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A priceless treasure has been discovered deep underground in the cities of Maoming, Yangjiang and Jieyang in mainland Guangdong Province – independent rubidium deposits.
Some experts said: "Its value is no worse than the minerals we have found, and the price of this kind of ore is quite expensive, with the price per ton of ore as high as 1.35 billion yuan."
But what is this mine?
This ore is a metal in our lives, called rubidium, and when this metal appeared, many countries changed their attitudes towards the continent very much.
This includes Japan, because Japan has always been known for its lack of resources, and the mainland is so rich in resources, so when the mainland discovers this priceless treasure, Japan is naturally anxious.
Metal-related exports from the mainland are controlled.
The mainland is a large country with a large population and a country rich in resources, but with the increasing demand for resources, minerals, coal and other resources have become more and more scarce, so the mainland also attaches great importance to the protection of minerals.
Especially after the founding of the People's Republic of China and after the reform and opening up, the investigation and exploration of mineral resources have been in progress, because this involves the economic construction of the mainland, which is of vital importance to the economic development of the mainland.
And there is also the hard work of mainland scientists, who continue to carry out scientific research and exploration, and gradually have a basic understanding of the mainland's resource reserves, but there is one resource, which is also the most important resource in the mainland.
That is, metal materials, especially after the reform and opening up of the mainland, the development and utilization of resources are very important.
The mainland also attaches great importance to this work, so in the mainland's export trade, the mainland controls some important metal substances, such as "gallium" and "germanium".
These two substances are relatively rare, but the value is very high, especially germanium, which has the characteristics of semiconductor materials, so it has a very important role in optics, electronics and other fields, and gallium also has extremely high value in both aspects.
Therefore, the mainland has also carried out certain control over these, because these important new materials in the mainland will have a huge impact on the world.
However, the mainland is also protecting its own resource interests at the same time, but also allowing the opening to the outside world, so this policy has also attracted the attention of the outside world, some countries have expressed great dissatisfaction with the mainland's metal-related export policy, and even condemned the mainland to a certain extent.
Application areas of rubidium.
Some people may not know much about these new materials, especially after the emergence of new materials, some of the emerging industries in the mainland may be more used, and some are not very well understood.
Among them, these new materials are mainly used in quantum computers, quantum communications, optoelectronic devices, medical and other fields.
Among them, there are many applications of quantum computers and optoelectronic devices, but in some traditional fields in the mainland, the use of these materials is not so much.
Therefore, these applications are in some emerging industries, and our mobile phones, computers, etc. cannot escape the influence of these "new materials".
Among them, quantum computers are based on quantum theory for information processing, which is different from the way our traditional computers work, that is, they use the movement of electrons to process information, while quantum computers use the quantum states of particles to process information.
In the working principle of quantum computers, there is an important process, that is, the storage and operation of qubits, which requires the help of these new materials, especially the role of rubidium.
Rubidium plays a very important role in quantum computers, but the value of rubidium is also very high, so when researchers conduct research in quantum computers, they are also very careful.
However, rubidium's role in quantum computers is not limited to these, but also in navigation systems.
In the continental Beidou navigation system, there is a space satellite carrying a certain amount of rubidium, which also reflects the importance of rubidium in the mainland.
In the Beidou navigation system, where is the rubidium element?
In fact, rubidium is mainly used for time synchronization, and only on the basis of time synchronization can our navigation system work normally.
This is a very important part, it is related to our positioning accuracy and navigation system can operate normally, so rubidium is indispensable in the Beidou navigation system.
And how does rubidium play a role in the Beidou navigation system?
In fact, our rubidium element is a process of transition, because the movement of electrons around the nucleus of rubidium is unpredictable, if we excite the electrons around the rubidium nucleus, these electrons will begin to move irregularly.
Only when the electrons around our rubidium nucleus are in the lowest energy state, at this time the electrons around our rubidium nucleus will jump, and the frequency at this time is what we call the clock frequency, and this frequency is the frequency of our rubidium clock.
Therefore, we need a very precise system to control, only in this way can our Beidou navigation system be accurately positioned and achieve our expected results.
Metal-related export policies are attracting international attention.
As we all know, the resources of the mainland are very rich, so some resources of the mainland have very high value, so not only in the management of minerals, but also some new materials in the mainland are no exception.
In the mainland's metal-related export policy, many countries are very concerned, because metal-related new materials are very expensive, so these countries want to benefit in this regard.
However, the mainland has a relatively good development in the field of new materials, so the mainland not only has a relatively large market in foreign exports, but also is in a high competitive position.
Therefore, many countries will pay great attention to the mainland's policy after getting benefits, and once the mainland has problems with these new materials, then these countries will be very anxious.
Especially when new materials are becoming more and more important, more and more countries will join this industry, so in the future, the protection of new materials in the mainland will become more and more strict.
Scientists from many countries are also working hard to explore new materials, but scientists from the mainland still have obvious advantages in this aspect.
Therefore, some attitudes or behaviors of some countries have an important impact on the development of new materials in the mainland, which has also caused some international dissatisfaction.
Japan's attitude towards independent rubidium deposits on the mainland.
When this priceless treasure was discovered on the mainland, it immediately attracted attention at home and abroad, and the mainland's position in the world was becoming more and more prominent, but when this independent rubidium deposit was discovered on the mainland, it also attracted the attention of Japan.
Japan has always been a resource-poor country, so many of their minerals need to rely on other countries, and Japan's geographical location is also relatively special, so it is even more scarce in terms of resources.
Especially in emerging industries, the demand for these resources is even more scarce, so when the mainland discovers this independent rubidium deposit, Japan is very concerned about the follow-up development of this resource in the mainland.
Because the reserves of independent rubidium deposits on the mainland are as high as 175,000 tons, even if Japan's demand is very large, it can ensure that Japan can use it for 20 years.
But this independent rubidium deposit is not only a major positive news for Japan, but also a major warning.
Because Japan has always been very dependent on the mainland's resources, but the mainland has a lot of restrictions on resource extraction, so once the mainland restricts resources, then Japan will fall into a kind of crisis.
Because they have no other way, the mainland's management of resources is also very strict, and it is necessary to ensure that the mainland's resources can be better developed.
epilogue
The mainland still has a very strong advantage in independent rubidium ore, which is undoubtedly a major discovery in the mainland, the mainland has rich resources, and also has very good scientists, and the mainland's scientific research ability is also the world's leading.
However, in fact, everything on the mainland is paid by our efforts, and only our continuous efforts will lead to our achievements today, so we should strengthen our confidence and work harder to move forward.