Technological Hegemony

"Start!"

罗 With Luo Jia's order, located at 117 meters underground, the double-helix star-like fusion reactor began its first operation.

Plutonium fusion occurs inside the reaction furnace, and people cannot see the reaction process outside. The most intuitive performance is the constant beating temperature on the screen.

5,000 degrees!

20,000 degrees!

150,000 degrees Celsius!

The temperature is rising sharply, and the speed has exceeded the limit imagined by ordinary people.

The boiling point of water under standard atmospheric pressure is 100 degrees Celsius, the melting point of iron is 1,535 degrees Celsius, and the melting point of tungsten is 3,422 degrees Celsius, and the temperature of controlled fusion can easily reach 10 million Celsius, or even hundreds of millions of degrees.

All the materials currently known are unable to resist hundreds of millions of degrees of high temperature. According to normal logic, the outer wall of the reactor can be melted down quickly because it cannot resist high temperatures, and eventually lead to disaster.

However, what is interesting about science is precisely this. The simplest example to explain it is bathing.

As we all know, the temperature of water vapor is one hundred degrees Celsius. When we take a shower, white water vapor rises and passes through our body. A white mist of water condenses on the mirror. During the bath, we came into contact. Baidu's water vapor, but are we hurt?

There is obviously no such thing because there is a question of energy density involved.

With more than 50 degrees of hot water, you can scream like a pig, but you can tolerate the steam of Baidu. It is because of the different density of steam and water that the results are different.

Of course, if you die into the relatively dense water vapor, about 30 minutes later, you can serve the deliciously fragrant and steamed humans.

In addition, the fusion reactor shell is not in direct contact with the high-temperature plasma. The plasma is confined in a longitudinal magnetic field. The charged particles perpendicular to the magnetic field are subjected to Lorentz force to perform circular motion. If there is a plasma current, it is charged. Particles have a motion component along the direction of magnetic lines of force, and circular motion becomes spiral motion.

Anyway, charged particles cannot fly out of the plasma membrane. Only neutrons can fly out, which is the neutron bombardment phenomenon mentioned by Luo Jia. To solve the neutron bombardment, higher-level reactants and supercomputers are required to crack them. Movement law, making fine adjustments to the magnetic field.

In short, the plasma is confined in the vacuum chamber, and the heat is also confined. Although the controllable fusion temperature is exaggerated, it is very safe.

"It's over a million degrees Celsius!"

"So far, there have been no problems with the reactor! The core temperature has steadily increased!"

"It's worthy of Xingchen Technology. You know, this is their first fusion experiment, and they can do it to such a degree!"

Everyone was surprised, saying that failure is the mother of success, but this law does not seem to apply to Xingchen Technology. They are a group of over-developed men, but also a group of lucky men. The test went smoothly beyond everyone expected.

"After all, it is the design of energy civilization. The double-spiral stellarator has been in energy civilization for more than four epochs. It is a very mature product. Even if it is weakened according to earth technology, there will be no problems."

"However, the double-spiral star simulator is not the strongest technology of energy civilization. It is said that before the war era, energy civilization used antimatter as an energy source. The antimatter is much more powerful than controlled fusion many, many times. Unfortunately, In the era of annihilation of civilization, all antimatter-related technologies disappeared mysteriously. "

Luo Luojia thought in his heart that he was quite dissatisfied with the surprise of the crowd. If he copied the technology of energy civilization directly, if he could make mistakes, Luo Jia should doubt his IQ.

"Three million degrees Celsius! President Luo, how do you measure fusion temperature?" Someone asked.

Luo Luojia smiled slightly. "Of course, you cannot use a resistance thermometer to measure nuclear fusion. The method we use is to emit laser light into the plasma. After all, the temperature is different, the optical properties are different, and the spectrum is different."

瞧 "Look at this question, Xingchen Technology has a lithography machine production line, and their optical department is already the number one in the world!" Some people praised the optical department of Xingchen Technology.

"You can't be wrong, but Lu Chengfeng's old predecessor is the Taishan Beidou in the domestic optical field. Zhang Yuechuan's strength is obvious to all. As for the laser project, I heard that Wen Chengling has been responsible for the past two years."

"Wen Chengling? Two brothers, one engaged in life sciences and one engaged in lasers. The two brothers who disappeared some years ago?"

"It's them. I heard that it was because their parents died in Amazon that they couldn't think of it for a while, so they lived in Brazil in seclusion. They were invited back by Xingchen Technology in the past two years."

"This is the attraction. Xingchen Technology is now the most hopeful company for global scientists. None of them. Even Japanese and Korean scientists have come a lot. Luo Jia and they have also contributed to East Asia United."

