From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

Lin Xiao looked at the time, and then said: "It has been an hour of irradiation, let's check the DPA value first."

"Ok."

The staff in the laboratory responded immediately, then stopped the reaction, and then began to detect the DPA value.

The lower the DPA value, the better of course, because it means the average dislocation value of the atoms in the unit.

As for the measurement of this value, it is enough to do it in this research institute. After all, this kind of neutron irradiation experiment itself is used to detect the DPA value. Of course, they have corresponding detection devices here.

So soon, a researcher counted all the results, and then came to Lin Xiao's side in surprise, and said excitedly: "Mr. Lin, we have confirmed that under the current injected radiation dose, the control The average DPA value of the ordinary tungsten blocks in the group is around 0.024, while the average DPA value of samples No. There is 1!"

0.011!

There is a full difference of 0.024 between 0.013 and [-]!

And the average DPA value has reached the level of 0.016!

In terms of proportion, these 21 samples are 50.00% stronger than ordinary tungsten plates on average!

And the tallest individual among them is twice as strong!

Doesn't this mean that these tungsten plates that have resisted the bombardment of high-energy neutrons in the nuclear fusion reaction have become more resistant to the bombardment of neutrons as if they have been successfully strengthened.

Although this situation seems a bit unbelievable, the actual measured DPA value is right in front of their eyes!

The tallest one has become more than twice as strong!

Among the people who came with Lin Xiao this time, Kang Chengning was also included. After hearing the result, he also became extremely excited.

After all, the four of them discovered this material at the beginning. As the first discoverers, they must be able to enjoy various honors for it.

Of course, they are all insiders, so they are happy in their hearts, but for someone like Zhang Ran who doesn't know, it seems a bit outrageous.

He looked at the result in disbelief, and then asked Lin Xiao next to him: "Academician Lin, what's going on here? The material is more resistant to neutron irradiation?"

"What's the point of this?"

He is not Miss Li, how is this possible?

"This question..."

When he heard Zhang Ran's question, Lin Xiao touched his chin, as if he was thinking seriously, and said very seriously after a while: "Director Zhang, I don't know if you have heard a sentence called 'cannonballs will never will land in the same place'?"

Zhang Ran was taken aback: "What do you mean?"

"It means that maybe these tungsten blocks that have been bombarded by neutrons are actually because of this sentence, because they have been bombarded by neutrons, so neutrons will not bombard them again?"

Lin Xiao's serious appearance, coupled with the abilities he had shown in the past, made him think for a while that Lin Xiao was not joking, so he thought about it seriously.

But after a while, Zhang Ran came to his senses, and said speechlessly, "Academician Lin, you...you were just joking, I almost took it seriously."

What neutrons will not hit a place, their neutron bombardment doses are calculated in mol, but what you need to know is that 1 mol contains one Avogadro constant number of particles, and in the face of this dose of bombardment, He didn't think that would happen.

And Lin Xiao laughed and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's just a joke."

Then he said: "Of course, although looking at it now, the result is still very gratifying, but what we want to solve is the problem of nuclear fusion neutron bombardment, and it is not enough to just increase it twice."

"This is also..."

Zhang Ran nodded.

The maximum increase is only a little more than two times. For the actual controllable nuclear fusion reaction, even twenty times is probably not enough.

These tungsten plates can persist for an hour here because they cannot simulate the hundreds of millions of temperatures in the tokamak device here, and the neutrons emitted by the neutron source are not like the ones carried by deuterium-tritium fusion as high as 14.1MeV energy.

According to calculations, neutrons carrying 14.1 MeV energy are actually equivalent to the energy carried at 14.1 billion degrees. That is to say, if a large number of neutrons with [-] MeV energy are aggregated together, what they will show macroscopically is A temperature of hundreds of billions of degrees.

Therefore, in controlled nuclear fusion, these tungsten plates cannot last for too long.

Perhaps under the continuous bombardment of neutrons, the connection between its internal strong force and electromagnetic force will be interrupted, and finally it will become fragile again, just like the strengthening failure and the props being destroyed.

"That means that your experiment failed?"

Zhang Ran couldn't help asking.

Although Lin Xiao didn't say anything, but through the results of these experiments, he could roughly guess what Lin Xiao and the others were experimenting with.

If it's only twice as strong, it basically means that it doesn't have much effect.

But Lin Xiao just smiled, nodded and replied after a long while: "Well, it must be considered a failure."

