Chapter 442: A turnaround? A huge breakthrough beyond imagination!
The first large-scale demonstration meeting of the nuclear fusion engineering project has ended.
A lot of progress was made in the first round of meetings, including determining the formal demonstration project, setting the main direction of the design research, and determining the person in charge of the project.
The demonstration project leaders identified at the meeting mainly include Wang Hao as chief designer, Tang Jianjun and Wang Ye as deputy chief designers.
Wang Ye is a director-level researcher at the Institute of Nuclear Engineering.
He has participated in the "Artificial Sun" project and is one of the main designers. He is very familiar with nuclear fusion reactions and tokamak devices.
At the same time, Wang Ye is also recognized as a ‘candidate academician’.
The so-called "candidate" does not mean that he participated in the academician selection, but that he can be elected as an academician if he is recognized as participating in the academician selection.
The project is still in the demonstration stage, but the success of the first meeting has also allowed the project to enter the 'formal demonstration stage'. Simply put, the science and technology department and other relevant institutions will allocate funds to experimental research and design related to the project demonstration.
support.
During the demonstration stage, the budget is one billion.
This also represents the importance that superiors attach to research. If the demonstration stage cannot be passed, one billion will be wasted.
After the meeting.
Tang Jianjun and Wang Ye have already started work.
At this stage, they are responsible for allocating demonstration-related work. For example, for a certain difficulty and design, a research team or individual will apply.
They will form an expert review team to review relevant research applications.
In this way, if the work is assigned one by one, many individuals and teams will participate in the demonstration work, and after summarizing all the results, the next meeting can be started.
After confirming the work arrangements, both Tang Jianjun and Wang Ye were very excited.
Tang Jianjun felt like he had achieved his life goal. His lifelong dream was to participate in nuclear fusion research, and he never even thought about completing the research in his lifetime.
Now he is involved and still holds the title of deputy chief designer.
Wang Ye is much younger than Tang Jianjun, and he never expected to be able to take on such an important job.
The scale of the nuclear fusion project is undoubtedly far greater than that of the 'artificial sun'. The 'artificial sun' is just an experimental project, while the nuclear fusion project is preparing to complete the research on nuclear fusion. The two are not the same at all.
Wang Hao has the highest position. He is the chief designer, chief engineer, and the highest person in charge of the nuclear fusion project.
However, his position is more nominal. He has the highest authority, but does not participate in actual project work. He is responsible for the research of core technical directions.
Now that he has decided to start the nuclear fusion project, Wang Hao is naturally confident. The nuclear fusion project is very large and has truly entered the experimental manufacturing stage. The minimum investment will start at tens of billions, and may even reach hundreds of billions or more.
But after the research has a main direction, the project will only be larger, and it will be no different from other research.
For example, the research and development of superconducting batteries.
The design and research of superconducting batteries was also not easy. Many technical problems were overcome along the way, but it was completed after the main direction was established.
The nuclear fusion project is just larger in scale and involves more people.
Project research is still conducted in the same way, mainly through several stages such as demonstration, design, and manufacturing.
Now that we have entered the first stage, just proceed step by step normally.
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The first demonstration meeting of nuclear fusion did not cause waves.
The scale of the demonstration meeting is still very large, and it is impossible to keep it completely confidential. However, most people who know the information only think that it is an academic exchange meeting, not the actual launch of the project.
This kind of academic exchange conference is not the only one.
Domestically, several similar conferences have been held, but on a smaller scale, with the purpose of allowing scholars in related fields to communicate.
Same goes for other countries.
For example, Germany.
They have held large-scale nuclear fusion research conferences, and the conference also planned and demonstrated the construction of large-scale tokamak devices.
A large number of scholars gathered together to demonstrate the problems that may be encountered in the research. They also made rough calculations and found that the funds required were too huge.
In the end, I gave up.
This is mainly because the feasibility of implementation is very low and it is impossible to find funding sources.
The world is paying more attention to another matter. Annihilation Technology Company has issued a new announcement, confirming that the transformation of 'Unit 2' is about to end. They will re-price the first-order iron materials and openly accept related orders.
The pricing and sales of first-order iron materials are the most important.
After suspending sales for several months, many institutions no longer have research materials, so naturally their research can only be suspended.
Now that we can finally buy first-order iron materials, many institutions are looking forward to it. They are also paying attention to the trends of Annihilation Technology Company at any time, hoping to make news as soon as possible.
soon.
Annihilation Technology Company has issued a new announcement, confirming the production of first-order iron materials with a purity of more than 95%, priced at US$800,000 per ton.
