Chapter 271: Atomic Missile (8)
Because the reactor can produce extremely high temperatures, when the engine ignites in the missile, it produces a great amount of propulsion. It's much more powerful than ordinary liquid propulsion!
Zhao Zhongyao told Zhao Zhongyao about how his atomic reactor worked. Zhao Zhongyao listened, and was a little confused. However, he could still know from Zhao Zhongyao's explanation that the speed of the atomic missile they were going to develop next was very fast, and it could completely catch up with the enemy's high-altitude reconnaissance plane!
"Okay, Zhongyao! You don't need to explain it anymore, just listen to you, the speed of this atomic missile is very fast! But this is only theoretical! If you don't make live ammunition, you still don't praise this Haikou, I still don't believe it! I don't know if you can produce this kind of weapon!"
Yan Mingcheng listened to Zhao Zhongyao's words, but he still didn't believe it! He felt that Zhao Zhongyao was just talking on paper.
"Yes! You won't believe it just by telling you. Well, you can go back. I will produce this new type of air defense missile within a month, and when the time comes, you can verify it with Director Liu and Chief of Staff Yang. ”
Zhao Zhongyao also knows that just talking about not practicing is a fake trick. What is the atomic missile he designed, we have to produce it and conduct a test launch to find out!
"Okay, Zhongyao, you can slowly develop your atomic missile! I'll go back first. Yan Mingcheng chatted with Zhao Zhongyao for a few more words, and then drove back to his army.
After sending Yan Mingcheng away, Zhao Zhongyao began to design his atomic missile drawings again.
Although he had already designed the core engine that he was most anxious about, he had not yet designed the drawings of the entire missile! So he put aside the drawings of the atomic furnace and began to design the drawings of the entire atomic missile.
With the most core engine drawings, the exterior drawings of the entire missile were designed. It's a lot easier.
Zhao Zhongyao spent another day designing the exterior drawings of the entire atomic missile.
After he designed the drawings of the entire atomic missile, he took these drawings to Director Wu.
After all, if he wants to produce an advanced weapon, he also has to discuss it with Director Wu!
Zhao Zhongyao took the drawings and came to Wu Qingshan's office.
As soon as Wu Qingshan saw that it was Zhao Zhongyao coming, he looked at Zhao Zhongyao politely and said, "It's Director Zhao! Why, have you already designed a new missile?"
Of course, Wu Qingshan also knew that Zhao Zhongyao was going to design a new missile again. This is because the previous missiles did not shoot down the enemy's newly developed high-altitude reconnaissance planes! This made the leaders of the armament department very angry! Zhao Zhongyao was ordered to immediately develop a new type of air defense missile!
"Yes! Last time, the anti-aircraft missile I developed did not bring down the enemy's new high-altitude reconnaissance plane, but on the contrary, it lost an anti-aircraft missile in vain! The higher-level leaders criticized me! I was asked to quickly produce a more advanced anti-aircraft missile!
I had no choice but to work day and night, and only then did I develop a new type of anti-aircraft missile! I called it an atomic missile, so let's take a look!"
Zhao Zhongyao said, and put the drawings in front of Wu Qingshan.
Wu Qingshan picked up his reading glasses and put them on. Then he took a closer look at the drawings of the new anti-aircraft missile designed by Zhao Zhongyao.
"Hey, Director Zhao, why is the anti-aircraft missile you designed this time smaller than the last one!"
Wu Qingshan. Originally, I thought that if Zhao Zhongyao designed a new type of anti-aircraft missile, it would definitely be even bigger than the previous design!
In Wu Qingshan's feelings, he felt. Only a larger missile can fly faster and farther!
"Director Wu, don't look at it. This time the missile I designed was smaller, but it was more powerful than the previous one. Not only can it fly very high and fast, but it can also fly continuously for a long time, and if it wants to fly, it can circle the earth without any problem. ”
Zhao Zhongyao knew that the biggest feature of the atomic reactor missile he designed this time was that it could fly continuously for a long time.
Just like the Ground Fighter tank and the Gazelle helicopter he designed before. Because it uses the most space-efficient nuclear energy. Therefore, this kind of nuclear-powered engine, as long as it is refueled once, can work continuously for a month without any problem!
"What do you say, this missile, can go around the earth. Director Zhao, you're not joking with me, are you!
Director Wu listened to Zhao Zhongyao's words, he shook his head, he didn't believe that this kind of missile could fly in the sky for a month, which was something that ordinary people couldn't imagine!
"I know Director Wu won't believe it. Actually, even I don't believe it! Theoretically, that's it. Only when this missile is produced and then a test launch is carried out will we know whether this kind of theoretical continuous flight can completely become a reality. ”
Although Zhao Zhongyao designed this atomic missile, what about this missile. After it was developed, whether it was really the same as the flight parameters he designed, it is hard to say!
Everything will have to wait until he produces this missile and conducts a test launch to finally know the answer!
"Okay, then let's start producing this missile!" Wu Qingshan finished reading Zhao Zhongyao's design drawings and began to discuss with Zhao Zhongyao how to produce this kind of atomic missile, which is unique in the world.
This missile, logically speaking, does not seem to be difficult to produce, that is, it is enough to produce a small atomic reactor.
All the key technologies of this kind of missile lie in this small atomic reactor. As long as this thing is produced, then the production of the shell of this thing and a set of guidance systems will be considered complete.
Since they have already produced an anti-aircraft missile, for the guidance system of the missile, naturally, there is already a production experience. This time, it is much more proficient.
However, the most critical thing of this atomic missile, that is, the atomic reactor, is more difficult.
It's not just difficult. What's more, it's a very dangerous job! because it's a thing to produce. It is necessary to use uranium, a highly radioactive heavy metal element. Therefore, how to produce this kind of nuclear power engine has become a production safety problem that Zhao Zhongyao needs to solve!