"That would be a pity." Zhang Ran sighed, and said, "You guys are really not easy to study."

"really."

Lin Xiao nodded again, but the corners of his mouth curled up again.

Has it failed?

In fact, it was a huge success.

Because this neutron irradiation experiment has verified his original idea.

And what to do next, he is already very clear.

"Okay, let's do a longer-term irradiation experiment next, and let's see how these materials perform under longer-term irradiation."

He ordered it again, but then handed over other tasks to others, and then left the laboratory by himself, returning to the hotel to conduct more important research.

Chapter 429 Visiting from the South Institute of Physics

"Well, in this irradiation experiment, it was confirmed that the strange electronic states that appeared in 21 samples were basically the connection between the electromagnetic interaction force and the strong interaction force. Otherwise, they would not have behaved A situation where the ability to resist neutron irradiation becomes stronger."

After returning to the hotel, Lin Xiao found a laptop, paper and pens from his bag.

Of course, he always carried these things for scientific research.

"Well, for this state, for the time being, it can be called, uh..." Lin Xiao thought for a while, and finally gave this state a name, "It's called the electric strong coordination state."

"Well, that's a good name."

He nodded in satisfaction, and at the same time wrote down these four words on the draft paper, and then specially circled them and marked them with an asterisk to indicate the key points.

"Then according to the test results this time, under the electric-strong co-state, because the electromagnetic interaction force and the strong interaction force between materials are interconnected, so under the strong impact of the outside world, its It can strongly maintain the state of the particles in its atoms or nuclei and avoid displacement."

"So it can resist the impact of high-energy neutrons for a longer time."

Thinking of this, his eyes lit up slightly.

"Of course, the most important thing is that for different samples, their resistance is different."

"That is to say, its ultimate resistance to radiation can continue to be improved!"

Thinking of this, he already felt excited in his heart.

Although from the current point of view, the resistance shown in their 21 samples is all random, but for his philosophy, nothing in the world is random, and everything is traceable!

Just like the turbulent waves of the Yellow River crashing on the shore, it seems to be completely like a turbulent flow, and it is impossible to find the law of its flow, but for Lin Xiao, since he has found the general solution of the Navier-Stokes equation, So as long as he is given a computer with high enough computing power, he can simulate the flow of the Yellow River almost infinitely similarly in the computer.

And if he can let him know the various particles inside, he can even simulate a virtual Yellow River 100%.

Therefore, the irregularity in the human sense is only due to the limitation of the technical level and the computing power of the computer, which makes this law impossible to find.

As for those 21 samples, their resistance to neutron irradiation must also be unified based on an equation, and the process between them needs to be solved by using mathematical and physical knowledge.

"However, that's just what I'm good at."

Lin Xiao smiled slightly, and then began to work hard to find out this unified formula.

As for this purpose, if it is before completing the unified theory of the three forces, it is definitely impossible for Lin Xiao to complete it. After all, if he does not even know how the strong interaction force is unified with the electromagnetic interaction force, how can he know? How the two are connected.

Probably if people in the past also discovered this situation by coincidence, they would stop researching because they didn't understand.

Now that the unified theory of the three forces has been completed, this problem is not so difficult, especially for Lin Xiao.

Of course, this does not mean that after Lin Xiao completes the unified theory of the three forces, others are likely to be able to discover this.

First of all, for Kang Chengning, who discovered the electric strong co-state, without Lin Xiao's electron topological bonding theory, as well as his advice to them at the beginning, and the last few formulas he wrote down, they would have They would definitely not think of experimenting with this kind of tungsten block that is already scrapped, especially the four of them were very lucky to pick this tungsten block with an electric strength co-state inside.

If the entire probability is calculated, it is probably lower than winning the 500 million lottery for one month in a row.

For other people who do not have these prerequisites, the probability is probably even lower than the 500 million in ten years.

So from the perspective of probability, there is basically no need to worry that someone will suddenly discover this research direction that may lead to the ultimate material of controllable nuclear fusion.

Unless others find the "answer" directly from Lin Xiao.

However, Lin Xiao has never considered this possibility. After all, the computer and other things he uses are classified as S-level in terms of secrecy. Lack of top computer experts.

Therefore, his information security measures will basically not cause technology leakage due to information attacks like some key universities.

……

Time passed quickly again. Lin Xiao and the others quickly returned to Jinmen City, Jinwu Project Research Institute after completing the radiation experiment in Mianshi City.

