Vol 2 Chapter 416: , Controlled nuclear fusion

In the outer space of the moon, huge space buildings are quietly suspended in the void.
With the rise of the lunar mining industry and the lunar tourism industry, the moon has already become very lively. The earth has become increasingly congested with the outer space of the earth. More and more people have started to look at the moon and began Seize outer space on the moon side.
In the void, a spaceship coming from the direction of the earth is rushing towards the moon. The spaceship is branded with the Xinghe Technology Group logo.
Inside the spacecraft, Qin Yi looked at the scenery outside the window. The moon has also undergone tremendous changes. The original barren surface of the moon was illuminated by huge lunar mining bases, and large moon mining vehicles and transport vehicles were like busy ants. Generally, from time to time, anti-gravity spacecraft can be seen rising and falling from the moon.
Qin Yi's anti-gravity spacecraft did not anchor at the space port on the side of the moon, but instead flew directly to the moon and to the stormy ocean area of ​​the moon.
Storm Ocean is the largest lunar sea on the moon. It is extremely rich in resources, and the terrain is very open and flat. It is also an industry that belongs to the Xinghe Technology Group, and is occupied by the Xinghe Technology Group.
Qin Yi's spacecraft slowly landed on a base in the storm ocean area. This base is different from the large and small mining bases on the moon. It is not a base for mining, but a research base. Scientific research base for controllable fusion technology.
Of course, the brand on the external side is the Lunar Mineral Resources Research Base of Xinghe Mining Group, which is not used to study controlled nuclear fusion technology.
The reason why you want to sell dog meat on a sheep's head is naturally not to attract attention. This controlled nuclear fusion technology is, in the final analysis, nuclear technology. Nuclear technology has always been banned from civilian research, even on the earth, a country with no power No one is allowed to study nuclear technology.
Qin Yi wants to study nuclear fusion technology. If it is placed on the earth, it is definitely not suitable. Because there are too many eyes to pay attention to, he also chose the moon and spent a huge price on the moon. Huge Institute of Controlled Fusion.
Controllable fusion technology is definitely to be researched. The larger and larger the spacecraft is, the greater the required capacity is. It is increasingly difficult to satisfy the huge appetite of the spacecraft by relying only on the atomic matrix battery.
In particular, Qin Yi will study a larger and more powerful Dragon-class spacecraft than the Qinglong-class spacecraft. The Dragon-class spacecraft has a huge thrust and can be used to mine 1 billion ton, even 10 billion ton. Asteroid.
With such a powerful thrust, the energy it needs is no longer able to drive it using traditional atomic matrix batteries. Even though the technology of atomic matrix batteries is getting more and more advanced, the energy it can carry is getting bigger and bigger, but it is still far away. Far from being able to drive a dragon-class spaceship.
The Dragon-class spaceship will also be used to sail the starry universe, and it can also be transformed into a space battleship, which can be used to roam in the starry sea. Depending on the battery, even if it can be driven, there is definitely no way to provide a continuous supply. Power.
At present, only nuclear fusion can produce enough powerful energy, and the energy released by controlled nuclear fusion is large, no nuclear radiation, no nuclear waste, and a lot of raw materials needed in nature. Absolutely interstellar The energy technology most needed in the maritime era.
A long time ago, Qin Yi wanted to study controllable fusion technology, but because of conditions and various restrictions, he never conducted research.
Since the rise of the lunar mining industry, Qin Yi has secretly built this huge controllable fusion research institute on the moon to study controllable fusion technology.
This base is backed by a tall mountain and is built next to the mountain. It looks like there is not much area between it and other lunar mining bases. The scale is not large and not eye-catching.
But when Qin Yi entered this base, he learned that there are no holes in it. He almost hollowed out the entire mountain range, and built a large-scale controllable fusion research base in the ground and the mountains.
"Qingwei, this is a good thing."
Entering the Controllable Fusion Research Institute, which has no holes, the huge team of scientists is very busy, all kinds of advanced research equipment are available, and the facilities for living and entertainment are also very complete.
Qin Yi also said to Chen Qing, who is beside him. Lu Qingwei is the head of Xinghe Mining Group, the creator of this controlled nuclear fusion laboratory, and the person in charge here.
He often runs to the moon when everything is OK, not really for the lunar mining group, but more for the controllable nuclear fusion research base.
