Chapter 52: The Great Killer
Liao Gongxin said that there can be any major discoveries, and it can be bigger than the stealth circuit board of the full spectrum stealth. You must know that as soon as this stealth circuit board comes out, all kinds of military electromagnetic detection devices developed by countries around the world over the past hundred years will be swept into the garbage heap of history.
However, seeing the young man's anxious look, Liao Gong still asked:
"What's the situation, tell me quickly."
After calming down and breathing, the man said, "Liao Gong, when we tested that circuit board, we found that it can indeed split water into hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms. ”
"Isn't that what we knew beforehand?" Liao Gong asked, "These two elements are mixed together, won't they explode after being energized?" ”
"Originally, we thought it would, so we did a lot of preparation work in the experiment. However, to our surprise, there was no explosion or anything, after testing, we found that after the circuit board is working, there will be a peculiar force field on the board, which can decompose the water molecules that come into contact with it, and also block the circuit from the decomposed hydrogen and oxygen atoms. ”
"Like this?" Liao Gong thoughtfully bowed his head, and the anti-gravity circuit board also has its own force field, and there is still a force field on the circuit board that dissolves water. There seems to be some connection between this, I don't know if this stealth circuit board also has this kind of force field.
Of course, the water-splitting circuit board can only decompose water molecules, which is not a particularly unusual thing, at best, it is much more energy-efficient than electrolyzed water; Thinking of this, Liao Gong said: "If the energy consumption is not large, then we have found a good way to prepare hydrogen; Maybe it's possible to achieve a hydrogen-fired engine. ”
"It's not that simple!" The man shook his head and said, "We broke down several tons of water with different voltages several times, and accidentally found that the quality of hydrogen and oxygen decomposed was different each time. Strangely, we analyzed the decomposed gas. Guess what? ”
"What?" Liao Gong asked strangely.
"Deuterium and tritium! After separation, from the decomposed seven tons of tap water, we obtained a large amount of hydrogen and oxygen, and at the same time produced one kilogram of deuterium and 400 grams of tritium. ”
"What?" Liao Gong's volume increased by eighty decibels, and asked rhetorically.
It's just terrifying.
Everyone in the world knows that there is a kind of thermonuclear mass killer called mushroom bomb in the world, there are two kinds of mushrooms, one is a fission atomic egg, and the other is a fusion hydrogen egg; The name of the mushroom comes from its charges: deuterium and tritium.
Deuterium is a stable form of radioactive isotope of hydrogen, also known as heavy hydrogen, and the element symbol is generally D or 2H. There is a proton and a neutron in the nucleus, and 0.02% deuterium in hydrogen. The content in nature is about 1/7000 of the average hydrogen. It is used in thermonuclear reactions, and β rays are emitted during fusion to form helium with a mass of 3. Deuterium has been called the "natural fuel of the future".
At room temperature, deuterium is a colorless, odorless, non-toxic and harmless flammable gas. It is used in nuclear energy, controlled nuclear fusion reactions, deuterated optical fibers, deuterium lubricating oils, lasers, light bulbs, experimental research, toughening treatment of semiconductor materials, nuclear medicine, nuclear agriculture, etc.; In addition, in the military, it also has some important uses, such as the manufacture of hydrogen bombs, neutron bombs and DF laser weapons.
If deuterium exists in a certain amount in nature, then tritium is a completely man-made product.
Tritium is also one of the isotopes of hydrogen and has the element symbol T or 3H. Its nucleus is composed of one proton and two neutrons, is radioactive, undergoes β decay, has a half-life of 12.43 years, and an atomic weight of 3.016u. The content in nature is extremely small, and it is almost impossible to extract it from nature in batches, and the tritium used now is all prepared by industrial means.
Both deuterium and tritium are necessary elements to make a hydrogen bomb. But the production of tritium is extremely low, for example, the Gallic chicken, one of the five hooligans in the United Nations who have a hydrogen bomb, mainly relies on the Celestine 1 and 2 heavy water reactors to produce tritium. By 1990, its cumulative production of tritium was estimated at about 8 kilograms, with an annual replenishment of 400 grams. Niuniu's tritium is partly produced by the Chapelcros graphite gas-cooled reactor and the other part is imported from Eagle Sauce, which was exchanged for highly enriched uranium and tritium in exchange for Eagle Sauce under the 1958 mutual defense agreement. By 1990, the cumulative production of tritium was about 6 kilograms, and the annual replenishment was 300 grams.
This shows how low the production of tritium is, and the cost is not cheap. In 1995, the Eagle Sauce Ministry of Energy promulgated a plan for a two-track approach to tritium production, first using nuclear power plants to produce tritium, and second, designing and building new tritium-producing accelerators. The Savannah River plant plans to build an accelerator to produce tritium, which will cost $6.72 billion from 1997 to 2010, according to estimates by the Congressional Budget Office, compared with $2.35 billion to produce tritium from a nuclear power plant. Nearly 10 billion US dollars of investment, as well as a lot of annual operating investment, in exchange for an annual output of several kilograms of tritium.
Let's look at the conversion formula of the water-splitting circuit board in turn:
7 tons of water + 2 kWh of electricity + catalytic circuit board = some hydrogen + some oxygen + 1kg of deuterium + 0.4kg of tritium
How much is 7 tons of tap water? According to the market price of five yuan a ton, the total is thirty-five yuan.
How much is 2 kWh? A piece of industrial electricity costs five cents a kilowatt-hour, which is three yuan.
The most expensive is the circuit board, which is worth 2,500 yuan if calculated according to the price and loss of the anti-gravity charm. And as long as this thing is not worn out, it can be used continuously, evenly shared, and the cost is lower.
With a total investment of less than 3,000 yuan, you can exchange so much deuterium and tritium, which is ...... It's unreasonable!
The head of the Air Force, who was standing on the side, listened to the conversation between the two and said loudly: "This matter, we can't control it, let's report it!" ”
Liao Gong nodded and said: "This can only be the case, it's a pity, Mr. Ye still wants to use this circuit board to make a hydrogen-fired engine; Looking at the working efficiency of this hydrolysis circuit board, the hydrogen-fired engine is about to fail. ”
General Zhang, who left the warrior car, praised:
"Hydrogen is a good fuel with a high calorific value and no pollution. The only bottleneck restricting the development of hydrogen-fired engines is the preparation of hydrogen; According to what you said, this kind of circuit board can directly split water to produce hydrogen and oxygen, which is complementary to hydrogen engines, which is indeed an excellent idea! Unfortunately, deuterium and tritium are too important. Speaking of deuterium and tritium are also a kind of fuel, when our country joined the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, we were excluded by others, so we simply got rid of them and went it alone; With this super cost-effective and super convenient deuterium-tritium preparation method, our country's artificial sun program and future nuclear fusion power generation can save a lot of investment. ”
The head of the Air Force said: "Report it to the Central Committee!" It is up to the relevant authorities to dispose of these circuit boards that break down the water. ”
He set the tone in one sentence, and those present felt that it was the right thing to do.
After finishing speaking, he said: "I don't know what kind of character Mr. Ye is in your mouth, who can invent so many magical circuits; I'd love to see it. ”