This news immediately aroused international public opinion.
The price of first-order iron was very expensive before, ranging from US$800 to US$1 million per kilogram, but now it has dropped by 1,000 times. The drop is really astonishing.
"Reduced 1,000 times!"
"It seems that the manufacturing technology of first-order iron has indeed made a major breakthrough..."
"Annihilation Technology Company directly produces first-order iron with a purity of more than 95%. The production efficiency is still so high? It eliminates the extraction process and can still produce dozens of tons a day?"
"There must be dozens of tons, otherwise it wouldn't be so cheap..."
"..."
Annihilation Technology's pricing for primary iron is not a decision made in a flash, but a figure calculated based on the scale of primary iron market demand.
The current first-order iron materials are mainly used for research and development.
Based on sales in the past year, the market size of primary iron materials is approximately US$20 billion.
Annihilation Technology Company is a monopoly materials company. On the premise of achieving extremely high profit margins, their goal is to expand the market size so that they can achieve higher profits.
At this stage, their main customers include major metal research institutions, large steel companies, superconducting material companies and other materials-related institutions.
The number of these large institutions is limited, and the funds they can invest in purchasing upgrade materials are also limited. Only by enlarging the market can more profits be obtained.
The same goes for magnetized lithium materials.
The current market size of magnetized lithium materials only exceeds 10 billion US dollars, mainly because the selling price of magnetized lithium materials is high. The cost of adding lithium batteries with magnetized lithium materials will naturally increase significantly, and the products manufactured with this material will be very expensive.
If you want to expand the market, you must lower prices so that ordinary people can afford high-end lithium battery products.
For example, electric vehicles with a range of more than 1,200 kilometers.
The purpose of lowering prices is to expand the market.
When ordinary people can afford 'upgraded material products', the market size will naturally become very large, and it will bring even greater profits.
Of course it's not possible for the time being.
This is mainly due to limited manufacturing capacity. Machine No. 2 is specially used to produce first-order iron materials and can currently produce about 110 tons per day.
Annihilation Technology Company is manufacturing Unit 3 and Unit 4, and is constantly improving the manufacturing process, aiming to achieve a fully automated process in order to greatly increase the production capacity of first-order iron materials.
Although the market size is limited, Annihilation Technology is still like a 'money printing machine' due to its ultra-high profit margins, with profits estimated to exceed US$20 billion in the next year.
This profit is very amazing.
For comparison, the world's most profitable company, Amerikan Fruit Company, had profits of less than $30 billion last year.
Annihilation Technology's announcement also stated that the company is constantly improving its manufacturing processes in order to continue to expand production capacity.
If we continue to expand production capacity, the selling price of first-order iron materials will continue to decrease.
This is inevitable.
But there are still a large number of organizations ordering materials, and they will not wait for cheaper materials, because in terms of market competition, time is money.
Those large international steel companies must be the first to come up with high-end products in order to seize the market in advance. Otherwise, they may not even be qualified to compete in the same field.
A large steel company, it is also one of the main customers of Annihilation Technology Company.
In comparison, the scale of orders ordered by scientific research institutions is much lower. Even for Amerikan's Groom Lake Project, the first-order iron materials ordered are very limited.
Scientific research institutions are purely investment-oriented institutions, and their R&D funds are naturally very limited.
The total funding of the Groom Lake Project is 55 billion US dollars, which does sound very huge, but they are doing multi-faceted research, with many institutions and teams participating, and the funds that can be used to purchase upgrade materials are naturally limited.
The scale of their first order was only about US$300 million.
Gamov-Shapley believes that for the current stage of research, US$300 million and nearly 400 tons of first-order iron materials are enough.
After confirming that he would get the first batch of materials next month, Shapley was very excited. He felt like he had come from hell to heaven.
The research was originally considered unfeasible, but now that there is more material support, various studies can naturally continue.
Shapley vowed to fight a turnaround.
He actively devoted himself to his work, convened many experts and scholars, and began to prepare for experiments on the anti-gravity properties of materials.
This is the most important experiment.
Their research now has two main contents. One is to cooperate with institutions and teams to study first-order iron superconducting materials, and the other is to test the anti-gravity properties of first-order iron superconducting materials.
"We will discover first-order iron materials suitable for creating strong annihilation force fields through anti-gravity property testing experiments."
"By then, research will have achieved a major breakthrough!"
"Creating strong annihilation fields with upgraded materials is a very important direction. We will use this to catch up with Wang Hao's team and master the most advanced strong annihilation field technology..."
This is what Shapley said to the No. 1 decision maker.
