Just when several people in the test room were preparing to conduct the first ignition experiment.
The entire Suzaku team in the Ark Academy of Sciences was fully armed and guarded the perimeter of the entire laboratory.
In the mecha warehouse not far away, a total of thirty mechas were dispatched to protect the entire Academy of Sciences airtight.
There is absolutely no room for error in controlled nuclear fusion experiments, and Xu Zhou knows this better than anyone else.
So after the three people from Longke Academy came with Zhang An, he had already ordered security work.
Although this is the Ark Academy of Sciences, it can be regarded as his own base camp.
But when it comes to controllable nuclear fusion technology, no matter how cautious you are, you can't be too cautious.
Especially now that the first ignition experiment is about to take place.
At this time, other staff in the Ark Academy of Sciences were a little surprised.
What are you doing today? I actually saw all of Suzaku in action.
You must know that only Dean Xu Zhou can mobilize this in normal times. It seems that something big is about to happen in the hospital!
At the same time, in the controlled nuclear fusion ignition laboratory, Liu Zhongmin and others stood at a safe distance, quietly waiting for Xu Zhou to start.
"Everyone, this is the first ignition experiment. I hope it can be successful at the first time. Please cheer up!"
"Roger it, Dean!"
Xu Zhou nodded, and then told everyone:
"For the last time, conduct an overall device inspection! Report clearly!"
"receive!"
"The inspection is completed and the nuclear fusion cooling system is normal!"
"External coil check is normal!"
"The inspection of the inner cavity is normal!"
"The gas injection system check is normal!"
"..."
Reports sounded one after another, and Xu Zhou recorded all the links in his mind. Only after all the questions were confirmed, he slowly let out a breath.
"In that case, everyone, start plugging in the power supply! Officially ignite it!"
Buzz!
In an instant, everyone felt like the hairs on their bodies stood up!
As the power is turned on, a terrifying current instantly enters the stellarator and is directly connected to the superconducting coil that is fixed externally and has been carefully calculated.
Although no changes can be seen in human eyes at this time, the coil has actually produced a terrifying magnetic cage!
"Report the current magnetic strength!"
"Report, the intensity is now 80!"
Xu Zhou nodded.
"The strength of 80t is not enough!"
Immediately, the staff continued to increase the current, and the magnetic intensity continued to report:
"Report, the strength is now 105!"
Xu Zhou then nodded with satisfaction.
The value of 105 exceeded the 100 he expected and was completely enough to restrain the plasma.
At this time, Liu Zhongmin on the side heard that the magnetic strength had exceeded 100, and knew that the next step was the real hard food!
Xu Zhou looked calm and continued to the staff:
"Follow my command and start injecting gas!"
The next moment the staff pressed the switch, and deuterium and tritium gas, the core fuel of nuclear fusion, was slowly injected into the reactor.
"Report, injection completed!"
"Okay, light the fire!!"
Xu Zhou gave the order and the ignition device in the reactor started working!
Then, the mixed gas as the reactant is heated to a plasma state at high temperature. The ultra-high temperature allows the electrons to break away from the atomic nuclei, and the atomic nuclei begin to move freely.
At the same time, under the magnetic force of the external superconducting coil, it starts running according to the designed orbit!
At this time, the temperature in the reactor continues to rise. At this time, in order to overcome the Coulomb force between atomic nuclei, extremely high temperatures must be relied on to accelerate the speed of the atomic nuclei and cause them to collide!
Then comes the most important part of the reaction. The streaking deuterium and tritium nuclei collide violently, and finally produce helium and new neutrons!
On the screen that monitors data, various data symbols and even line segments are constantly changing.
Xu Zhou waited closely for the data above, simulating it in his mind.
As the neutrons are generated in the reactor, terrifying energy is released.
At this time, the temperature in the reactor no longer requires external heating, and the temperature of the reaction inside is enough for the subsequent gases to continue to react and accelerate.
At this time, Xu Zhou saw that the data showed that a large number of neutrons were produced, and he immediately understood that the nuclear fusion reaction inside was proceeding smoothly!
