Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 296 This technology is simply unimaginable!
Information Building, main entrance.

Dennis White and Tek Wilson walked down the steps in silence.

After reaching the flower bed in front, Dennis White looked back and observed left and right for a long time. He only breathed a sigh of relief when he was sure that no one was following him.

Facing Wilson's strange look, Dennis White pursed his lips and said, "I don't want to come here and deal with them."

He added, "But if you can sponsor our project, it doesn't matter if we deal with each other a few more times."

"Taylor, you made up a great story just now." White looked at Taylor and smiled, "Low-temperature nuclear fusion? It's really creative. How did you come up with this idea?"

"Edit?" Wilson was confused.

"Isn't it?"

"Of course not. That's what I thought. Of course I find it incredible, but maybe it's like this? New physics, even gravity can be created, anything is possible."

"You're right."

White affirmed Wilson's statement, but showed a look of disapproval on his face, "New physics is possible, but the premise is that it does not conflict with existing physics."

"New physics, artificial gravity, artificial gold, new nuclear technology, etc., each of which is something that did not exist before, and even unimaginable, but these do not conflict with the original physics."

"Nuclear fusion is different. We have been studying it. Do you think low-temperature nuclear fusion exists?"

His tone was even sarcastic.

"Everyone has different opinions." Wilson shrugged. He stopped and asked in confusion, "But you agreed just now. Why?"

"Your idea can attract investment." White said with a smile on his face, "Our project has been suspended. We are in urgent need of investment and other support."

"If you can get government support, there will be a steady stream of funding. Don't you want the research to continue?"

Wilson said, "I certainly hope to continue the research, but if new nuclear energy can replace nuclear fusion, the research will be meaningless."

He said this with a somewhat depressed mood.

From a very young age, he was considered a super genius in nuclear physics. He was able to design a nuclear reactor when he was a teenager and was received by the top decision-maker at the time.

Now, in my early 30s, I have become a researcher on a major project, or even the second-in-command, but I find that research has lost its meaning?
This blow is really too great.

However, Wilson had already adjusted his mindset. The new physics direction was more promising, and he was still young enough to enter a new field.

White said, "I don't think so. We don't know what the new nuclear energy will be like yet, and our research has yielded many results. I believe it is worthwhile to continue the research."

"The reason I support you is simply to get investment."

"Look, they've started thinking about it."

White patted Wilson on the shoulder and continued, "Next time you come here, or talk to others about research or technology, just keep shaking your hands. Your academic work is very good. Maybe you can publish a paper on it, saying that the combination of new physics and nuclear fusion can achieve low-temperature nuclear fusion, and then directly output electricity through nuclear-to-electricity technology."

"If the technology is feasible, it can be used to build power plants."

"The prospect of this technology is so bright that it will definitely convince many people to invest in our project..."

Wilson wondered, "I just thought so, but there is no theoretical support. Even if I say so, isn't their investment for researching such technology? It shouldn't be for the Tokamak nuclear reactor, right?"

"that's not important!"

White waved his hands vigorously and said with a smile, "Getting investment is the most important thing. As long as we have the funds, we can research whatever we want."

"Low-temperature nuclear fusion technology is just to attract investment. Once we get the money, we will have the final say on what research to do."

Wilson was a little dazed. He felt that White's idea was not good, but the other party was the project leader and could also be said to be his teacher.

He was a little confused for a moment.

……

Element resistance experimental base.

After the low-temperature nuclear fusion experiment was a great success, follow-up experiments were started according to the established plan.

The next experimental plan is to continuously increase the density of the raw materials. When the density reaches a certain level, theoretically, it is possible to maintain a high-temperature reaction in a fixed range.

The process of increasing the density of raw materials is gradual.

According to the established plan, the experiment will be conducted more than five times to reach the final value.

When there is more material in the reactor, particle collisions become easier, and once a certain limit is reached, spontaneous reactions can be maintained.

During the reaction process, new problems will also arise.

For example, the adjustment material elements will be affected, and it is necessary to add the adjustment material elements in stages.