The No. 1 decision-maker encouraged Shapley to continue working hard and lead the Groom Lake project to success. At the same time, he also set a time limit for him--
half a year.
"I hope to see results within six months."
"There is no need to catch up with Wang Hao's team, but we must create an annihilation field of sufficient strength..."
"This way we can continue to support research!"
The No. 1 decision-maker is also under a lot of pressure.
The Groom Lake Project is a scientific research project he initiated and supported. If the plan ultimately fails, it will definitely be a failure in his work as the number one decision-maker.
That could be a huge stain.
However, the No. 1 decision-maker also began to think about failure. He felt that he could not put all his chips on the Grom Lake plan and should look for other directions.
For example, the International Annihilation Theory Organization.
Amrican has actually withdrawn from the International Annihilation Theory Organization, but in name, they have not completely withdrawn.
If the Groom Lake Project fails, they must 'return' to the International Annihilation Theory Organization in advance.
However, it is not realistic to talk about 'returning' at this stage.
The Groom Lake Project did not involve other countries, and the relevant research results will not be shared with other countries. Naturally, it is impossible for other countries to let Amrican return to the organization.
"I hope Gamov can do it..."
"Seeing as he is very confident, it should be fine." The No. 1 decision-maker sighed, and could only place his hope on the Groom Lake plan for the time being.
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at the same time.
Wang Hao has arrived at the f-ray experimental base.
The experimental base was busy.
Liao Jianguo held a piece of silver metal material and introduced, "This is a granular material precision manufactured by Donggong. We have conducted detailed testing. The largest granular material inside is 160 microns, and the smallest is 39 microns."
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He said and asked, "Academician Wang, does the inconsistent particle size have no impact?"
"Theoretically there will be no effect." Wang Hao said, "As long as the directions are consistent. If the directions of the particles are consistent, the directions of the excited anti-gravity fields will be consistent, and the anti-gravity fields can be connected together."
Liao Jianguo nodded clearly, "We are ready. The new equipment has been almost installed. We can probably conduct experiments tomorrow."
"Detailed testing will be done tonight."
"Hopefully there will be progress..."
Liao Jianguo and Wang Hao are both looking forward to it.
They have already conducted anti-gravity experiments based on millimeter-scale granular materials. The particle size is about 2 mm, and the anti-gravity field strength created is 18.3%.
This intensity can already be used to manufacture f-ray generating devices.
Now that the size of the particles has been reduced by more than twenty times on average, the intensity of the anti-gravity field that can be created can be expected.
The next day, the experiment officially started.
Everyone who participated in the experiment was looking forward to it, because the layout of the materials had been completed, and the experiment was just a matter of systematically turning on the equipment.
Simply put, power on and detect.
Wang Hao and Liao Jianguo stood together in the data room, carefully staring at the numbers that kept jumping on the computer--
"0.001%, 0.023%, 0.913%..."
"2.009%,3.511%..."
"4.314%,6.345%..."
"9.301%..."
The numbers are constantly rising.
When the number exceeded "18%", Liao Jianguo couldn't help shouting, "It's over 18!"
"It's 20!"
“It continues to rise!”
As he spoke, he called out and asked, "What's the temperature?"
Someone next to me reported, "193k."
"continue!"
Liao Jianguo's face turned red with excitement. After he finished speaking, he immediately looked at the numbers on the screen. The numbers were still jumping up and down.
"20.831%..."
"25.300%..."
"30.144%..."
When the number rises above 30%, the jump speed slows down significantly.
Liao Jianguo was still very excited.
The f-ray generating equipment they are using now has a basic anti-gravity field strength of only 18%. The squeeze of the outer spiral force field and the nuclear reaction inside push the intensity of the excited f-rays to more than 7 times.
More than 30% strength...
He didn't even know what it was.
Wang Hao was also very excited. He held his breath hard, as if he was afraid that the number would stop jumping when he exhaled it, but in the end the number was still frozen.
"33.433%!"
He gritted his teeth and shouted.
Liao Jianguo also read it hard. He immediately looked at Wang Hao and asked, "Academician Wang, what does this number represent? How high intensity can we create by using this to stimulate f-rays?"
In the past, Wang Hao always answered every question, as if he knew everything.
This time is different.
Wang Hao shook his head directly, "I don't know either. But I am sure that by then, we will not be able to conduct instant testing."
Liao Jianguo naturally knows what "unable to detect immediately" means.
Their upper limit for detecting the strength of the annihilation force field is '10 times'. The inability to detect it immediately means that the intensity must exceed 10 times.