This is the idea that a patentshould be given to a machine or something that creates a material change, like a chemical process.

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Either keep up the good work or you better change your strategy because you are not mastering the material.

保持好的工作,或者你最好改变你的策略,因为你不擅长处理这个材料。

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In other words, how much does the temperature of the whole thing change when you put an ordinary amount of material in there and run a reaction, right. Well, what do you do?

当你放入通常数量的材料,并进行反应时,整个装置的温度,改变有多少，你要做什么？

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