Fortunately, Zhao Zhongyao is a nuclear physicist himself, and he is very experienced in how to effectively prevent radioactive elements.
He knew that the first radiation protection clothing made by people was mainly a relatively heavy clothing made of lead fiber and an organic compound, polyvinyl chloride.
This clothing is able to protect against atomic radiation, especially the natural radioactive radiation of uranium, and has a good attraction and protection effect.
Because lead is the nemesis of uranium. Lead attracts a large amount of particles emitted by uranium. Able to prevent nuclear leakage.
Therefore, when people use uranium, they generally use lead boxes to hold this highly radioactive substance.
In nuclear power plants, lead walls are also used as an outer leakage prevention device for atomic reactors. Because of the protection of lead, it is possible for humans to use atomic energy with confidence!
As a physicist in the 21st century, Zhao Zhongyao is well aware of some of the properties of uranium.
This time, when using this atomic energy, his first consideration was safety.
Any kind of weapon is designed to protect the country against aggression. Such weapons. If it were a weapon. If you don't design it yet, and you hurt your own people first, then there is no need for this kind of weapon to be produced.
When Zhao Zhongyao was designing this advanced missile, he first had to consider the safety of the atomic missile!
He was designing the outside of this atomic reactor. There is a thick layer of lead as a protection device against radiation.
There is also a coating of paint containing lead elements on the shell of this missile, also to protect against nuclear radiation.
But these are only the protective devices of the missiles themselves. For the time of production. The design of the workers' protective clothing is also within the scope of Zhao Zhongyao's consideration!
Since Zhao Zhongyao is a reborn person, he already knows. On the parallel earth where he was alive, how did human beings use anti-radiation suits to work, so before he produced this kind of atomic reactor, he first had to produce a special clothing that could prevent nuclear radiation!
Originally, he could have used lead and polyvinyl chloride as materials for radiation protective clothing! However, considering that the weight of the clothing made of this material is very large, the workers who wear it may feel very tired.
So Zhao Zhongyao planned to develop a lightweight anti-radiation suit! He knew that the world had already produced a second-generation anti-radiation suit!
This is an advanced and lightweight radiation protective clothing developed and produced with tantalum and polyvinyl chloride!
Tantalum is a very rare heavy metal element, at room temperature, almost does not react with any substance, even 'aqua regia' can not help it.
However, at high temperatures, tantalum can easily react with other substances. In particular, alkaline compounds are the nemesis of tantalum!
In addition to the above properties, tantalum has the same property as lead, that is, they can attract large streams of atomic radiation particles.
That's why tantalum can be used to make a kind of radiation suit. Although both of them are protected against radiation, tantalum atoms are lighter than lead atoms. Therefore, clothing made of this elemental fiber is much lighter than clothing made of lead fiber.
People are willing to wear clothes that are light in weight and good quality, rather than clothes that are heavy in weight and of average quality.
If Zhao Zhongyao wants to produce his atomic reactor, he must first produce such a radiation-proof clothing containing metal tantalum!
Fortunately, Zhao Zhongyao also knew for a long time where the tantalum element was and how to extract it. So he soon found a large amount of tantalum-containing tantalite, and extracted a large amount of tantalum from these tantalites.
This tantalum element is enough for him to produce several sets of radiation-proof clothing.
Fortunately, in the countries of this parallel world, there are also large amounts of uranium, a pure natural radioactive element with high content.
These natural uranium ores can already allow Zhao Zhongyao to produce his small atomic reactor.
If it weren't for the very high content of natural uranium ore he had discovered on Mushroom Island, he would not have been able to develop this new atomic missile of his!
Because the content of natural uranium rods is too low, it is impossible to start the chain reaction of uranium atoms. If you can't start this chain reaction, you can't use atomic energy at all.
Fortunately, there is a high content of natural uranium in a small island called Mushroom Island on the eastern coast of China.
This uranium ore is a natural uranium ore that can meet the needs of starting the atomic energy chain reaction. Zhao Zhongyao can directly use this natural uranium ore without refining and processing this uranium ore.
Without this high content of uranium ore, the process of purifying high content of pure uranium is something that Zhao Zhongyao cannot do in a short time.
As a nuclear physicist, Zhao Zhongyao is well aware of some of the properties of uranium as an element. In the earth's crust, the amount of uranium is very small. It's about 2.5 parts per million. The uranium-235 that humans can use, the isotope of this uranium, only accounts for about 0.7 percent of the entire uranium element.
Therefore, it is not easy to discover uranium and use uranium. In particular, uranium enrichment technology can be said to be a standard for testing a country's very developed science and technology!
There are more than 200 countries in the world, and it can be said that there are only a handful of countries that can master this technology!
As a well-known nuclear physicist, Zhao Zhongyao also knows about this uranium enrichment technology. He can do that too.
However, he also knew that oil concentration was a high-tech activity, not something that could be done casually.
Compared with the atomic missile developed now, it may be much more difficult to enrich uranium than he is to develop this kind of atomic missile!
Fortunately, Zhao Zhongyao had obtained these high-content uranium ores before, otherwise, the uranium enrichment link alone would have made it impossible for him to develop this high-tech weapon.
After Zhao Zhongyao discussed with Director Wu, he first asked Director Wu to lead the workers to produce the metal shell of the atomic missile.
And he had to work overtime to design a set of radiation-proof clothing spun from tantalum and polyvinyl chloride synthetic fibers!
Fortunately, for Zhao Zhongyao, all this is the technology he knew before his death. Now that he is developing it, he has a feeling that he is familiar with the road! This kind of anti-atomic radiation clothing containing tantalum and polyvinyl chloride has been developed very quickly. (To be continued.) )