Chapter 378 No such material

Room-temperature superconductors have almost become the top trend in the world. About what room-temperature superconductors are, what changes they can bring to the world, how they can change human life, etc., there are almost any relevant popular science videos. With tens of millions of views, even some celebrities came to join in the fun.

However, the heat on the surface is also in contrast to the surging undercurrent, and even this undercurrent is even more turbulent.

This has also made China's national security department become even busier recently.

Of course, in contrast, there are room-temperature superconductors that China has begun to use on a large scale.

No fewer than ten large-scale CCD-I production plants have been established for a long time. Although the cost of construction is very expensive, compared with the significance of normal temperature superconductors, obviously no matter how expensive it is, it is not worth mentioning.

These circumstances have given the entire country a sense of prosperity.

In this atmosphere, the Spring Festival of 2024 has finally arrived.

Lin Xiao has returned home. After all, it is best to spend the New Year at home.

"Come on, cheers!"

There was a clear sound of clinking glasses, and at the New Year's Eve dinner, Lin Xiao picked up the goblet and drank the wine in it.

The wine was sent to him from France by Professor Purcell. It traveled across the ocean and was served to him at the New Year's Eve dinner.

He raised his head and drank the red wine. Next to him, his father Lin Guowen sighed with emotion: "Not bad, this wine is quite delicious, just like..."

Lin Xiao smiled and asked: "Like what?"

"Just like my daughter-in-law who can't see her shadow yet."

Lin Xiao: "..."

Yang Rong, who was standing next to her, punched her husband and said angrily: "Why are you talking about this during the New Year? My son finally came back, and he is busy with work this year, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't find him."

"That's right, Mom still understands me." Lin Xiao nodded repeatedly and agreed.

"Well, if I don't understand my son, who should I understand?" Yang Rong nodded, but the next moment she said: "So you must bring one back to your mother during the Chinese New Year next year, right?"

Lin Xiao: "..."

You can't stay here any longer!

What was a good safe haven is now leaking.

With a look of pain on his face, he lowered his head to pick up the rice. Even the dishes were specifically chosen to be eaten with the meal. So he finished the meal in a few clicks, then stood up and said, "I've finished eating."

Then he put the bowl in the kitchen and ran to the balcony.

Standing on the balcony, although the weather is cold, because the heating is on at home, my body is already warm. Now that I stand suddenly in a cold place, I feel a different kind of refreshing feeling.

And looking at the shining lights in the living rooms of the residential buildings outside made him feel a little relieved.

If we wait a few years and normal-temperature superconductors are spread all over the country, the development that will be brought to the overall economy by then will definitely be no less meritorious than the saying "a great shelter will make all the poor people in the world happy."

Suddenly, the phone rang. I looked at it and saw that it was Ma Gaoliang.

He smiled, answered the call, and said, "Director Ma, happy New Year."

"Happy New Year. Happy New Year."

Ma Gaoliang also replied with a smile.

Then the two of them chatted for a while and talked about some household matters.

While chatting, they came to the topic of room temperature superconductors.

"But, having said that, I heard that people on the foreign black market now pay one million dollars to buy one of our normal-temperature superconductors."

Hearing the news, Lin Xiao couldn't help but be surprised: "Huh? Such a high price?"

"Yes." Ma Gaoliang said with a smile: "After all, our regulations on the outflow of room temperature superconductors are still very strict. Basically, except for foreigners who come to receive paralysis treatment, there is basically no other channel. Come now In other words, artificial nerves are the only channel that may cause CCD-I to flow out."

Lin Xiao couldn't help but ask: "When the time comes, won't we have to worry about theft of the transmission cables?"

Ma Gaoliang smiled again: "There is no need to worry about this problem. We have buried it all underground now, so basically it is not a big problem."

"The only problem is if there are places that are dug during construction. However, we have already considered this issue and are preparing for planning. If there are construction lines passing by then, it can be avoided."

"Well, that's good." Lin Xiao said, "Then it seems there is basically nothing to worry about."

"Um...oh, by the way, there's one more thing."

Suddenly, Ma Gaoliang said: "Do you know about our domestic Oriental Super Ring?"

Lin Xiao said: "You know, it's the nuclear fusion device at the Plasma Institute in Fei City. What's wrong?"

Ma Gaoliang said: "They want to invite you to inspect it."

Lin Xiao was stunned: "Invite me? Inspection?"

Ma Gaoliang said with a smile: "People are probably thinking that since you can create a room temperature superconductor, maybe you can give them some advice?"

