The dark blue nebula trembled slightly at a frequency invisible to the naked eye, expanding fully until it was maintained by a strong magnetic field on the first wall of a principle reaction chamber, showing off its mysterious brilliance and extremely beautiful.
Staff at each node took their positions, steadfastly clinging to their posts. All R&D personnel held their breaths and clenched their fists. At this moment, all their gazes were fixed on the Golden Crow planet-simulating orbital device, crouching before them. They knew full well that within the belly of this behemoth, the most terrifying heat energy on the planet was brewing...
On Earth, before controlled nuclear fusion, the highest temperature should be the core of the Earth, which is only 6,800 degrees Celsius; the core of the sun is the hottest place in the solar system. This is because there are high concentrations of elements such as hydrogen and helium in the core. Their atomic nuclei constantly collide with each other, producing high-temperature and high-pressure nuclear fusion reactions... equivalent to countless hydrogen bomb explosions, that is, hydrogen nuclei fuse at ultra-high temperatures to release nuclear energy, and the temperature is as high as 15 million degrees Celsius.
However, at this moment, the temperature of the fusion plasma inside the Jinwu stellarator device had surpassed the 100 million degree mark. At this temperature, if an accidental leak occurred, those within the area would likely see a flash of light, or perhaps nothing at all. The 100 million degree heat would then completely vaporize everything around them, causing widespread destruction.
This is also why many people are terrified when the word "nuclear" is mentioned. They worry about whether controlled nuclear fusion is truly safe, whether it is truly controllable, and whether stellarator devices are safe!
This is actually a joke to researchers familiar with controlled nuclear fusion. But Mr. Wu, for his part, prioritizes safety. Nuclear fusion is not fission, so unless there are deliberate operational errors, safety is highly reliable.
Not to mention, Boss Wu was directly at the closest point to the fusion reaction in the Jinwu device, so what was there for them to worry about? Rather than worry, they were more proud. While the international community was still experimenting with hydrogen to reduce damage to the reactor wall materials and control the temperature during the fusion reaction, they were already using nuclear fuel, a mixture of hydrogen isotopes and deuterium and tritium.
Both the fission of heavy atoms and the combining of light elements effectively generate nuclear energy. These two opposing energy mechanisms are a direct result of the nature of the nuclear force, the force that binds the nuclei of atoms of different elements together.
The behavior of these nuclear forces can be conveniently shown as a graph of "binding energy" versus atomic number.
If we analyze it from a material perspective, without Wu having to do anything, any of them could easily come up with a simple physical image to explain the shape of the binding energy curve, explaining why light or heavy elements are ideal sources of nuclear energy, while elements in between are not.
This was established by comparing the energy equivalents of different types of fuels, which ultimately led to humanity's strong interest in nuclear reactions that produce nuclear energy. A simple formula is: fossil fuels: fission: fusion = 106t crude oil = 0.8t uranium = 0.14t deuterium
As you can see, the mass of nuclear fuel for the same energy equivalent is 10E6 times less than that of fossil fuel, which significantly saves fuel and is beneficial to environmental protection. The reason for this significant difference is that the fundamentals of nuclear reactions and chemical reactions are different.
Based on the basic principles of nuclear fusion, researchers conducted in-depth and accessible discussions and explanations, ultimately concluding that the chemical reactions that occur during fossil fuel combustion are related to the rearrangement of the electronic structures of the reacting molecules, and that the primary process is governed by electromagnetic forces.
Nuclear reactions, whether fission or fusion, involve interactions at the atomic level. The initial fuel will be converted into other chemical elements. The process is dominated by nuclear forces, and the energy released is far greater than the energy of chemical reactions, which can reach a million-fold energy gain.
The most fundamental basis of controlled nuclear fusion reaction comes from here.
Humans discover interesting things accidentally, seek progress in interesting things, and in progress, let the light of scientific research bring changes to human technology!
The camera crew, accompanying Chu Hengyuan on a secret interview mission, were recording the rigorous and orderly actions at the scene with near-silent movements. They were documenting in detail the successful first ignition of the domestic stellarator device, the Jinwu Project, which occurred at 10:01 AM on October 1st, National Day. By the deadline, they hadn't seen it yet.
Even though they are almost completely unfamiliar with the field of controlled nuclear fusion, because they are news people and pay a lot of attention to domestic and international news, they still have some common sense and remember that controlled nuclear fusion at home and abroad is measured in seconds.
But what puzzled and shocked them at this moment was that, even as they were filming, ten minutes had already passed, and yet, within the glass walls of the observation room, the behemoth was still running steadily. Ten minutes, six hundred seconds—was there such a staggering statistic for their old swan, either at home or abroad? Furthermore, if this statistic were measured in seconds, it was still steadily climbing even as they were thinking about it!
This is... this is China. Is China about to create a miracle? Is it about to break a world record? Just thinking about this possibility makes everyone's eyes sparkle. As journalists, they're living up to their sensitivity. This is about to be big news for them, a big move for the country!
"Mr. Wu, the Jinwu device is running stably and is still within the tolerance range!" Ten minutes have passed, and Academician Wan Funian reported with a smile on his face. This is already five or six times the data they have on the tokamak, but this data is not the end. In fact, it is very likely that it is just the beginning. Thinking about this, they can't help but feel excited.
They succeeded. They developed the domestically produced Jinwu star-simulating device. All their efforts and contributions could not be better expressed than right now!
The light of controlled nuclear fusion has been successfully ignited and lit up from the East, from their Chinese capital. They believe that this light will illuminate the whole world!
"Maintain stable operation, maintain stable material input, check the generator set, check the power reserve conversion, pay attention to the recovery data..." Before the ignition, Yi Lao made an urgent breakthrough and kept up with the project progress. He made a preliminary breakthrough and sent the magnetohydrodynamic power generation unit with the initial design. During the assembly, Wu Tong connected the device to the Jinwu device...
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