Americen's decision-makers convened a meeting of scholars, and after discussion they came to the conclusion that it was almost impossible for the florist's nuclear fusion research project to succeed.
Even if the technology is theoretically possible and the research goes very smoothly, it is simply impossible to actually build a nuclear fusion power plant.
This is true for a lot of high-end technology research.
The initial stage of research may go very smoothly, but it is completely different when the technology is translated into practice, and you will encounter various problems by then.
For example, superconducting battery technology.
Americen has the technical foundation for superconducting power storage, and has invested a lot of resources in three companies and teams to conduct research. The superconducting batteries it has manufactured so far are still unstable.
As for the fact that flower growers have mastered superconducting battery technology, they can only selectively ignore it.
After the decision-making meeting ended, the negotiation team sent by Amrican quickly relented, but the negotiations were still very intense. They wanted as little support equipment, materials, and technology as possible.
Negotiations between the two parties continued for another half month.
Finally, they reached an agreement on technical cooperation.
The Flower Planter provides high-pressure mixed material manufacturing technology and the corresponding anti-gravity field layout, while American relaxes control on some high-end equipment, and directly provides some equipment and completes the content on the material list.
Cooperation means satisfying both parties.
The flower grower's technology department is naturally very satisfied. They only used the basic technology of superimposing the force field direction, and in exchange they got a lot of high-end equipment, materials and even technology.
The most important thing is that they have traded the equipment to the Annihilation Organization. As long as they study the equipment patiently and spend some time, they will definitely be able to figure out the materials and technology.
This is equivalent to giving nothing.
Amrican is also very satisfied. What they gain is time and political support, and what they gain is the success of the Groom Lake project.
With the relevant materials and technologies, the new equipment of the Groom Lake Project team can create an annihilation force field with a strength of 7 times. After the news is announced to the outside world, it will also be able to get a lot of support, and a series of follow-up can be carried out. experimental research.
The transaction between the two parties is confidential, but it is impossible to keep it completely confidential.
On some high-end equipment and materials, American can only relax controls, which means allowing related transactions, but the equipment and materials are still provided by companies in other countries.
This is not because of lack of sincerity, but because they can only do this.
In the fields of precision manufacturing, special equipment, precision lathes, etc., top companies are concentrated in Europe, Japan and other regions, and the related equipment they manufacture will be restricted by patents, business control, etc. If they are with flower growers To conduct a transaction, you need the nod of many national institutions.
Amrican is the most important among them and even has direct decision-making power.
Therefore, it is naturally impossible to keep the transaction completely confidential.
Some countries, companies and institutions got the news quickly. They did not know the contents of the transaction between the two parties, but the sale of Amerikan and some high-end equipment was very surprising in itself.
The Annihilation organization also got the news.
They originally thought it was completely irrelevant to the organization, but some gossip came to them and let them know that it might be relevant.
Because it involves the Groom Lake Project.
"Nolan's team probably traded technology or some special materials."
"In short, it must be related to the research on the annihilation force field."
"Although I don't know the specifics, it will probably improve the performance of the new equipment they manufacture..." a well-informed scholar said.
Bill Bryan's face darkened as he listened.
They originally thought that if they could directly exchange the equipment, they would definitely catch up with the Groom Lake Project, but the other party 'shamelessly' bought the technology?
This is too disrespectful of martial ethics!
Fortunately, they bought the equipment directly and can slowly study the technology. The manufacturing of 'third-generation' equipment will definitely be delayed.
Even if funds cannot be raised in a short period of time, it will not affect subsequent research.
"Alas~~"
Bill Bryan could only sigh.
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Nuclear fusion project team.
After negotiating the deal with American, the nuclear fusion project no longer has any technical or material problems.
Everything is ready.
With the support of high-end equipment, technology and materials, coupled with a nearly complete design, the project can be officially launched.
The current work is entering the manufacturing stage, and relevant matters are decided by the decision-making level.
Soon, the first nuclear fusion power plant, that is, the equipment manufacturing location, was determined. The location was chosen on the lakeside a hundred kilometers away from Feicheng.
This location is relatively close to the Yangtze River Delta, and the transportation is relatively convenient. The surrounding area is not a densely populated city, so any situation in the experiment will not have much impact.
If the nuclear fusion power plant can be officially put into operation, it will be able to generate electricity to support the power consumption in the Yangtze River Delta region.
Even if the project cannot be completed in the end, it can still be used as an important experimental base for nuclear fusion research, and Feicheng has many scientific research institutions that can provide talent support nearby.
The total planned investment in the nuclear fusion project is 200 billion yuan, which can be regarded as a super project supported by the whole country.
The decision-makers held an important meeting and announced the establishment of Huazhuangjia Nuclear Fusion Engineering Corporation.
This is the formal project establishment.
Wang Hao serves as the chief engineer of the project and chairman of the nuclear fusion project committee. Tang Jianjun, Wang Ye, and Zhou Shuqing serve as deputy chief engineers and deputy chairs of the nuclear fusion project committee.