Lin Xiao couldn't laugh or cry: "What advice can I give? Normal temperature superconductors and nuclear fusion devices are not a problem."

Ma Gaoliang said: "It's all about the materials."

Lin Xiao said helplessly: "It's just because it's all about materials, so it's not the same problem. The gap between different materials is huge. Otherwise, how can they study how materials can be both organic and inorganic, and still get high scores?" Molecules, metallic materials, whatever.”

Ma Gaoliang didn't know what to say, but finally said: "Hey, just go and have a look. After all, it's a bit embarrassing for someone to invite you once. If you don't agree, they will be even more embarrassed."

Lin Xiao suddenly couldn't laugh or cry: "If they are embarrassed, just be embarrassed...Okay, okay, since you have said it, I will take the time to go and see it after this new year is over."

Ma Gaoliang suddenly smiled and said: "Okay."

Ma Gaoliang was of course happy to hear that Lin Xiao agreed. There was one thing he didn't tell Lin Xiao, that is, they almost all regarded Lin Xiao as "Miracle Man" now.

Who makes Lin Xiao always able to create miracles?

Maybe let Lin Xiao go take a look, and then what kind of nuclear fusion was the first to be realized in their country of China by accident?

Ma Gaoliang was looking forward to a certain day when Lin Xiao suddenly called him again and said to him: "Old Ma, I have good news for you. I have completed nuclear fusion again."

When the time comes, I'm afraid that no matter how hard Lin Xiao tries to show off to him, he will still cooperate and be his flatterer.

Lin Xiao didn't know what Ma Gaoliang was thinking, but he just felt a little overwhelmed by this matter, and finally said: "Okay, I won't say more, wait until the New Year, let me have a good New Year first. "

"Okay, okay, have a good New Year, and I won't bother you anymore."

Ma Gaoliang said with a smile, and then hung up the phone.

Putting down the phone, Lin Xiao shook his head.

Nuclear fusion, ah nuclear fusion.

He has always been a little pessimistic about nuclear fusion, at least for this era.

Nuclear fusion can be divided into three generations, and for humans, the closest thing is naturally one-generation nuclear fusion.

The first generation of nuclear fusion refers to deuterium-tritium fusion, that is, the fusion reaction of hydrogen isotopes, deuterium and tritium.

Deuterium-tritium fusion needs to be at least 100 million degrees to operate, but now there is a problem. The problem of 100 million degrees is very high. What materials can withstand the high temperature of 100 million degrees?

Obviously, this is basically impossible. However, for scientists, since they dare to propose nuclear fusion, they naturally have corresponding solutions. Therefore, two solutions that can be used to achieve nuclear fusion have emerged, namely, inertial constraints and Magnetic confinement.

Compared with the latter, inertial confinement nuclear fusion is relatively difficult to achieve. It mainly involves putting a few milligrams of a mixed gas or solid of deuterium and tritium into a small ball with a diameter of about a few millimeters, and then uniformly energizing it from the outside. When a laser beam or particle beam is injected, the spherical surface evaporates outward due to the absorption of energy. Due to its reaction, the inner layer of the spherical surface is squeezed inward, causing an explosion. In a short picosecond, that is, one trillionth of a second. Within one second, the requirements for nuclear fusion are met and the fusion reaction is realized.

According to theoretical calculations, only three or four such explosions are required per second, and the energy released is equivalent to a million-kilowatt power station.

It's just that the realization of stable inertia constraints is relatively difficult, so those who are currently studying this stuff are basically engaged in energy resources openly and weapons secretly, so it is basically researched by the national laboratories of powerful countries.

Therefore, the only way to really study nuclear fusion is magnetic confinement fusion. Whether it is China’s Oriental Hyperring, the circulator 2M device, or the International Thermonuclear Fusion Experimental Reactor Project, which specializes in the study of nuclear fusion. International organizations all use magnetically confined tokamak devices.

Magnetic confinement fusion uses a magnetic field to constrain the plasma produced during the fusion process. After all, plasma is charged and will be affected by magnetic field forces. Therefore, by constraining these charged plasmas with a magnetic field, it is possible to avoid temperatures as high as 100 million The plasma directly collides with the magnetic confinement device, causing the magnetic confinement device to be burned due to the high temperature.

But at this time, another problem arises, that is, deuterium and tritium fusion will produce neutrons, and neutrons are not controlled by electromagnetic fields. In other words, these neutrons can easily cause damage to the device.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao suddenly asked in his mind: "How many truth points are needed to create an electromagnetic material that can withstand deuterium and tritium fusion neutrons?"

The system's voice sounded: "There is no such material."