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When the device officially started to operate, Zhang Xin's keen intuition told him that the energy inside the electromagnetic field had become very large, and a little carelessness would cause a big explosion, so Zhang Xin's body responded instinctively, and his whole body The fine hairs have already stood up.

When the device stops running, the temperature in the magnetic field begins to drop slowly. However, in order to prevent accidents caused by high-temperature plasma overflow, it is still necessary to maintain the voltage output until the temperature drops to an acceptable range before completely cutting off the power supply.

Zhang Xin felt that the scene of the operation just now was extremely spectacular, but Chen Yuanchang sighed.

Zhang Xin thought he was sighing because the device couldn't run for a long time, so he comforted him: "Mr. Chen, don't be discouraged. After some key equipment is upgraded, we can catch up with the government's tokamak device. Maybe we can break the current record for the longest time."

Chen Yuanchang said: "I am not sighing because of this, but I feel that trying to control nuclear fusion through a tokamak device may never succeed."

These words sounded earth-shattering to Zhang Xin, because according to what Zhang Xin learned, the best way to achieve controllable nuclear fusion is through the tokamak device, and there are specific experimental devices, but Chen Yuanchang said that it is possible It was a dead end, which had to shock Zhang Xin.

"Why do you say that? After all, we did conduct a short-term fusion reaction just now. As long as we solve the problem of time, don't we realize the control of nuclear fusion?"

Chen Yuanchang pointed to the huge power control system and said: "Mr. Zhang, do you know how much electricity was consumed in the short time just now? It can be said that the little energy produced by fusion is far less than the consumed electricity. What is the reason why we study nuclear fusion? Isn’t it to replace fossil fuels and export a steady stream of clean energy to the outside world? But now the input energy is far greater than the output energy, isn’t this against our original intention?”

When Zhang Xin heard this, he felt like being poured from head to toe by a basin of cold water. He muttered to himself: "That's the truth. The reason why I study nuclear fusion reaction is to provide a steady stream of energy for future spaceships. However, the premise of using the tokamak device is that a large amount of electric energy needs to be input to generate and maintain a strong magnetic field. Isn’t it unnecessary for me to do so? I already have such a huge amount of electric energy, so I can just use electric power to propel the spacecraft. , At present, there is an electric propulsion device, although the thrust generated is only a dozen cattle, but with the advancement of technology, it can definitely be improved."

Zhang Xin couldn't help but said: "Then nuclear fusion is really out of control?"

Chen Yuanchang said: "Actually, in order to control nuclear fusion, there is another way besides using a tokamak device to generate a strong magnetic field to confine ultra-high temperature ions to create deuterium-tritium fusion reaction conditions. Nuclear fission makes the temperature reach the ignition condition, and finally realizes the fusion reaction, but the fission cannot be controlled, so some people propose to use high-temperature laser to complete the fusion ignition, but the current ignition device is the same as the magnetic confinement tokamak device, the input energy is much greater than the output After all, it requires too much energy to generate high temperatures suitable for deuterium-tritium fusion reactions."

Zhang Xin is a little speechless, because it is still the same reason, that is, the current desire to achieve controllable nuclear fusion to provide energy is still in the imagination, and the actual experimental results are not satisfactory.

There are very few players in nuclear fusion. At present, only three major countries are qualified to conduct controlled nuclear fusion experiments. Even the most technologically advanced country, the United States, basically uses these two methods to control nuclear fusion, but the results are very frustrating.

At present, it seems that it is almost impossible to realize the commercial application of nuclear fusion.

Not to mention that Zhang Xin still wants to use nuclear fusion to power the spacecraft.

In fact, Zhang Xin can choose to research nuclear fission devices. After all, nuclear fission has been widely used in the field of commercial power generation and is relatively mature technically. However, nuclear fission reactors have a big problem, that is, nuclear fission will produce a large number The radioactive substances in the spaceship will cause radiation damage to the interior of the spacecraft if you don't pay attention, this is a problem that has to be considered.

"Forget it, don't think so far for now. After all, the spacecraft is still under planning. The most important thing now is to realize the research and development of a reusable manned aircraft."

Zhang Xin left Jinwu New Energy with disappointment. At first, he thought that controllable nuclear fusion would be commercialized soon, but it seems that it will take some time before it can be used commercially.

In the middle, I went to the Chaos Space Exploration Company, and saw that the current progress of the recoverable rocket project was still in line with expectations, which diluted Zhang Xin's feeling of depression.

After hearing Zhang Xin's thoughts, Qian Yawei criticized: "Mr. Zhang, I think you are a little impatient now. What is controllable nuclear fusion? You think it's Chinese cabbage, so you can buy it if you want it? That's the current rung. A high wall in front of human civilization, as long as the problem of controllable nuclear fusion is overcome, it will mean that human beings will be able to soar into space from now on, and will no longer be confined to a small earth. Controlling nuclear fusion is extremely difficult, so don't worry, with the development of science and technology, there will be such a day."

After Qian Yawei's enlightenment, Zhang Xin also felt that he was on the edge of a dead end. Although he was able to practice, he was a special kind of person for ordinary people, but science is not metaphysics after all, and he would not be able to do so because of his knowledge in metaphysics. With some achievements, it means that he can also make achievements in science. At present, it seems that science and metaphysics have not yet intersected. Maybe Zhang Xin is very talented in metaphysics, but in science, he has only learned He has not been able to discover any major results through his own research and exploration of the achievements of his predecessors.

The Chinese New Year is approaching. When Zhang Xin came to Chaos Space Exploration Company to inspect the progress of the project, he handed out year-end awards to everyone in advance, which naturally aroused cheers from the scientific researchers below.

When she returned to Shanghai, Li Xueer had finished filming her new play and was playing with her children.

Seeing Zhang Xin coming home, Li Xueer couldn't help running over to hug Zhang Xin, and directly hung her whole body on Zhang Xin, leaving Xiao Ruoyu, who was following behind who wanted to be hugged by her father, stunned and stunned.

Seeing that his eyes had started to fog up, Zhang Xin, who noticed her, quickly patted Li Xueer on the back to let her come down first, then put his hands on Xiao Ruoyu's armpit and hugged her up high. Ruoyu was so happy that she laughed out loud, which made Li Xueer jealous, and felt that she had a little love rival to compete with her for favor.

Li Xueer pouted and said, "I also want to hold her high~"

Zhang Xin said: "Hey, stop making trouble, and I will pamper you well at night."