The establishment of the Nuclear Fusion Engineering Corporation involves too many directions, so the news cannot be kept secret.
There was a lot of discussion in the media.
Domestic public opinion was also shocked. Many people felt that a nuclear fusion project suddenly appeared. "This is too awesome. We will directly build a nuclear fusion power plant!"
"So we've achieved controlled nuclear fusion?"
"This should be a scientific research project, right?"
"It must be a formal project, and an investment of 200 billion has been confirmed. How can there be a 200 billion scientific research project?"
"Groom Lake Project..."
"That's American. Anyway, I think after investing 200 billion and establishing a company, it must have mastered the technology."
"In other words, humans no longer have to worry about energy issues in the future?"
"That's not right. The deuterium-tritium reaction used in nuclear fusion is not a completely clean energy source. Tritium is a radioactive element, and the production of tritium itself is not environmentally friendly."
"Tritium is still limited. It is limited by lithium ores. The lithium ores on the earth's surface are limited..."
"So, nuclear fusion is unsustainable?"
A lot of discussion, and a lot of popular science.
The principles of nuclear fusion reactions are open to the public internationally. People who know something about it can just say a few words, and the discussion becomes lively.
Foreign public opinion has also been greatly affected. "The flower growers are still very good. They directly started the project and invested 30 billion US dollars to build a nuclear fusion power plant."
"But it will definitely fail, right? It's probably just a scientific research project."
"We don't have such high-end technology..."
"Now the technology of flower growers is the most advanced. Their annihilation technology is the best in the world. It is said that nuclear fusion also uses annihilation field technology."
"So what if the technology is high-end? This is nuclear fusion. I feel that humans are not yet capable of controlling nuclear fusion. How do they have the confidence to establish such a project?"
"..."
Most of the public opinion trends are still wait-and-see and negative.
This is mainly because controllable nuclear fusion gives people the impression that it is a high-end technology that humans cannot control in a short time.
Previously, continuous control of nuclear fusion could not be achieved even in laboratory environments.
Go directly to the project?
impossible!
Many scholars see it this way.
No matter how much the outside world is not optimistic about it, the nuclear fusion project has been officially launched and will continue to unfold vigorously.
…
While international public opinion was abuzz, Wang Hao had returned to the annihilation force field research team.
The nuclear fusion project has little to do with the annihilation force field experimental group. The F-ray experimental group is responsible for providing the annihilation force field technology.
Previously, the annihilation force field experimental group would participate in materials research and use dense material technology to create dense materials and future elements.
This part of the work was also handed over to Annihilation Technology.
Now the experimental team is focused on researching 'annihilation force field technology based on metal superconducting materials supported by future elements'.
Some time ago, the experimental team discovered the CWF-041 material, which can create an annihilation force with a strength of up to 7.0 times, and applied to manufacture micron-level granular materials to create a higher-strength annihilation force field.
A month ago, they discovered CWF-043.
The annihilation force field created by CWF-043 was stronger than CWF-041, reaching 7.43 times. The experimental team applied for granular materials to manufacture CWF-043.
The annihilation force field produced by CWF-043 has high strength, but the disadvantage is that CWF-043 is a superconducting material with complex composition, and it also uses elemental first-order lithium metal as the material. The manufacturing process itself is very complicated and granular. The investment in materials is high and it takes a long time.
CWF-041 is much simpler.
The F-ray experimental group uses CWF-041, but the basis is alpha iron instead of beta iron. Because of experience, the upper limit of the intensity of CWF-041's DC strong annihilation force field is relatively low.
CWF-043 has full potential.
Xiang Qiansheng said, "Our main equipment will definitely use CWF-043 in the future, but for now we will use 041 for the transition..."
"With this experiment now, the improvement is already very high."
Wang Hao nodded and said, "043 has great potential, but 041 is also acceptable. It is estimated that the minimum magnification is 13 times."
"Is it that high?"
Wang Hao nodded, "This is just a preliminary experiment. If we continue to study and re-demonstrate the construction of the model, it will be possible to achieve a magnification of nearly 20 times."
Xiang Qiansheng nodded vigorously.
Others also sounded expectant.
There was nothing special about the entire experiment. It was just a matter of setting up the equipment and starting it up. There were no surprises in the experiment. A few seconds after the power was turned on, a black ball that absorbed light appeared in the center.
That is the strong annihilation force field.
If the intensity of the annihilation force field exceeds 5 times, it can absorb most of the light. No matter how high the intensity is, there will be no difference on the surface.
After creating a strong annihilation force field, the experimental team began to conduct various tests, including placing a lot of materials in it, and analyzing the field force through the magnetization reaction and changes of the materials.
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"Minimum ten times rate."
After getting the preliminary test results, Xiang Qiansheng made a simple report, "We estimate from the magnetization reaction value that it is about 12 to 14 times, but there is no way to measure the specific value."
He said and shook his head.
"At the same time, we have also preliminarily determined two upgraded elements, including silicon and tungsten, which have been discovered by other research groups."