Everyone whispered. Everyone praised Star Optics, but they didn't know much about the Wen brothers, mainly because the Wen brothers deliberately concealed the past. For them, it was an unbearable look. The sad past also completely changed the fate of the two geniuses, turning the two once-simple scientists into one of the few ruthless roles of the scientists, dare to step on the corpse and blood on the ground, without any hesitation Species.

"Ten million degrees!" A few minutes later, someone exclaimed again.

There is no fixed number of temperatures required for nuclear fusion. The core temperature of the sun is 15 million degrees, which is lower than most artificial fusion devices. But can you say that the temperature of the sun is not high enough?

To understand the issue of nuclear fusion temperature, we must first know what nuclear fusion is.

Plutonium fusion is a process in which light nuclei collide with each other and merge with each other through strong interactions to become heavy atomic nuclei. Since the binding energy of heavy atomic nuclei is greater than that of light nuclei, a large amount of energy is released.

So how does nuclear fusion happen?

As we all know, the nucleus is positively charged, and the electrons surround the nucleus at a lower temperature, and the electron thing is more troublesome, just like when you and your girlfriend Qingqing and I were with an uninteresting light bulb around you, you want to do something with your girlfriend It is best to remove the electric bulbs around you, so at this time, you need to sacrifice the first condition of nuclear fusion, plasma.

Plasma is the fourth state of matter. At high temperatures, the nucleus will be separated from the electrons, and the disturbing light bulb will be thrown away. Finally, you, the nucleus, will have the opportunity to spend time with the nucleus named girlfriend.

Of course, in the great cause of picking up girls, just being alone is not enough. There is electrostatic repulsion between the nucleus. Even if you occasionally approach your girlfriend, it is nothing more than embracing, anxious, and doing nothing.

So, how to overcome the electrostatic repulsion, so that you and your girlfriend can truly achieve a perfect blend of body and mind?

This requires two conditions, one is high temperature and the other is high pressure.

After all, until now, the truth is finally revealed. Although the core temperature of the sun is only 15 million degrees, others are the sun after all, and their core pressure is as high as 2.5 million atmospheres!

The heat is not enough, and the pressure comes together, so the sun can easily perform nuclear fusion, and the earth scientists cannot create such pressures against the sky, so they have to increase the temperature as much as possible. When the pressure is not enough, the temperature comes together. Starting

So, nuclear fusion is actually desperately increasing the pressure and temperature, forcing the nuclear nuclei to fuse with each other, just like when your parents force you to go to a blind date when you return home. First https: // https: //

Plutonium fusion does not have a fixed temperature or pressure. Everything is adjusted according to the situation. If you want the reactor to perform high energy output, increase the temperature and pressure, otherwise, reduce the temperature and pressure.

"50 million degrees!"

"The operating state of EAST has been reached!"

Everyone couldn't help but exclaim, the full name of EAST is called the fully superconducting Tokamak nuclear fusion experimental device, which is located in the Hefei Institute of Material Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Before the double-spiral star-like fusion device of Xingchen Technology, EAST was the most powerful in the world. Tokamak-type fusion device.

EATS's highest record is 100 million degrees Celsius, continuous operation for ten seconds, 50 million degrees Celsius, and stable operation for 10.16 seconds, which is the world record so far.

From this, it is not difficult to see that fusion reactors operate at extremely high temperatures, and the difficulty will increase accordingly. EAST can run at 50 million degrees for 100 seconds, and 100 million degrees, it can only run for 10 seconds.

The ambition of Xingchen Technology is obviously more than 50 million degrees, and the numbers on the screen are rapidly climbing.

"70 million degrees!"

"General Luo, I don't know what your test temperature is set to?" Finally some people couldn't help asking.

Luo Luojia turned his head, glanced over everyone's face, and then said lightly, "150 million degrees Celsius."

Boom ~

The sudden congestion of the brain caused everyone to feel dizzy. You must know that it has not yet been built and weighs 23,000 tons. It is the world's top scientific research force, the super tokamak fusion device ITER. Its extreme operation Temperature is only 150 million degrees Celsius, and the first fusion experiment of Xingchen Technology rushed to a record height! ?

French ITER and Huaxia CFETR, these two have not been built yet. In the face of future fusion devices, the performance does not add up to this double spiral star simulator of Xingchen Technology. What kind of crazy is this! ?

You know, ITER and CFETR are both tens of thousands of tons of super fusion reactors, while the double-helix stellarator is only a small test reactor, weighing only 142 tons.

I have to say that the gap between different civilizations is too great. It is difficult for the earth people who are still in the stage of primary planet civilization to imagine the development of the cosmic society.

"100 million degrees! 100 million degrees Celsius!"

"The fusion device remains stable!"

"The temperature is still increasing rapidly, it ’s incredible, what magic is Xingchen Technology using ?!"

Everyone exclaimed in a low voice. Under the unimaginable horrific high temperature and high pressure inside the double spiral stellarator, the atomic nucleus was undergoing a fierce fusion reaction.