The nuclear fusion reaction has begun!
The fire of the sun belonging to the people of the Dragon Kingdom is officially lit!
"Save a small portion of the energy in the reactor to maintain the nuclear fusion reaction, and the rest of the energy begins to be released into our device!"
"receive!"
After a while, a slight squeaking sound came from the bottom of a giant water stove placed not far away!
As time went on, the water temperature rose rapidly, and finally boiled directly.
The simplest and most intuitive way is to see how much energy nuclear fusion has.
And this is just a little bit of deuterium and tritium gas put in for experimental ignition!
"Prepare to exclude the helium nuclei and neutrons, and continue to inject trace amounts of deuterium and tritium mixed gas!"
"receive!"
…
On the other side, Liu Zhongmin and others understood after hearing Xu Zhou's order to expel helium and a large number of neutrons and continue to add deuterium and tritium mixed gas.
Nuclear fusion has gone through a complete reaction!
Xu Zhou really successfully completed the ignition experiment!
At this time, Liu Zhongmin's face turned red with excitement, and Zhang An on the side also changed his usual calm character and danced excitedly!
As for the three people in Dong Qiaolou, their lips were trembling and their hands and feet were trembling.
"It worked...we really succeeded!"
"Sure enough, science cannot do without boiling water..."
"The fire of nuclear accumulation has been ignited, and the rise of our Dragon Kingdom is just around the corner!"
"I'm not dreaming, I can actually witness the birth of controllable nuclear fusion with my own eyes!"
"Don't worry, this is not a complete success. After the end, we have to check whether the entire device is intact, whether the inner cavity can withstand high temperatures, and whether there is any damage..."
Liu Zhongmin's words made everyone sober up.
Yes, it is not uncommon to successfully ignite nuclear fusion. Some time ago, the United States announced that it could stably control the nuclear fusion reaction for more than 20 minutes.
But in the end, I still couldn't break through the time limit.
"That's right. Wait a minute and observe the time and the degree of damage to the equipment."
In this way, Xu Zhou commanded the entire nuclear fusion process in an orderly manner.
Because this is the first ignition experiment, everything is controlled manually to facilitate observation.
Later, these processes can be automated.
Just like that, time passed by minute by second, and before I knew it, the time had quietly approached thirty minutes!
Liu Zhongmin and others couldn't help but feel a little excited as they watched the timer approaching the maximum time for humans to control stable nuclear fusion.
"It's coming, it's coming...it's about to break through thirty minutes!"
"The experiments up to this point have proven everything. The stellarator can control room-temperature superconducting materials for a longer time than the tokmak, and the situation is more stable!"
Thirty seconds countdown, and by now everyone has completely believed what Xu Zhou said.
The thirty-second countdown ended, and the time displayed on the timer showed thirty-eighteen seconds!
Xu Zhou also smiled after seeing it on the console:
"This time the reaction is over, stop the reaction, and stop adding gas."
"receive!"
So at the thirty-seventh minute, the entire reactor stopped working, and the deuterium and tritium mixed gas used as fuel inside was also burned cleanly.
It is decomposed into helium nuclei, and after being discharged, it reacts and is reduced to helium gas.
The whole process went smoothly!
At this time Xu Zhou immediately said:
"Everyone, the next step is the most important thing!"
"Complete the structural inspection of each part and report the damage!"
Then all engineers immediately entered the site and conducted a series of inspections on the reactor.
The first voice sounded a moment later.
"There is no problem with the cooling system, everything is normal!"
Xu Zhou nodded and drew on the drawing.
"There is no problem with the gas injection device!"
Xu Zhou took notes again.
"There is no problem with the reactor cavity! There is no radiation damage! The structure is tight!"
"Everything is fine with the external superconducting coil!"
…
In this way, each part is inspected.
Xu Zhou looked at all the structures on the drawing, and they were all marked with passing symbols.
Then he slapped the drawing on the table hard and said with an excited and pleased smile:
"Everyone, I officially announce that the Dragon Kingdom Ark Academy of Sciences has conducted its first controlled nuclear fusion ignition experiment..."
"success!"
