The design plan for the graphene combat uniform was finalized, and soon the research and development work of the Xinghai scientific research team was on track.
With the support of Xia Xu, a super funder, there is no need for anyone to provide financial and equipment support. Xinghai Industry will naturally be responsible for the negotiation and procurement of the necessary graphene and carbon sponge.
Without the unnecessary clutter, a group of geniuses gathered together to burst out with powerful creativity. The entire research and development progress was astonishingly fast. Xia Xudu benefited a lot from the exchange and collision of different ideas.
And a week after this, the Haite alloy he bought from the dark web has also been delivered.
He originally thought there would be some relatively confidential transaction method, and even thought about whether there would be some nonsense, but the reality made him dumbfounded. This thing actually came by express delivery.
But it makes sense to think about it. After all, it is just a piece of alloy and it is not an illegal item. There is no need to deal with those that are not there. At most, it is enough to do some manipulation in the delivery.
"Xia, what do you have in your hand?"
Walker and others, who were immersed in studying the graphene suit, saw Xia Xu coming in with a courier box, and they all looked around curiously.
"It's a good thing, but it's kept secret for now."
Xia Xu smiled mysteriously and went directly into an empty studio without elaborating with Walker and the others.
Zhou Ji and Walker were both busy studying graphene combat suits. This was the most important thing, so Haite Alloy would not let them distract their energy for the time being.
Moreover, he has already made plans on how to use Heite alloy. This alloy is very suitable for making thermal weapons. He plans to use it to make a knife that can perform high-temperature cutting.
In fact, this kind of weapon is not too technically difficult. To put it bluntly, it just heats up the metal. The difficulty is mainly focused on materials and energy. There is no need for Walker and others to use it. It is just a good way to exercise their hands-on ability.
"Sure enough, some kind of alloy with tungsten as the main component..."
The first thing Xia Xu did after returning with the Haite Alloy was to test the composition of this sky-high price alloy.
The result was as he expected, it was a piece of tungsten alloy mainly composed of tungsten.
He had actually guessed this for a long time. After all, the characteristics of Haite alloy are highly overlapped with those of tungsten metal, except that it does not have the defects of tungsten being easily oxidized, and some of its physical properties are also better.
However, it is unrealistic to imitate just by knowing the main ingredients.
Even adding only trace amounts of different components to the alloy will have a huge impact on the performance. It is impossible to fully understand its composition, and the specific proportions and processing techniques cannot be confirmed.
Of course, Xia Xu didn't have any thoughts about this aspect. The main purpose of the test was to confirm the guesses and grasp the actual material properties.
After a little understanding and confirming that the previous description of properties was genuine, Xia Xu began to draw the design drawings and sent Haite Alloy to a foundry under Xinghai Industry for processing.
The hardness and melting point of this thing are too high. It's impossible to use the equipment of the research team to use Haite Alloy. The National University of Science and Technology has no shortage of high-precision equipment, but it is impossible to build a foundry in the school.
Haite alloy is used to make the blade, which is actually forged and shaped. There is nothing to say about this.
The core part of the thermal knife is the heating component. This aspect is actually not very difficult. Basically, it can heat up the Hite alloy by directly applying electricity.
Of course, this is just a description and cannot be so crude. For speed and power consumption, it is still necessary to carefully design the circuit to control the current and voltage, and arrange it reasonably on the hilt.
And the thermal knife actually has a fatal difficulty - energy.
To be precise, it is a miniaturized energy source.
Today's battery technology is actually very advanced, and a shoebox-sized battery is enough to support battery cars and electric cars running hundreds of kilometers.
However, the reality is that today many aspects are still inevitably choked by energy, especially in terms of miniaturized energy.
It is actually easy to solve the energy problem of thermal knives. You only need to carry a small backpack with a battery and connect it to the end of the hilt to easily meet the energy consumption needs.
However, you have to carry a battery backpack at all times and maintain the wire connection to the hilt. This design is too stupid. Not to mention that in actual combat, people will pull out the wires, and it will be in the way just to swing it.
Xia Xu immediately ruled out this plan without even thinking about it.
However, energy issues still need to be faced.
Since we are not satisfied with energy, we have no choice but to sacrifice battery life.
Fortunately, the thermal knife he designed adopts the Miao knife shape that he is most used to. The handle alone is 40 centimeters. If the width is slightly increased, there will still be a lot of internal space.
The 40-centimeter knife handle is made of hollow titanium alloy, and except for a small amount of insulation layer and the heat insulation layer at the front end, it is fully loaded with batteries and circuits.
In this way, I dare not say more, but at least two or three minutes are more than enough. After all, it takes a process for Haite alloy to cool down after it is heated to two to three thousand degrees.
"Although the battery life data on paper is a little worse, the two or three minutes at the critical moment are actually enough to sustain a battle..."
Xia Xu, who finally finalized the design, comforted himself.
Two or three minutes is actually enough to deal with a battle in most cases. Unless you are besieged by many people at close range, in reality it is rare to be able to fight against someone for two or three minutes.
And it's just that the high temperature state can only last for three minutes. Without high temperature, it doesn't mean that you can't kill people. With the strength and weight of Haite alloy, it can become a weapon even without high temperature.
It's just that the truth is this. Seeing that his works have such flaws, Xia Xu can't help but feel a little regretful.
"Victor may actually have miniaturized high-energy battery technology. Even if he doesn't, it should be easy for him to get it..."
In the midst of regret, such a thought inevitably flashed through his mind, and was quickly forgotten by Xia Xu.
It was impossible to find Victor. If he really wanted to open the door, no matter what method he used, he could already imagine how arrogant and arrogant that guy was.
The Arachnid Predator was criticized for just using commercial components from the Spot Group, and there was no telling how embarrassing it would be in the past.
Putting aside this idea, Xia Xu, who finished the design drawing, entered the manufacturing process.
He doesn't need to worry about the blade, as he has his own foundry to handle it, and the hilt is also simple. There is a laser 3D metal printer in the laboratory building that can be borrowed.
This kind of instrument is different from 3D printers that use plastic materials. Its principle is to fill it with a large amount of metal powder, and then use a laser to accurately fuse and solidify the metal powder, thereby 'withering' the corresponding metal parts.
Even titanium alloys can still be printed.
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