Chapter 137: The Road to Superconductivity
"Boss, can you start experimenting now?" Equation asked, rubbing his hands up.
Huang Haojie nodded.
"All departments are ready to conduct experiments right away."
"The power sector is ready."
The heads of various departments of the "......" replied one after another, and there was no problem.
Soon four pieces of high-purity iron-silver alloy were put into the reactor by the industrial robot.
"Let's go!" The equation is ordered.
The various departments in the control room immediately got busy.
Buzzing...... In the midst of the low sound, invisible X-rays bombarded the iron-silver alloy intensively, and the temperature, magnetic field, and air pressure in the reactor began to enter the specified parameters.
Huang Haojie supported his chin with both hands, sat in the middle of the control room, and silently watched the monitoring screen.
I hope that this time we can get practical superconductors at room temperature! He hoped that the experiment would be a success.
The equation on the side was also a little tense.
After all, they don't know if they can break through the 14,000-hour bottleneck this time.
Let's hope it doesn't go back in vain like before! The equation prayed.
……
Minutes and seconds passed.
X-rays, as before, devastate the iron-silver alloy plate, and under specific conditions such as temperature, magnetic field, and air pressure, the iron-silver alloy begins to quietly transform.
If someone were to observe the iron-silver alloy plate with an electron microscope at this moment, they would find that the iron and silver atoms slowly became orderly, showing a different kind of beauty.
Of course, in a reactor, you can't install an electron microscope or anything like that.
Even some electronic components, such as temperature sensors, need to be replaced every once in a while, because the ionizing radiation of X-rays will gradually corrode these electronic components.
Even if the equation has been tried in every possible way to prevent radiation, this kind of close-range electronic components must not be completely prevented.
The closer to the core area of the X-laser, the shorter the service life of the electronic components, such as the temperature sensor in the reactor, which is replaced every 2.4 days on average.
However, both Huang Haojie and the equation know that these losses are what they must endure, and once the practical normal temperature superconductor is successfully developed, the price they pay will reap the sweetest fruits.
In the control room, the reaction time of the reactor has reached 5 hours and 21 minutes.
"Reactor No. 3, experiment over."
"Take the sample out right away." The equation commanded nervously.
The staff of the robot team took out the samples in the No. 3 reactor step by step.
The equation looks at the monitoring, and the sample has been sent into the testing room by the industrial robot.
The inspectors are testing the samples in an intense and orderly manner.
The people who were also waiting for the results to be processed were also a little nervous, for fear that bad news would come from the testing room.
"Boss, can it be done this time?" The equation asked in a bottomless whisper.
"Do your best to obey the destiny of heaven." Huang Haojie is in the process of recuperating with his eyes closed.
Last night, he received a torrent of memories from parallel time and space, and now the whole person is not good.
Seeing the boss's haggard look, the equation didn't dare to ask anything.
The tense time was ticking and ticking, and as the time for the results to come out drew closer, the atmosphere in the control room became more and more oppressive and dreary.
An inspector rushed in panting and shouted excitedly, "Whew! Good news! ”
The equation took three steps and two steps, and he hurriedly grabbed the test report and looked at it, and when he saw the superconducting state maintenance time on the test report, he suddenly trembled with excitement.
"Chief Engineer Fang, don't watch it alone."
"That's right, say it and make the big guy happy."
"Haha, the emperor has lived up to his wishes, and the maintenance time has reached 37,000 hours! 37,000 hours! "Very excited shouting.
"Oooooooooo......oo
"Great."
"It worked!"
"Haha......"
Everyone in the control room jumped up and shouted excitedly, and some people were even so excited that they burst into tears.
Huang Haojie took the test report weakly and looked at it carefully.
Sure enough, it is the purity of the iron-silver alloy that affects the maintenance time of the superconducting state.
37,000 hours, equivalent to about 1,500 days, can maintain the superconducting state for more than four years, which is already practical.
"Equation!"
"Boss!" The equation hurriedly suppressed the excitement.
"Now that the ambient superconductor is practical, you can improve it as you produce it. There are two directions, one is to continue to purify the iron-silver alloy, and the other is to enhance the power of the X-ray laser. Huang Haojie commanded.
"Okay, boss."
Huang Haojie turned around and ordered Su Langwen on the side: "Longwen! I decided to set up Pulsar, with you as the president, and this company is affiliated with the Galaxy Group. ”
"Thank you, boss!" Su Langwen was excited.
"Next, you contact Neutron Star and ask them to continue to purify iron-silver alloys, the production of room temperature superconductors in this X-ray base may not be enough, you have to plan an expansion, and reserve another batch of silver." Huang Haojie thought about it and commanded again.
Su Langwen immediately knew what Huang Haojie meant, after all, once the news of the successful research and development of room temperature superconductors of Galaxy Technology broke out, then silver, as an important raw material for room temperature superconductors, would inevitably rise.
Of course, Galaxy Technology wants to take advantage of the fact that silver has not skyrocketed now, and buy a large amount of silver to continue to reserve.
Huang Haojie suddenly frowned: "Longwen, you don't want to buy silver, I'll let the Mars Group buy it." ”
Forehead...... Su Langwen's brain was a little confused, but he quickly reacted.
It really can't be acquired by Pulsar or Neutron Star, otherwise it will definitely make people doubt the motives of Galaxy Technology.
And by the Mars Group to acquire, you can repair the plank road in the open and Chen Cang in the dark.
……
May Day.
A holiday for working people.
Huang Haojie is also in labor.
Inside the conference room on the top floor of the Galaxy Technology 2015 Building.
Wang Bosi, President of Galaxy Group, Zhang Rujingzai, President of Galaxy Semiconductor, Huang Yongdong, President of Neutron Star Company, and Du Wei, President of Xingtu Company.
and Su Langwen, the president of the newly established Pulsar Company.
"Guys, the room temperature superconductor has been successful!" Huang Haojie smiled and clicked on the multimedia.
Although Wang Bosi, Zhang Rujing and others more or less knew that Huang Haojie had been developing new materials in the X-ray base for more than a month.
But they didn't expect it to be a room-temperature superconductor.
"Boss, is this room-temperature superconductor already practical?" Zhang Rujing asked excitedly.
Huang Haojie clicked on the introduction of room temperature superconductors in multimedia.
Zhang Rujing raised his glasses and looked carefully.
Several other CEOs are also watching.
"It can already maintain superconductivity at room temperature for 37,000 hours, which is equivalent to more than four years, and it can indeed be practical." Wang Bosi looked at the data above and said.
"If the chip circuit material is replaced with a superconductor at room temperature, it means that the unit energy consumption will be reduced by less than one percent, and the heat dissipation problem will also be solved." Zhang Rujing said with some panting excitement.
"Not only that, but if you use room temperature superconductors to transmit electricity, then the waste in the transmission process will be greatly reduced." Huang Yongdong also mentioned the application of power transmission.
At present, the total loss of the domestic power grid is 6~7%, and the loss of the rural low-voltage power grid can reach more than 20%.
Think about the country's total annual power generation is more than 6 trillion kilowatt hours, what is 6~7%? 360 billion ~ 420 billion kilowatt hours of electricity is wasted.