When the fusion device really climbed to the test temperature of 150 thousand degrees, the crowd at the scene began to be silent instead. They didn't want to make a sound to destroy the sacred meaning of the night.

At 150 million degrees, this is a brand new record. The previous record was 100 million degrees Celsius, running for ten seconds. This record was also created by Chinese researchers.

However, with the addition of Xingchen Technology, the old records are completely ancient. According to Luo Jia, all records exist because they are broken!

One minute…

three minutes…

five minutes…

ten minutes…

"Yes, it's over." Luo Jia said lightly to Dr. Xie Tian in the communicator: "The first experiment does not need to run too long, it is important to collect data."

Until Dr. Xie Tian's execution of the order, the reactor temperature began to drop, and everyone was awake like a dream.

This is not a problem of the reactor running for ten minutes, nor the operating temperature of 150 million degrees, how many lamb skewers can be grilled, but Xingchen Technology can freely retract and perfectly control every step of the fusion reaction! It's like walking in peace!

Long live!

People can no longer bear the excitement in their hearts, hug each other, cry out loud, and shed tears.

This is an epic miracle. A human without controllable fusion is like a child lying on the crib of the earth. Controllable fusion is the pair of wings that humans have long awaited. It will help humans grow up towards the stars. And far away.

An unstoppable history is rolling in. The seventh year of the establishment of Star Technology, March 5, the double helix star simulator test, success!

Uh ...

"The test was successful, Luo Jia's fusion reactor test was successful!"

"It has been running for a full ten minutes. It is still the operation that Luo Jia ended voluntarily. He can't say in a hurry. The first time I mainly collect data, I will do the fusion reactor durability test later."

"Can you imagine? When Luo Jia was in a hurry, the expressions of the big names of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, they looked at Luo Jia, they were just looking at a monster! The eyes were so hung up on the ground!"

"Now all the experts are crazy! They are celebrating wildly, drinking champagne after glass."

"General, are you listening, General?"

Lu Junlin called the general far away in Beijing for the first time to report the good news of the success of the test, and the general stayed up all night, waiting on the sofa in the living room, looking at the wall clock.

"Well, I'm listening." The general said after a moment of silence: "I understand what you said, congratulate Luo Jia for me, and invite me again, let him finish the thing over Chengdu, and come to Beijing , I want to invite him for two drinks. "

"Will you invite him to drink?" Lu Junlin gave a slight stun.

"Is there anything wrong?" The general dismissed: "Tonight's success is not only the success of Luo Jia and Xingchen Technology, but also the success of our entire Chinese nation!"

"As the soldier's greatest glory, nothing more than to be loyal to the country, Ma Ge wrapped up his body, defended against foreign enemies, opened up territory!"

"Hundred years of humiliation in modern times, every inch of land that has been lost is like a sharp blade, deeply embedded in the hearts of our soldiers. I only hate that the international order has been completed, and we are unable to recover the lost."

"But Luo Jia made me see hope. He kept saying that the earth is too small, and if human beings want to develop, we must move towards the sea of ​​stars. We in China have missed the first era of great sailing. In the era of the second great voyage, we should be led by China Huaxia! "

"For this ~ www.wuxiahere.com ~ Luo Jia also told me a story."

"A story?" Lu Junlin's expression was puzzled.

"Yes, Luo Jia told me a story written by Liu Cixin, named Western Ocean. In a parallel world, when Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty set sail in the Western Ocean, he returned without sailing to Africa, but decided to move on, the fleet. Bypassing the Cape of Good Hope and finally arriving in Europe, he then pointed at London, shelled Amsterdam, and established the Ming Dynasty across Eurasia. "

"In a blink of an eye, hundreds of years have passed, and Huaxia's rule has expanded to every corner of the world. Everyone is proud to speak Chinese, learn Chinese etiquette, and be proud of marrying Chinese people. Opera, Chinese painting, calligraphy, and poetry have swept the world."

Lu Junlin was stunned. Liu Cixin's book has only read three bodies. Just as 90% of people who claim to be science fiction enthusiasts have only seen three bodies. Lu Junlin has n’t read much science fiction, let alone Liu Cixin. Even writing such YY stuff, the feeling of Liu is in his bones, is also a nationalist.

However, if you think about it carefully, Lu Junlin can't help but his heart beats fast, his blood is stretched, and as a soldier, as long as he thinks of the humiliation of the modern century, he can't help red eyes.

* Once said that although Russia's territory is vast, no inch is superfluous.

Hua Xia, why not! ?

At this time, the general voice said with excitement: "Luo Jia said that he will start the road to the sea of ​​stars, and our soldiers will complete the expedition we failed to complete hundreds of years ago in the second era of great sailing! Nation, open up territory! "

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