For example, the cleaning of alpha particles from reaction waste must also be considered.

This is a high-end technology related to nuclear fusion control, and a solution has been found in the research of tokamak nuclear fusion reactors.

As the density of the reactor's raw materials continued to increase, the experiment also encountered a key problem - the bearing capacity of the reactor's outer wall.

Ultimately, it’s a material issue.

Even if the particle activity is the same, the actual external temperature and external pressure will increase due to the increase in the density of the raw materials and the increase in the number of particles.

When conducting the fourth experiment, the team found that the outer wall material was almost reaching its pressure limit.

"If the reaction intensity is increased further, the service life of the reactor's outer wall material will be affected, and there may even be a risk of damage and explosion."

“At that point, the experiment will have control problems.”

"very dangerous!"

This is a very serious issue.

A meeting was held within the experimental team, and some researchers also proposed solutions.

For example, adding an outer spiral magnetic field.

This plan is to use a tokamak-like magnetic field device to control the particles in the reactor.

When the particles continue to circulate, the impact on the outer wall of the reactor will be greatly reduced.

Zhang Shuo directly rejected the proposal, and his reasoning left the others speechless. "If a magnetic field control device is added, the equipment will become bloated and bulky, and it will no longer be able to be used as a mobile power energy device."

"Then there would be no point in doing the research."

"The new nuclear energy technology is sufficient to replace controlled nuclear fusion. Our research is not aimed at controlling nuclear fusion."

When Zhang Shuo rejected the proposal, his expression was still relaxed.

He had anticipated the problems he would encounter. Even if it was a reaction at 1500 million degrees Celsius, the outer wall of the reactor would find it difficult to withstand it. It would suffice to measure it to reach its tolerance limit.

The raw material density is not enough to allow the reaction to continue, but there is a solution.

"If it is to be operated continuously, materials need to be adjusted internally in stages."

“We just need to add certain raw materials while adding the regulating materials.”

"Even if it's not ideal, in reality, the intensity is already very high."

"The next step is to start research on nuclear power conversion technology."

The experiment has entered a new stage: research on nuclear power technology, that is, adding a nuclear power device to the inside of the vacuum reactor.

The nuclear power conversion technology already exists, and the device has been manufactured long ago. It is a cover with a nuclear power conversion device.

Nuclear power conversion technology experiments can be carried out by simply replacing the equipment with a new cover.

The new cover carries the nuclear power conversion components all the way to the lower part of the vacuum reactor. The materials used are highly pressure-resistant and heat-resistant, and there are conductors inside for external output.

This technology is not mature yet and still needs to be studied through experiments.

The main research is how to design to maximize external power output.

In other words, we need to conduct experiments to find a design plan that maximizes the efficiency of nuclear power conversion, and the equipment also needs to be modified in the process.

……

While Zhang Shuo was concentrating on the joint work at the element resistance experimental base, the impact of new physics-related technologies on the world continued to ferment.

The technology that has the greatest impact is gold manufacturing.

An artificial gold manufacturing company was established in the country, with its headquarters in the capital and its manufacturing base located at the original ion cannon research and development base.

The large-scale supply of artificial gold has also caused the price of gold to fall continuously, and it has even lost its status as a hard currency.

Now the price of gold has fallen below 100 per gram, returning to the level of thirty years ago, making gold a popular precious metal in the industrial market.

Many equipment manufacturing companies are beginning to consider adding gold to increase product performance.

Even said, reduce costs.

Those technologies or materials that can replace gold are just replacements, which does not mean that their performance exceeds that of gold.

When the price of gold drops sharply, the scale of industrial applications becomes larger and larger, and the market becomes larger and larger.

The market for gold jewelry has also been affected.

The original view was that gold could maintain its value, but now that gold has been falling and has fallen back to where it was decades ago, gold jewelry has naturally become less popular.

In China, the most typical influence is the so-called "three golds" in marriage customs.

The three golds refer to three kinds of gold jewelry, including a gold ring, a gold necklace and gold earrings.

When gold no longer maintains its value, the "three golds" seem to have lost their meaning, and many families consider replacing them with jewelry made of other materials.

