Northwest desert, weapons testing ground.
A huge pure white mushroom cloud slowly rises from the yellow Gobi!
Even from dozens of kilometers away, it can still be seen clearly.
However, after weakening for tens of kilometers, the shock wave reached the location of everyone, and they only felt a breeze blowing on their faces.
"Is this what you said is a little more powerful than the current TNT?"
The leader looked at the scene in the distance that was comparable to a nuclear explosion site, took off the sunglasses he was wearing, and asked in disbelief.
Originally, Zhang Xingyang said that the Rocket Research Institute had developed a new explosive with a slightly higher energy density than the currently commonly used TNT.
The old chief didn't pay much attention to it. After all, new explosives were developed by a large number of scientific research units every year.
Although the Rocket Research Institute's current main research direction is in aerospace, solid rocket fuel is actually an important development direction for them.
Solid fuels are, to a large extent, a bunch of high-energy explosives!
Therefore, there is nothing strange about the Rocket Research Institute developing explosives.
When Zhang Xingyang asked the old chief to find a larger and more secret testing ground.
The old chief was still a little dissatisfied. After all, ordinary explosives were not mushroom eggs, so they could be used in large venues.
Especially when Zhang Xingyang suggested that it would be best to find a nuclear bomb testing site, the old leader's expression changed on the spot.
You must know that nuclear tests these days are basically placed underground. If a nuclear test is conducted on the ground, it will be easily discovered by others.
Especially since China completed its last nuclear test last year.
And announced a moratorium on nuclear testing!
Nowadays, if you want to use a test site, you must have a justifiable reason!
"What exactly did you do?" The old leader asked Zhang Xingyang very seriously before looking for an experimental site for the experiment.
In fact, what Zhang Xingyang made was a total nitrogen anion salt that would be frequently used in future wars.
"I wonder, Chief, have you ever heard of triazole explosives?"
Although some people have begun to study total nitrogen anion salts at this point in time, everyone still does not know much about them.
"What is that?" Although the old chief has been responsible for this aspect of work, he is not very clear about the specific scientific research content.
Especially these are almost academic cutting-edge content.
"Chief, you should also understand that explosives are still chemical reactions in the final analysis."
"Although today's new explosives have made progress in many aspects, there is one limit that cannot be broken through, and that is the speed of chemical reactions."
"Although the energy released by the explosion of explosives is much faster than the heat release rate of fuel combustion, no matter how fast the chemical reaction is, it cannot be faster than the movement of molecules!"
Zhang Xingyang paused slightly here and looked at the chief's reaction.
The old chief was still frowning at this time. He still didn't understand what Zhang Xingyang wanted to express.
"Since there is no way to break through the limit of chemical reaction rate, in order to increase the explosive power of explosives, we can solve the problem of difficulty in increasing the power by synthesizing molecules that release extremely high energy!"
At this time, the old chief already understood what Zhang Xingyang had done.
"The enthalpy of formation of nitrogen is very large, so if we produce a total nitrogen explosive, it will be extremely powerful!"
"The total nitrogen explosives currently used in the world are basically azide ions, that is, dextrin lead azide. This stuff is too expensive and cannot be used in conventional warfare."
At this time, the old chief had basically understood what Zhang Xingyang had researched and asked:
"So you have synthesized a total nitrogen explosive that is cheap enough to mass-produce equipment?"
Zhang Xingyang nodded, smiled and said: "Since it is prepared for conventional warfare, the production cost will naturally not be too high. Of course, it is still higher than traditional TNT explosives."
"About twice as much as TNT!"
The old chief had no idea about the price, but asked about the power of total nitrogen explosive:
"What kind of power can it achieve?"
"Total nitrogen explosives can theoretically be a hundred times more powerful than TNT explosives."
The theoretical value given by Zhang Xingyang shocked the old leader and almost pulled his beard off.
"A hundred times?!!"
"The actual value is not that high. According to our trace test results in the laboratory, it is probably about eighty-five times."
"That's very scary. In other words, the original 122mm high-explosive bomb with a TNT charge of about 4 kilograms, after being replaced with a total nitrogen explosive, the power directly climbed to the power of 340 kilograms of TNT?"
The old leader, who was very familiar with all kinds of equipment, thought of the 122mm howitzer he had used, and after a little conversion, he got an answer that he couldn't believe!
You must know that the equivalent of 340 kilograms of TNT is basically equivalent to the explosive charge of some missiles!
A 340kg TNT shell is powerful enough to destroy all unprotected targets within a diameter of two hundred meters!
Even for reinforced concrete buildings, one shot can cause structural damage!
"But even such a powerful all-nitrogen explosive doesn't seem to be used in a nuclear bomb testing site, right?"
The old leader came back to his senses from the power of the total nitrogen explosive and asked a little puzzled.
"Old chief, there is actually another thing involved here, that is, the amount of our experiments is relatively large!"
Zhang Xingyang was a little embarrassed. After all, the amount of tests he had to conduct was really quite large!
"We plan to conduct testing at multiple equivalent levels, starting with 10g and stacking up to five times the equivalent."
"Test until the explosion power is 10 tons!"
At this time, the old chief still had no specific idea about the future of 10 tons of total nitrogen explosives. After all, he had seen thermonuclear mushroom bombs with a million tons of TNT equivalent. Are he still afraid of this?
Until during the experiment, I saw a mushroom cloud dozens of kilometers away and nearly two hundred meters high.
The old chief took off his sunglasses and asked Zhang Xingyang in shock:
"Is this just a little big?"
"Is this a little bit like the Himalayas?!"
It is no wonder that the old chief was so shocked. The power of 10 tons of total nitrogen explosive is almost equivalent to the explosive power of kiloton TNT.
Generally speaking, the power of 300 tons of TNT upwards has already touched the realm of nuclear bombs!
In other words, with such cheap high-power explosives, the country is equivalent to having pollution-free nuclear bombs that can be used unlimitedly!
"Well, a little bit indeed."
"It's just that the amount of explosives in our experiment is too large!"
"After all, in actual use, there is no platform capable of throwing 10 tons of total nitrogen explosives."
Zhang Xingyang weakly defended himself.
However, the old chief present did not really want to question him, he was just frightened for a moment.
This power has gone beyond the scope of conventional weapons!
(End of chapter)
