Chapter 425: Battle Damage
Seeing the huge device in front of us, we can see that it is the result of the hard work of generations of predecessors. This is another progressive innovation in China after the Oriental Ring. Wu Tong pays tribute to the perseverance and hard work of the pioneers in the field of fusion.
The staff who were walking back and forth and doing the final verification were attaching the materials brought by Wu Tong to the first wall during the final process, waiting for the ignition test and the neutron radiation and heat resistance tests. Wu Tong was also waiting for the real fusion data. Although the ignition this time was still measured in seconds, it was still of reference significance for Wu Tong and Lu Xiao's constraint research.
Inside and outside the observation room, Academician He, who was in charge of the overall control, and all the staff of the institute were on high alert.
"Track sealing test is normal!"
"Fill with protective gas!"
"The protective gas filling is complete, and the pressure measurement procedure begins!"
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"The superconducting critical temperature has been reached, and the circuit is fully charged!"
"The magnetic field operation status is confirmed to be normal!"
"All processes have been completed, request ignition!"
After listening to the reports from each research group, Academician He immediately gave the order to start the experiment.
"Ready, fire!"
At the moment when the magnet current reaches 15kA, the thyristor is quickly switched off, and the magnet current is transferred to the first-stage energy-consuming resistor, generating a voltage of 2400V, which breaks down the gas in the vacuum chamber and generates plasma.
Through the monitoring equipment, they could see on the screen that the reddish color spread like a spider web, roughly confined to a circular range, starting at a temperature of one million degrees. As Academician He directed the temperature to rise, it gradually reached 100 million. At present, there are not many people at home and abroad who can make the reaction temperature reach this number.
Although this temperature was maintained for only a few seconds, as if between a few breaths, the alarms sounded one after another, and the staff who had taken early warning measures then prepared for cooling and stopped operations.
"There is still a limit to what we can do. If our SST-1 can be replaced with the superconducting wire that you, Mr. Wu, have the confidence that we can double this time!" If even the inner wall material can be replaced, he will be even more confident!
Since he joined the Jinwu Project and learned about Wu Tong's breakthrough in materials, Academician He has been very interested in breakthrough materials results. If they had such materials to help them with fusion, they would not have to worry about not making great progress year after year. Materials are indeed the primary problem that plagues their progress.
Mr. Wu has a talent for materials, which is really good news for them. However, now that Mr. Wu has the Golden Crow Project, if the Golden Crow can really be established, these alternative projects will definitely have to shrink their fronts! Although there is a possibility of being abandoned, they will definitely be proud to see the leap forward of the Chinese fusion project!
"It's already very good. You are all pioneers. At the very least, when facing the international community, your efforts are the confidence of our country, the confidence to not lag behind or be passive!" Wu Tong praised sincerely.
The big sharks in the international community are not kindhearted saints. They allow China to join because they are forced to do so because China is now rising and its economy is booming. As one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, no one can ignore it.
Secondly, they want to deduct money from China, but they want to use the money and don't want China to have too much say. At the beginning, China must be very passive. But now, with the efforts of domestic scientific researchers, China's voice in the international arena is very strong!
Because they have a strong backing and no longer need to be overly humble. They have a trump card to turn the tables. The progress of scientific research will always be the primary productive force for domestic development. Wu Tong now deeply understands this statement in the political textbook, which is the first lesson of the semester.
"Haha... Thank you Mr. Wu for your recognition. However, as for the future fusion projects, it will depend on Mr. Wu to create miracles!" Academician He smiled kindly, his eyes showing relaxation and relief.
Their abilities are limited and they can only do this much, but that does not mean that the country will be restricted by them. Thanks to God's favor, they have such an outstanding and talented scholar like Wu Tong. In just a short period of time, they have made breakthroughs in two or three difficult problems that have plagued the world, and they also have a clear idea of fusion. Now that they are working on the project with Wu Tong, their hopes are much greater than if they had developed it on their own back then!
He is real, and I hope to see the miracle happen smoothly!
"It will take some time to cool down. Once the device has cooled down enough, we will immediately take out the material samples for testing. The monitoring instruments here are also complete, and the test results should not be too different from those in Mr. Wu's laboratory!" Academician He whispered to Wu Tong that some of the instruments in Mr. Wu's research institute can almost be said to be top-notch in the country, and they certainly cannot be completely compared here.
If it were in the past, they would definitely be jealous and go to the grind site, so they must be equipped. There is no good researcher who doesn't want to have better equipment!
However, at this moment, after witnessing Wu Tong's true strength, Academician He deeply felt that the top was the top. With his outstanding vision, he invested early on to keep Wu Tong in the country and provided him with sufficient basic configuration so that Wu Tong could give full play to his talents!
Only then did they have the possibility to follow Wu Tong and witness the miracle!
"Okay, Academician Wu, I'll follow your arrangements!" Wu Tong nodded. With such a high temperature, it would take some time to cool down. Otherwise, any person or material would have to be prepared to vaporize when approaching the core temperature of nuclear fusion. Currently, no material or matter can withstand the temperature of more than 100 million degrees at the core of fusion.
It is imperative to protect the safety of frontline researchers. Wu Tong, there is no need for researchers to burn their own contributions, and there will be no such unreasonable demand in the future.
After the device finished cooling down, the staff wearing protective clothing took out the samples that had been placed in one by one, sealed them, and sent them to a special testing laboratory.
While waiting for the final test results, Academician He was concerned about the current status of his institute's equipment. After the cooling was completed, they could also perform flaw detection on the entire device.
"How is SST-1 doing now?" They had not directly challenged the 100 million temperature limit many times in previous experiments. The obvious problem was that the current material of the first wall could not withstand such high temperature shock and neutron radiation. It was not that they did not want to play with higher temperatures, but the reality showed that they could not do it often.
This time, SST-1 challenged the extreme temperature right from the start. He estimated that the damage would be considerable.
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