Galactic Tech Empire

Chapter 461 Sublight Speed ​​([-])

If the efficiency of the laser head is not solved, the overall energy consumption of the photon engine will be difficult to reduce.

Once space travel is carried out on a large scale, this problem will seriously affect the endurance of the spacecraft. If this problem is not resolved, the same amount of energy will be consumed, and the endurance mileage of the spacecraft of the Human Innovation Alliance will be less than half of that of the An Luo star.

This will not only increase the cost of navigation, but also increase the consumption rate of fuel resources. For future planning, this problem must be solved.

Of course, in view of the current tense situation, the first sublight spaceship of the Human Innovation Alliance has been approved for design. This is a light spaceship with a single photon engine and an overall mass of about 3000 tons. It is a typical experimental spaceship.

"Li Xiang, we are divided into two groups. You are in charge of research and development of alternative materials, and I am in charge of the artificial synthesis of radium elements." Huang Haojie directly ordered.

Li Xiang nodded, he is not good at synthesizing elements, because it involves nuclear physics.

Materials Research Institute, No.11 branch.

The Institute is located deep underground in the Qaidam Basin in Qinghai Province. It used to be the nuclear physics research base of the Dongtang Academy of Sciences, and is now merged into the No.11 branch of the Institute of Materials Research.

It specializes in the research and development of nuclear materials.

Huang Haojie's stand-in robot took the train through the underground tunnel and entered the secret research base deep underground.

"Welcome the head of state to inspect the work." Chen Xiangqian, the director of the institute, and Pavloko Rostrov, the chief engineer, said hastily.

Clap, clap... The others quickly applauded.

"Everyone has worked hard, you are welcome. I came here this time to develop the artificial synthesis of radium." Huang Haojie waved to everyone.

"Mr. Yuan, it's very nice to meet you. I'm Pavlokorostrov, the chief engineer of the No.11 branch of materials." Pavlokorostrov excitedly held Huang Haojie's hand and said .

"It turned out to be Mr. Pavlo Korostlov from the Moscow Institute of Nuclear Physics. I am very glad to meet you. We walked and chatted." Huang Haojie said.

"It's an honor." Pavlokorostrov said hastily.

Chen Xiangqian, who was on the side, also hurriedly led the way to the interior of the institute. He and Pavlo Korostrov introduced the internal situation of the institute to Huang Haojie as they walked.

"Has the equipment I sent someone to escort over three days ago arrived?" Huang Haojie asked Chen Xiangqian.

Chen Xiangqian nodded and replied, "It's already here."

"Take me there."

"Okay, the head of state please follow me."

After a while, the group came to a laboratory. In the wide space, a device similar to a nuclear fusion reactor was standing in it.

Huang Haojie asked Zhong to take over the supercomputer of this laboratory and began to test the condition of the equipment.

[Master, the equipment is in good condition and can be used for experiments. ]
Huang Haojie turned his head and told Chen Xiangqian, "Take 1 kilogram of titanium element."

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." Chen Xiangqian hurriedly arranged the titanium elemental material.

Pavlo Korostlov asked with great interest: "Does Mr. Yuan intend to artificially synthesize radium through nuclear fusion?"

"Exactly." Huang Haojie replied with a smile while inputting parameters into the device.

"Titanium element?" Pavloko Rostrov touched his thick beard and thought about it. Titanium element is the 22nd element with a relative atomic mass of 47.8; while radium is the 88th element, the most stable isotope relative to the atom. The mass is 226.

If titanium is to be synthesized into radium, the 44th element ruthenium must be passed through. Of course, the nuclear fusion reaction may not be completed in one step.

Pavloko Rostrov had also imagined that heavy elements could be synthesized from light elements, but this was too difficult to achieve.

Generally speaking, the artificial synthesis of radium elements is usually done by bombarding elements heavier than radium elements with neutrons, so that the nuclear fission of heavy elements becomes relatively light radium elements.

However, this method has a fatal shortcoming, which is the problem of element abundance in nature. The larger the element number, the smaller the relative abundance.The abundance of radium element is relatively more, and it is obviously not worth the loss to use elements heavier than it to make radium element.

After a while, Chen Xiangqian fetched 10 kilograms of elemental titanium from the experimental material warehouse.

Huang Haojie put 1 kilogram of elemental titanium powder into the reactor by assisting the robot in the experiment. This equipment is indeed transformed from a nuclear fusion reactor.

When the nuclear fusion reaction switch is pressed, the elemental titanium powder in the reactor is instantly crushed by the powerful neutron ionization produced by the NN-8-1 material, and nuclear fusion reaction begins.

The thermoelectric power generation system and ion power generation system attached to the reactor began to generate electricity, and soon with the output of electric energy, titanium atoms were nuclear fusion into iron atoms.

Once the atom reaches the stage of iron, it means that the nuclear fusion reaction begins to enter a dividing line. The nuclear fusion reaction before the iron atom can output energy, while the nuclear fusion reaction after the iron atom shows a negative output of energy. In this state, energy must be replenished to continue the nuclear fusion reaction.

Huang Haojie continued to operate the nuclear fusion reactor, allowing the iron atoms inside to continue nuclear fusion. Under the strong neutron ionization compression, the iron atoms had to yield and synthesize copper nuclei and zinc nuclei, followed by copper nuclei, zinc nuclei Nuclear to selenium fusion...

After half an hour.

The 1 kilogram of elemental titanium in the reactor has become a mixture of element 87, francium, element 88, radium, and a small part of element 89, actinium.

The experimental robot took out a piece of silver-white metal mixture from the reactor and put it into a special storage box.

Because whether it is element 87 francium, element 88 radium, or element 89 actinium, these elements are all radioactive, especially the amount as high as 1 kilogram, which greatly increases their radioactivity.

"Take this piece of metal to test the specific content of the radium element." Huang Haojie instructed Chen Xiangqian and Pavlokorostrov.

"Okay, Head of State." The two quickly took the storage box and headed for the special laboratory.

Huang Haojie checked the element synthesis furnace while flipping through the experimental data just now. This method of synthesizing elements can indeed be mass-produced, provided that the energy is sufficient. Extravagant behavior.

But now the Human Revolution Alliance has to use this method to manufacture radium elements, because this is related to the efficiency of the photon engine.

More than an hour later, Pavlokorostrov ran over excitedly with a test report: "Führer, your experiment was very successful. The content of radium is about 42%."

After flipping through the report, Huang Haojie instructed Pavlokorostrov, "I will leave the element synthesis furnace here, and you can produce 50 kilograms of radium elements as soon as possible."

"Yes." Pavloko Rostrov quickly agreed. He knew the importance of the radium element. Before the replacement of the beta-ray laser head material was developed, they could only produce it in this way regardless of the cost. radium element.

(End of this chapter)