Chapter 116 Fission
Ten days passed in the blink of an eye while I forgot to eat and sleep.
In the laboratory, Jiang Shan held a piece of strange blue-gray material with a metallic luster that was the size of a child's fist but weighed hundreds of kilograms, and couldn't help laughing.
Based on the nebula structure carbon material, Jiang Shan simulated the properties of that primitive tribal metal and finally created a new material.
This is the piece he is holding in his hand now - based on nebula structure carbon material, it imitates the properties of primitive African tribal metals and incorporates trace amounts of plutonium.
The strength of this material is slightly inferior to that of the primitive tribal metal, but stronger than the nebula structure carbon material; it also has the normal temperature characteristics that the single nebula structure carbon material does not have! The normal temperature of the nebula structure carbon material is close to minus 100 degrees; and this new material, after imitating the characteristics of the primitive tribal metal and incorporating trace amounts of plutonium, has given it high-energy characteristics, making its normal temperature above zero degrees.
Strong interaction materials are still out of reach at present, but this new material named "Nebula No. 2" by Jiang Shan is undoubtedly getting closer and closer to the imagined strong interaction materials, and it is a room temperature material.
Jiang Shan is particularly pleased with its ease of preparation.
It is true that plutonium is consumed in the production of this thing; but the consumption is very low - about one milligram of plutonium is consumed in the production of one ton of Nebula II.
In other words, one gram of plutonium is enough to produce one thousand tons of Nebula II.
"I've found my flying vehicle!"
Jiang Shan was happy.
But now is not the time to build an aircraft.
To build an aircraft, you must first make an engine.
The theory of nuclear-powered engines already exists, and Jiang Shan has studied it specifically. He already has a complete manufacturing plan in mind.
But before making the engine, we have to make the reactor first.
Jiang Shan tinkered with it and used the [Nebula 1.5] material without added plutonium to make the first layer of the reactor shell - Nebula 1.5, which is a semi-finished product made of nebula structural carbon material that imitates the properties of primitive tribal metals but does not add plutonium.
The only difference between this semi-finished product and the Nebula 2 finished product is its ultra-low temperature.
The material temperature is close to minus 200 degrees Celsius.
It is used to make reactor shells, because its internal particles tend to be stationary, which can almost isolate 99% of the high temperature and all radiation produced by the fission reaction.
Even if the high temperature of the nuclear reaction cannot be completely blocked, the low-temperature material properties can offset the residual temperature.
After some tinkering, an energy device with a diameter only three millimeters larger than the plutonium core, translucent, emitting a light silver glow, and like a glass ball, appeared in Jiang Shan's hand.
This is almost a kind of beauty! With a whole plutonium core as the fission core, the inner shell is made of one millimeter Nebula 1.5 material, the outer shell is made of one millimeter Nebula 2 material, and there is one millimeter vacuum between the inner and outer layers. The outer shell, inner shell and plutonium core are connected and supported by three thin pillars of Nebula 2 material.
One millimeter thick graphene is composed of three million two-dimensional single layers stacked together; one millimeter thick Nebula 1 has ninety times as many layers; and Nebula 1.5 and 2 have two hundred times as many layers.
Because of the thickness, it shows transparent characteristics, which makes it look like a glass ball.
The outer shell is made of two layers of nebula material, with a vacuum insulation in the middle, and the plutonium core is specially processed by Jiang Shan, which makes it absolutely safe and pollution-free.
This device is very simple to start and ignite. It only needs to be powered on - the voltage is not less than 10,000 Fords. The current passes through the three tiny Nebula No. 2 material pillars that penetrate the sphere and pierce the plutonium core, enters the plutonium core, and ignites it.
——Jiang Shan has performed many special treatments on this plutonium core.
Exhaling, and looking at the 'glass ball' in his hand, Jiang Shan was quite satisfied.
Although it is not a fusion energy device, Jiang Shan can't help but feel a little proud that he can make the fission energy device so small.
- You know, the plutonium core inside is said to be able to produce an atomic bomb with an equivalent of 5 million tons - of course this is nonsense. This plutonium core is less than 15 centimeters in diameter and weighs only more than 20 kilograms. Even if the mass-energy conversion efficiency is 100%, it cannot reach an equivalent of 5 million tons.
Although the reaction core is complete, it is not over yet.
