cosmic hegemony

Chapter 125, New Material - Black Gold

In the material industrial park, on the side of the ultra-high temperature reaction furnace, Li Fu was wearing a white coat, beside Li Qianyu, Yao Tianyi and a large number of personnel from the material research institute. At this time, everyone was looking at the huge electronic display. Some basic conditions of high temperature reaction furnace.

The temperature displayed on the monitor has reached 3200 degrees. This is the surface temperature in the ultra-high temperature reactor. The core temperature has exceeded 4000 degrees at this time. Of course, this temperature is tested by external instruments. It is impossible to measure the terrifying temperature with a thermometer.

A new material is being calcined in the ultra-high temperature reaction furnace at this time, and it is also a new material made by a material formula that Li Fu took out from the seeds of the civilization of the super civilization Dahan Technology Empire.

Having participated in the research of the "Shenjian" aerospace fighter, Li Fu knew that the materials of the core engine of the aerospace fighter and the outer casing of the aerospace fighter were all precious materials made of a large amount of rare metals.

Not to mention other materials, the large amount of rare metals used alone is enough to make the price of these materials more expensive than gold, so the cost of an aerospace fighter will be as high as more than 300 billion Chinese dollars, and this is only the cost price , regardless of other factors in it.

So Li Fu now wants to research a new material that is cheap and can replace this expensive material. Once the research is done, among other things, the order from the country alone is enough for Li Fu's material company to eat. The pot is full and the mouth is full of oil.

What's more, China's No. [-] Civilization has clearly proposed to support the development of the space industry and encourage private forces to participate in the space industry. Obviously, in the future, whether it is China's official or private forces, there will be massive With the continuous inflow of funds, the market for this new material is absolutely leveraged, and it is also possible to become the main industry of Fuyun Group.

Of course, making money is secondary to Li Fu. Li Fu’s real goal is to promote the development of China’s space industry. Now everyone in the country is excited about the space industry. Big game in the space industry.

However, the cost of aerospace fighters is too expensive. The cost alone is more than 300 billion. Now the Chinese government has only built three. This price is too expensive, and it will have a great impact on China's entry into the space industry. Even the government can't play it, let alone ordinary civil forces.

Therefore, the cost of aerospace planes must be greatly reduced. Only in this way can Huaxia have more aerospace planes. If nothing else, without hundreds of aerospace planes, talking about the space industry seems a little bit It's too early.

The cost of an aerospace plane of more than 300 billion yuan, if maintenance, maintenance, ground handling, etc. are added, even the government will feel very difficult, but if the price can be reduced by ten times, the price of an aerospace plane of about 30 billion yuan will be reduced It is relatively more relaxed, the government does not have too much pressure at all, and private capital can also play, which is of great help to promote the development of the space industry.

With the low cost, the number of aerospace planes will naturally increase greatly, and the number and number of trips to and from space will increase. The development speed of the space industry is self-evident.

When he participated in the research of the "Sacred Arrow" aerospace fighter, Li Fu didn't think about producing cheap materials directly, but in the end Li Fu still chose to produce materials that needed to use a large amount of metal, and the purpose was naturally Hoping to give myself more control over myself.

Among the seeds of civilization that Li Fu obtained, there are a large number of material formulas for the super-civilized Dahan Technological Empire. It can even be said that the super-civilized Dahan Technological Empire has clearly studied all the materials, no matter what combination of materials or any method. What's more, the Dahan Technology Empire has already researched it, and it is not too simple to find materials suitable for aerospace aircraft.

Hundreds of thousands or millions of materials can be found casually. In fact, some need to use a large number of rare metals, and some only use common metal materials or only a few rare metal materials.

Of course, the processing method of using a large number of rare metal materials is obviously relatively simpler, and the use of ordinary metal materials obviously requires the use of many special material manufacturing methods. In fact, most of the methods are beyond the reach of current technology, only a few Some of them are achievable under current technological conditions.

"Well, the calcination time is almost up, and the temperature can be lowered."

Li Fu looked at the time on the huge monitor, and instructed the people beside him.

