects.
2. Impact on the mainland's steel exports.
The mainland's steel exports are mainly low-end steel, and the quality and price of steel products are not advantageous.
If this technology can be applied to the production of steel, then high-end steel products can be produced, which can greatly increase the value of the mainland's steel exports.
This can also be seen in 2005, when the price of Chinese steel was $800 a ton, but then the price gradually rose to $1,200 a tonne, or even as high as $1,500, thanks to the greatly improved quality of steel products from the mainland.
In the context of the trade war launched by the United States on the mainland, the export of steel products from the mainland has also been affected, and the export price has also risen.
3. What should the mainland do after the breakthrough?
1. Strengthen the protection of technology.
After a technological breakthrough, Continental produced special materials.
If this technology is exposed, it is likely to cause a large-scale technological war, so the mainland should strengthen the supervision of patents.
And we should work together with enterprises to assume the responsibility of protecting technology and avoid technology leakage.
2. Speed up the promotion process.
As technology continues to advance, so does the technology we have mastered.
Therefore, in the research and development of technology and products, we should also actively open our horizons and absorb all advanced technologies.
Therefore, we need to speed up the process of productization of technology, so as to promote it and gain more voice.
Epilogue:
Innovation is the vitality of an enterprise, and enterprises must continue to develop innovative thinking in order to gain space for survival in the fierce competitive market.
As everyone, we must have a pioneering and innovative spirit.