Putting down the "glass ball", Jiang Shan fiddled with it again, kneading a bunch of real graphene materials and tinkering with it into a half-man-high, lotus-shaped "crystal lamp holder". The feet of the lotus lamp holder have circuit interfaces on all four sides; there is a square inlay inside the lamp holder.
Jiang Shan then tinkered with a square barite battery that was almost the same size as the socket, charged it fully, and then embedded the battery into the socket. With a click, it fit perfectly.
Arriving here, Jiang Shan picked up the "glass ball" and slowly placed it in the lotus.
Click, click, click! The nine transparent lotus petals closed immediately, hugging the glass ball tightly.
Jiang Shan exhaled, picked up the lotus device, walked to the supercomputer in the laboratory, and said, "Jiuding, open the energy room."
"Okay." Jiuding responded, and saw the wall next to the supercomputer crack open, revealing a small compartment that could only accommodate one person.
Jiang Shan walked into the compartment holding the lotus device. The compartment closed with a click and began to sink.
This is an elevator.
A few seconds later, the elevator paused and the door opened, revealing a basement three meters high and twenty square meters in area.
This is the energy room.
It was clean inside, with only a platform half a person's height in the middle.
There should have been a lot of wires here, but Jiang Shan "decorated" it. All the wires were hidden behind the walls and under the floor, and the core was integrated into the half-person-high platform in the middle.
Jiang Shan had already prepared for the installation of nuclear energy.
He walked to the platform in the middle and said, "Open the energy capsule."
With a click, the platform gave way, revealing a hatch. Jiang Shan then slowly put the lotus device in his arms into it.
The energy capsule then closed, and the triple metal rings closed, firmly fixing the lotus device.
Jiang Shan rubbed his hands, braced himself, and prepared to use the magical power of 'Nine Cauldrons to Stabilize the Origin' at any time, then whispered: "Nine Cauldrons, power on!"
"yes!"
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Immediately, a slight humming sound came from the energy cabin, and then, in the lotus lamp holder surrounded by the metal ring of the energy cabin, the glass ball-like reaction core instantly lit up with a blazing white light, like a small sun, a huge amount of energy burst out, extremely active! His heart became more and more nervous.
Be ready to use the Nine Cauldrons Zhenyuan Magical Power at any time! After all, this thing is really dangerous. If you are not careful, it will explode. Even if this thing does not reach the so-called 5 million tons equivalent, Jiang Shan can't handle it!
Only by holding on to it, seizing that moment of opportunity before it loses stability and is about to explode, and using magical powers to suppress it, can we avoid the danger of being roasted.
"Fission reaction begins!"
"Ten percent. Twenty percent. One hundred percent."
The 'glass ball'-like reaction core became brighter and brighter, and the entire energy room was flooded with blazing white light!
"The fission reaction is stable!"
"Electric energy conversion is stable!"
Jiuding reported the status of the energy device again and again.
Three minutes later, Jiang Shan sensed that the huge energy inside the energy device was no longer rushing to the top and was gradually stabilizing. He finally let out a breath.
Done!
A bright smile appeared on Jiang Shan's face.
With this thing, Koros Island will not lack energy for a period of time.
Some other ideas can then be put on the agenda.
Jiang Shan was of course happy, not only because of the successful miniaturization of the fission reactor - it could be made the size of a glass ball with a diameter of only a dozen centimeters - but more importantly, the efficiency of his energy device in utilizing fission reactions was over 90%.
The current utilization efficiency of fission reactions, such as in nuclear power plants, is only 30%. After deducting the energy consumed in multiple conversions, the total utilization rate is only about 25%.
The gap is huge.
Especially here in Jiangshan, his reactor can directly convert electricity without any middlemen. This is also very important.
Jiang Shan said: "Jiuding, close the energy warehouse."
"OK."
The energy chamber vibrated slightly and completely closed, and the light from the core reaction of the lotus device was completely absorbed into it. Inside the energy room, the lighting environment before the lotus device was activated was restored.
Jiang Shan said: "Switch the circuits. The island's solar and wind power devices will serve as backup, and the Lotus nuclear power device will serve as the main energy supply."
"OK. Circuit switching completed."
Jiang Shan nodded, stretched his waist, and said, "Always monitor the stability of the Lotus Nuclear Energy Device. If there are any abnormal changes, notify me immediately."
After Jiuding responded, Jiang Shan turned around, went back to the elevator and left the energy room.
(End of this chapter)