How is the situation inside the ultra-high temperature reaction furnace? No one knows now. Even if Li Fu knows the formula and manufacturing method of the material, it still takes a while to make it. He has failed many times before, not the manufacturing process. If there is a problem, there is a problem with the raw material.

This is already the 82nd experiment. After summing up the lessons and experience of failures again and again, Li Fu already had a premonition that this time, most of the new materials will be successfully produced.

As the temperature in the reactor dropped rapidly, the fully automated equipment quickly opened the reactor and took out the new material inside. Everyone couldn't help looking over excitedly.

I saw a huge mechanical arm grabbing a piece of black material. This material was dark and exuded the unique luster of metal. After being calcined at a high temperature of several thousand degrees, it did not turn red or become dazzling like other materials. Transparency, among other things, just the ability to withstand high temperatures can be seen now.

You must know that the mechanical arm made of ordinary steel is in contact with this black material, and huge heat is transferred to the mechanical arm, and the mechanical arm has begun to heat up rapidly.

"Hey!"

The huge mechanical arm moved the black material to the cooling room, and the automated cooling equipment sprayed water from all directions to the new material. In an instant, countless water vapor filled the entire cooling room, and there was a loud noise, smoky, and the water vapor was confused. .

Soon the advanced exhaust and drainage system drained the water vapor in the cooling room, etc., until the material was completely cooled down and no water vapor appeared again, and then it stopped.

The black material does not seem to have any changes, its volume neither expands due to high temperature, nor does it burst due to rapid cooling, the temperature difference between inside and outside is too large, and it does not shrink due to temperature drop, obviously The performance is very stable, and the color has not changed in the slightest.

It seems that the cooling just now has no effect on it, and it still maintains the appearance just out of the oven, with a dark patch.

"This time it looks like it should be a success."

Li Qianyu's beautiful eyes were shining, looking at the pitch-black material, she said very confidently.

"Well, I think it's similar. It didn't change color or deform under the high temperature of thousands of degrees, which shows its high temperature resistance, and it can maintain its original shape after rapid cooling. It should be a success."

Yao Tianyi on the side also nodded. The two of them followed Li Fu and participated in the research process of new materials, and they were quite confident in the results.

The new material this time grinds metal materials and ceramic materials into a powder state, and then shapes it with a binder. Finally, it is placed in an ultra-low temperature environment for freezing, and then it is placed in a normal environment until it reaches a normal temperature. It is then sent to an ultra-high temperature reactor for calcination.

This step seems to be very simple, but just the first step, grinding the metal materials and ceramic materials into a powder state made the whole team rack their brains. They thought of many ways and failed many times, because the original materials can only be ground into The more perfect the powder state is, the more perfect the material will be after calcination.

Many previous experiments were due to the inability to perfectly crush metal materials and ceramic materials in the first step of material crushing, which eventually led to failure.

Of course, with Li Fu around, all the problems are not a problem. In the end, each civilization is slowly solved. Li Fu also treats it like a soldier training. The researchers under him figured out their own way, and eventually guided and cultivated them slowly.

"Everything depends on the data, Li Qianyu, Yao Tianyi, you two take people to test this new material to see if it meets the requirements."

Although Li Fu can basically conclude that this time should be a success, he still asked the two to test the new materials and get the final data.

Soon, a piece of detailed data came into Li Fu's hands. Li Fu read it carefully and couldn't help nodding his head after reading it. The high temperature resistance is as high as 5500 degrees, and there will be no deformation at such a high temperature. It can withstand harsh working environments, and has very high heat insulation, hardness, strength, etc., which is definitely a perfect plasma engine material.

"Brother Fu, this material is very perfect, and the cost is relatively low. It is definitely a perfect material for aerospace and aviation."

Yao Tianyi seemed very excited at this time, it was definitely a very valuable experience for a researcher to be able to participate in such a perfect material research project.

"It can be said to be perfect. The data in all aspects are very good. There is absolutely no problem in using it to build a plasma engine."

Li Fu nodded and participated in the research of the "Sacred Arrow" fighter. Li Fu is well aware of the harsh requirements of plasma engines on materials.

"Call it black gold, black gold!"

A profiteer's smile appeared on the corner of Li Fu's mouth.

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