Technology: Breaking the monopoly global hegemony

Chapter 1810 "Research"

Lunar soil can be said to be "full of treasures". Naturally, monitoring the lunar soil research department is not simple.

Before Kyushu Technology successfully landed on the moon, Daxia official scientists conquered the conversion of water and carbon dioxide into hydrogen and oxygen, and also created more complex compounds methane and methanol. The key technologies and substances they relied on were not Materials on the ground of Blue Star.

Instead, official Daxia scientists discovered some active compounds in lunar soil samples. As catalysts, these compounds have good catalytic potential, but their performance is different from the catalysts on the Blue Star ground.

Under the exploration of Daxia official scientists, they used artificial photosynthesis technology and achieved breakthroughs in these technologies through the catalysis of active compounds in the lunar soil.

And now, the lunar soil, lunar rocks and even lunar ice specimens owned by Jiuzhou Science and Technology are several times, even dozens of times, than those of the Daxia official.

With such a massive accumulation of specimens, even master's and doctoral students can discover some time-honored technical materials through the exhaustive mode of the intelligent program AI Tiangong. What's more, these Jiuzhou technology researchers who are currently developing and studying lunar specimens are all top figures in the industry.

Before Gu Qing arrived, he had already seen part of the "essence" compiled by Xuanwu.

For example, there is new progress in the moon railway development project.

Compared with other minerals, ilmenite in the lunar soil has superior properties in dissolving helium-3. However, after helium-3 is injected into the ilmenite crystal lattice, helium atoms will continue to be released.

Since the glass structure on the surface of the ilmenite particles blocks this release process, the helium-3 in the lunar soil is gradually stored.

Therefore, in order to efficiently mine and extract helium-3 from the moon in situ, the technical breakthroughs that need to be made mainly include the extraction and storage of helium-3-rich minerals in the lunar soil, and the in-situ release and extraction of helium-3.

Researchers from Kyushu Technology discovered that among the forging technologies of Kyushu mecha materials, there is a material refining technology that can release helium-3 through mechanical crushing with exaggerated intensity.

And the extraction efficiency is not low.

In addition, researchers also found that the iron oxide in the lunar soil does indeed undergo a photocatalytic reaction when it interacts with sunlight and high-energy particles, thereby releasing oxygen.

This discovery provides an important technical basis for establishing a lunar base and configuring an oxygen supply system.

Photocatalytic reaction is a process that uses light energy to stimulate substances to undergo chemical reactions. Under sunlight, the iron oxide in the lunar soil absorbs light energy and excites electrons to jump into the conduction band, forming active electrons and vacancies.

These active electrons and holes can participate in the photoreduction reaction of oxygen molecules and release oxygen in water molecules.

In the Lunar Technology Development Association, a laboratory in Daxia also submitted some data from the experiment for the sake of association points. However, when scientists from Jiuzhou Technology conducted the experiment, they were surprised to find that the lunar soil specimens owned by Jiuzhou Technology The iron oxide in it produces oxygen at a rate three times that data when exposed to light!

In addition, researchers from Jiuzhou Technology also discovered that more than one component of lunar soil can affect photocatalysis.

For example, substances containing carbon and sulfur elements such as carbonates and sulfates in the lunar soil will affect the mobility of active electrons and holes, thereby changing the speed of the photocatalytic reaction. When Gu Qing passed various identity checks and entered a certain laboratory, he heard a steady voice: "What we need to determine now is whether the photocatalytic reactions of these materials are effective in the lunar environment. stability?

In addition, we have developed oxygen production machines and ecological operation equipment. How long can they continue to work while maintaining standard power consumption in the lunar environment? "

Not long after this steady voice sounded, a slightly younger voice replied: "The device materials for making lunar oxygen can use titanium alloy 12352 and special alloy 2215 among the mecha materials, as well as the Kyushu mecha energy core. Although we currently don’t know the specific properties and structure of the metal material of the component, it can withstand such high temperature and pressure. This metal material is definitely capable of producing oxygen.

The energy to heat the lunar soil can be provided by solar energy, nuclear energy and other renewable energy sources. It only needs to decompose the lunar soil material and release oxygen. This step does not require much energy.

After heating the lunar soil, the oxides in the lunar soil will gradually decompose into oxygen and other substances. Considering factors such as separation efficiency and energy consumption, I think we can use Jiuzhou Mecha’s air filtration system technology.

The separated oxygen needs to be stored for long-term use. It can be directly compressed oxygen or liquefied oxygen for storage, which is not a difficult technology.

However, these are all operations under theoretical conditions. In the lunar environment, we also need to consider the collection efficiency of the collection device and the energy stability of the heating device.

Of course, we can use the spirit realm laboratory, and I believe we can get the perfect solution in a few days. "

After this young voice ended, another young but somewhat deep voice said: "By heating the lunar soil to obtain oxygen, we can not only rely on this oxygen to breathe, but also produce rocket fuel.

In addition, the oxygen in the lunar soil can be used to create oxygen-rich compounds in the lunar soil, such as water and oxides, so we can actually purify and reconfigure the lunar soil so that it can grow vegetables!

If you can grow vegetables, then an ecosystem of animals and plants can be established!

The lunar soil is rich in helium-3 and hydrogen isotopes, which are ideal nuclear fusion fuels. Our Jiuzhou Technology now has nuclear fission technology, and I heard that nuclear fusion technology is also being researched and explored.

If successful, we will not have to worry about energy issues on the moon.

With the resources of an entire planet, we can develop and advance projects beyond just the few pages we have now! We can even simulate building and managing a world!

Perhaps we can use the lunar soil as the foundation of the world, study materials, utilize materials, and then send primates from the Blue Star ground to the lunar foundation.

Through drugs, they can have faster production and iteration capabilities.

If we move fast enough, within ten years, we will be able to obtain important data that will have an impact on human development and evolution!"

Can primates evolve into humans?

Or is it a remake of Empire for the Planet of the Apes?

Gu Qing looked thoughtful.

After all, the origin of human beings is still a mystery. The special environment of the moon may actually have factors that affect evolution, or even accelerate evolution.