"Others are still being tested."
After Xiang Qiansheng made his report, he asked Xiang Wanghao, "Academician Wang, can we somehow measure the annihilation force field with a factor of more than ten times? Otherwise, the intensity can only be analyzed through comparative analysis, and it is difficult to have an accurate value. "
Wang Hao shook his head and said, "It's impossible for the time being."
"You know very well that in fact, it is no longer possible to measure above 7 magnifications, because the elements will be upgraded, and the upgrading will have a great impact on magnetization."
"Special phenomena are the biggest impact, and most elements will produce special phenomena."
"Our current testing equipment, including some basic experimental equipment, cannot operate normally in such a strong annihilation force field, unless..."
"Unless the equipment can be built entirely with futuristic elements."
He couldn't help but shake his head as he spoke, "Until there is a better method, the values can only be roughly estimated through comparison..."
Xiang Qiansheng sighed, "However, the influence of the special phenomenon is very large. If the annihilation force field intensity exceeds 7 times, the intensity of the magnetization reaction will increase at a lower and lower rate."
"In fact, the best way is to measure it in other forms, such as the speed of light, but we have made too few breakthroughs in the direction of upgraded energy waves."
Wang Hao couldn't help shaking his head as he spoke, and added, "We still need to find Professor Shen Huiming. He went to radar to do second-order radar research... What a waste of talent!"
While they were talking, there was news from the Materials Testing Center.
A researcher came over directly and shouted at the door, "Academician Wang, Academician Wang! Go to the Materials Center, where Professor Wang is!"
"Any new discoveries?"
The researcher was panting, and he looked like he was running over directly. He squatted down and took a few deep breaths before saying forcefully, "Big discovery!"
Wang Hao immediately went to the materials center in anticipation.
Of course he didn't run over, but waited for the car to come in and pick him up. After getting in the car, he quickly arrived at the material testing center next to it.
Wang Hui and Zhou Qing have been waiting for a long time.
When he saw Wang Hao enter the laboratory, Wang Hui pointed to a small piece of dark brown substance inside the thick glass partition and said with excitement, "Academician Wang, you must guess what this is."
Wang Hao leaned over and took a look, "Copper?"
"of course not."
"iron?"
"That's not right either."
Wang Hao turned his head to look at Wang Hui and asked, "What do you think it is?"
"——??"
Wang Hui opened his mouth. He didn't know what Wang Hao meant, so he could only say with a dark face, "I let you guess..."
"I guess...gold."
"No, it shouldn't be called gold, brown gold or black gold?"
Wang Hui suddenly opened his mouth in surprise, "How did you know?" After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhou Qing with suspicion, his eyes meaning 'you told him'?
Zhou Qing's face was full of innocence.
Wang Hao looked at the 'brown gold' again and asked, "First-order gold?"
"No upgrade was detected." Wang Hui shook his head and said, "We thought so at first, but later we found that its physical properties are consistent with gold, but it is more radioactive."
"Highly radioactive?"
Wang Hao quickly took a few steps back.
"don’t worry."
Wang Hui smiled and said, "This glass partition is very protective, and the surface is coated with special materials that can absorb most of the radiation. Moreover, it is not particle radiation, but constantly emits electromagnetic waves."
Wang Hao breathed a sigh of relief and looked over again, "Is there anything else special?"
"The most important thing hasn't been said yet."
Wang Hui said, "We found that this brown gold not only changes in color, but also has a puzzling property: it can absorb light."
"Absorb light?"
Wang Hao was immediately puzzled.
Wang Hui signaled Zhou Qing with his eyes, and Zhou Qing went over and turned off the lights, and the room suddenly became dark.
Wang Hui opened a small consecration.
A beam of light appeared inside the glass partition, shining on the smooth surface of the 'brown gold' side.
At this time, you can see clearly.
When a beam of light shines on a smooth metal surface, even if most of the energy is absorbed, part of it will definitely be reflected, that is, a weak reflected beam can be seen.
But it is obvious that the 'brown gold' does not appear to have reflected beams.
"We initially thought it was just a relatively strong light-absorbing ability. After all, it is a special metal. But after many experiments, even when irradiated with laser, the reflected beam is almost invisible..."
"This is definitely not normal!"
Wang Hui said with great certainty.
Wang Hao stared at the piece of brown metal and thought about it. He frowned for a long time and suddenly said, "Maybe it's not that there is no reflected beam, but...can't see it?"
"Can't see it? Impossible!"
Wang Hui immediately shook his head and said, "We not only looked with the naked eye, but also used instruments to detect it, but we found nothing."
"Maybe the instrument can't detect it?"
"How is that possible? We use the most advanced equipment and can detect even weak electromagnetic waves..."
"What if it's a second-order electromagnetic wave?"
Wang Hui was silent for a moment, then opened his mouth wide and said in surprise, "You mean, what is reflected is the second-order electromagnetic wave?"
"I can only say that it is possible."