"The boss has won a prize. This controllable fusion technology is something we must study. Without this technology, even if we can make a dragon-class spacecraft engine, we do n’t have enough energy to drive it. In the future, There is no way to say to conquer the star sea and start the era of interstellar sailing. "
"It's just that here on Earth, we have not allowed us to conduct reliable nuclear fusion research. We can only go to the moon. After Mars transformation is completed in the future, Mars will eventually be built into our private territory and controlled nuclear fusion research will be conducted. I moved to Mars, so that I can be upright and research various technologies with confidence. "
Lu Qingwei smiled and said, while taking Qin Yi to visit this huge base, he also introduced it in detail.
"This is the helium 3 refining factory area. The extraction of helium 3 is extremely complicated and troublesome. We must first heat the soil on the moon to a high temperature above 700 degrees, and then use complex processes to extract helium 3 from it. Now. "
"Thankfully, there are so many helium 3 reserves on the moon, and we don't have to worry about raw materials."
"Here is our ignition. The technology of the ignition is the same as that of Uncle Sam's national ignition, but our ignition is more advanced than theirs."
"Using the characteristics of lasers, we aggregate many lasers onto a single point. After the powerful lasers are combined to one point, it is enough to generate hundreds of millions of tons of high temperature and pressure exceeding 100 billion atmospheres, which in turn triggers nuclear fusion reactions."
"It was only for the construction of this ignition device that we spent 500 billion Chinese yuan."
Lu Qingwei took Qin Yi to a special place. Here are laser emitters. The laser emitters are aimed at a ball-like device. There is an extremely small spot on the device. This point was conceived by scientists. The point used for nuclear fusion ignition.
Nuclear fusion and nuclear fission are two completely different nuclear reactions. Nuclear fission is a process from heavy atomic nucleus to light atomic fission. This process will release huge energy, such as the energy released by the atomic bomb explosion.
Nuclear fusion, also known as nuclear fusion, refers to the fusion of atomic nuclei with small mass atoms, such as deuterium and tritium, under certain conditions (such as ultra-high temperature and high pressure). This process will also release very huge energy. The energy released from nuclear fission is even more huge and terrible.
Every day I see the sun, the nuclear fusion reaction is constantly happening on it, and even the most trivial energy released will illuminate and warm the earth, and then have life.
Now that humans have mastered nuclear fission technology, they can make atomic bombs, and they can also use nuclear fission technology to generate electricity, which has achieved the application of controllable nuclear fission technology.
Compared with nuclear fission technology and nuclear fusion technology, human science and technology have only mastered the general so far. At present, only nuclear fusion can be achieved, but there is no way to achieve controlled nuclear fusion.
One of the most critical points is that the conditions required for nuclear fusion are extremely harsh. To fuse hydrogen atoms together, it requires very high temperatures or very high pressures.
Nuclear fusion requires temperatures up to hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius, and pressures in excess of 100 billion standard atmospheres.
Such a high temperature and pressure are very difficult to achieve on Earth. The explosion of a hydrogen bomb depends on the terrible high temperature generated by the nuclear fission of an atomic bomb as a detonation.
Therefore, achieving controlled nuclear fusion has never been successful, because the nuclear fusion reaction caused by ignition alone is a very difficult subject. It is impossible to say that controlled nuclear fusion can be ignited by an atomic bomb.
Of course, there are always more methods than difficulties, and the wisdom of scientists is infinite.
Scientists have thought of the method of using laser ignition. The laser can carry a huge amount of energy, and a large number of laser beams are concentrated on one point. It has a large amount of energy and can generate extremely terrible high temperatures, which can ignite the nuclear fusion reaction.
Uncle Sam's National Ignition Device is a device used to study controlled fusion technology. In 2000, Uncle Sam spent only 2.4 billion pounds to build.
The ignition device shown in front of Qin Yi's eyes is also very powerful. When many laser beams are brought together, it can also generate extremely terrible high temperatures, which is enough to urge the fusion reaction.
Of course, light and light are able to ignite, and it is far from the emergence of nuclear fusion reactions. However, there is still a very long way to go before controlled nuclear fusion.
Because nuclear fusion does not only require extremely high temperatures or pressures, nuclear fusion also produces terrible high temperatures and releases huge amounts of energy. At present, there is no technology to control the horrors generated during nuclear fusion. High temperature, this is the most difficult point to achieve controlled nuclear fusion.
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