Gold jewelry was affected, but the market for gold in industrial applications increased significantly, completely covering the losses in the jewelry market, and the overall gold market continued to increase significantly.

This is also the purpose of the superior's decision to supply gold without limit - to build an industrialized gold application market.

The profit scale of the newly established gold manufacturing company is also continuously expanding.

This brought benefits to Zhang Shuo.

The two points of shares promised by his superior have been in place, and he began to receive dividends continuously. The dividends in his personal account quickly exceeded 10 billion Huabi.

Before he knew it, Zhang Shuo had become a wealthy man.

His personal wealth is still far from that of the super rich, but the dividends are continuous and there is no risk, which is no worse than that of the super rich.

Now Zhang Shuo can say that money is just a number to him.

At the same time, the new nuclear energy project was officially launched.

The new nuclear energy project is very large in scale, involves a large number of people, and the amount of engineering work in the early stages is already huge.

The project has received international attention and media reporters can be seen in the surrounding area at any time.

Of course, there are also some people with ulterior motives who hope to get more information, especially technical information related to the splitting of atomic nuclei.

These people want to learn about technology from all directions.

The technical confidentiality work in the new physics direction is done very strictly, but complete confidentiality is impossible, after all, there are many technical means to obtain information.

When there are many people involved, confidentiality becomes a problem.

Some information will still be revealed.

The information center on the other side of the earth already has clear technical information.

"The new nuclear energy technology uses the nuclear fission reaction to provide energy."

"This technology only requires very little raw material to continuously supply energy, and the raw material is a single element material, so the cost is almost nothing."

"New nuclear energy, or in other words, the nuclear fission reaction, requires electromagnetic interference, and the corresponding target is high-temperature ion matter."

"The technology seems to be related to the particle activity data, but it is not certain."

"What is certain is that this reaction and gravity manufacturing technology seem to be very similar..."

"Both are electromagnetic interference and both are ionic matter. In principle, one is the transformation from electromagnetic force to strong force, and the other is the transformation from electromagnetic force to gravitational force..."

This piece of intelligence information is really important.

After the Information Center confirmed the news, it immediately reported to its superiors and subsequently held a high-level meeting.

The meeting decided to increase support for gravitational technology research and expand research on "electromagnetic interference with ionic matter."

They hope that experimental teams from various institutions can use electromagnetic force to interfere with ionic matter to discover clues of the "nuclear fission reaction."

As for the chaos field experiment...

Up to now, some scholars have put forward a view that the nuclear force splitting that occurs in the chaotic force field experiment has little to do with the actual reaction technology.

In other words, no matter how many chaotic force field experiments one participates in or how well one understands all the principles of the experiments, it is still difficult to obtain technical information on the splitting of atomic nuclei by nuclear force.

The information center also received another message at the same time.

That comes from the domestic artificial sun project team.

The artificial sun project team has been cooperating with the Source Point Theory Research Center to help determine strong data during the experiment.

Strong data must be related to the study of nuclear fission reactions.

Although the specific correlation is unknown, some scholars who have conducted in-depth research believe that strong data may provide basic support for related experiments.

The Information Center is very concerned about the research on "low-temperature nuclear fusion". They also know that Song Baoguo's team from the Institute of Nuclear Physics has been transferred, most likely to participate in the "Tokamak device transportation-related project" that they have been paying attention to.

That project might be to study some sustainable and applicable nuclear fusion technology.

Taylor-Wilson believes that low-temperature nuclear fusion exists and that 'nuclear to electric power' technology could be applied.

"So we believe that their new research is related to controlled nuclear fusion, and the biggest goal is to achieve nuclear power technology."

"If this technology can be realized, it is likely to be used as a mobile energy device, which means it can be installed on aircraft carriers, aircraft or other large equipment."

"No matter which aspect, whether it is civil or military, or even in space, satellites, spacecraft, etc., mobile energy devices will be very important."

"If combined with the gravity manufacturing technology they have already mastered..."

“It’s simply unimaginable!”

(End of this chapter)