For those who went with Lin Xiao this time, it is obviously worth celebrating. After all, no matter what, they have all seen the possibility of realizing the ultimate material this time. If it is not because of the restriction of confidentiality, otherwise they must have Blowing around.

Compared to their excitement, Lin Xiao, who had already entered the state of research, started his retreat again after returning to Jinmen City.

It's just that this hurts the other people in the Jinwu plan.

The core figures of the Golden Crow Project like Li Gang are naturally insiders, so after hearing Lin Xiao's return and the good news from other people, they all couldn't wait to ask Lin Xiao about it. The specific situation, good guy, Lin Xiao couldn't find anyone when he came back, which left them all speechless.

But at this time, they don't know whether to disturb Lin Xiaohao or wait for Lin Xiaohao. After all, they have heard that every time Lin Xiao enters this kind of research state, once he comes out, he will bring a Important results, so maybe Lin Xiao will be able to bring out a result that will surprise all of them this time after he retreats?

So in view of this, they can only wait for Lin Xiao to break through the level with peace of mind. No matter how anxious they are about the unknown result, they can only scratch their chests.

Of course, usually Lin Xiao's closed-door situation like this would only take a month at most, so gradually they became less anxious and waited for a month to see the outcome.

But until a month later, Li Gang and the others became anxious, because after a month, they still hadn't heard the news of Lin Xiao coming out. They also asked the national security personnel who protected Lin Xiao, but the national security personnel could only reply to them. "Academician Lin is still researching", and other than that, there have never been other changes.

There was no other way, they didn't dare to disturb Lin Xiao's train of thought, maybe once they went to find Lin Xiao, Lin Xiao's train of thought would be blocked or something?

So they can only continue to wait.

And this time, it was another month.

……

The time has come to June of 2025.

In a small conference room planned by Jinwu, Li Gang and the others all had troubled looks on their faces.

"People from the South Institute of Physics are coming? Why are they here?"

Li Gang frowned, with a very disgusted expression.

"Hey, according to what they said, they are here to visit us." Song Tao said with a cold snort.

"Also visit, hey, I'd rather believe that the weasels are kind enough to pay New Year's greetings to the chickens, and I don't believe that they will come to pay respects to us with kindness."

Li Gang snorted.

And at this moment, the outside door knocked.

"People are coming."

The two looked at each other, then stood up and looked towards the door.

The door opened, and several people walked in.

And one of them walked in, looked around, and said to Song Tao: "Tsk, old Song, long time no see, but, I see your Golden Crow Project, a group of dragons without a leader every three days, should you consider it?" What about us?"

4 Chapter Thirty Abandoning the Tokamak Device?

Hearing what this person said, Song Tao and the others knew that this time it was really a bad person.

It's not just their Institute of Plasma Research that studies controllable nuclear fusion in China, but also the South Institute of Physics that the person in front of him belongs to.

After all, it is such a big project as controllable nuclear fusion, and it is impossible for them to be the only ones to research it, especially since this project has a very high demand for funds, and it still has to be developed for Huaguo.

Because in the current world, there are only two countries that have funds to independently research this thing, and if Hua Guo does not spend money to research this thing, it is tantamount to giving up a chance to rise in the future, facing such consequences , is obviously not good, so they have to study it.

Of course, it is precisely because of this that different factions have emerged among domestic researchers who study controllable nuclear fusion.

Song Tao and his plasma group can be regarded as one of the factions. With the Dongfang Chaohuan, they have repeatedly achieved good results, and they can be regarded as the largest faction.

As for the South Institute of Physics, with the support of the Nuclear Industry Group, it has produced a No. 2 M device for the Circulator, and in some specifications, the No. 2 M device for the Circulator is even more advanced than the Dongfang Super Ring. It was better, so before the establishment of the Jinwu Project, the Plasma Institute and their Institute were the main force in the research of controllable nuclear fusion in China.

Therefore, for these two research institutes, they belong to the relationship of competitors with each other, and the funds that the country can invest in their controllable nuclear fusion research every year are limited. As the two sides come and go, they become more and more at odds.

But, these were all things before the establishment of the Golden Crow Project, and now after the establishment of the Golden Crow Project, the people at the Plasma Institute have become the main members of the Golden Crow Project by virtue of their relationship with Lin Xiao.

And the tens of billions of funds in the Golden Crow Project, isn't it much more rewarding than they worked so hard at the beginning just to produce some results, and then competed with the guys from the South Institute of Physics for funds?