"start!"

With Luo Jia's order, the double-helix star-like fusion reactor was located 117 meters underground, and the first operation of the double-helix star-like fusion reactor began.

Fusion occurs inside the reactor, and people cannot see the reaction process outside. The most intuitive manifestation is the temperature that keeps beating on the screen.

Five thousand degrees!

Twenty thousand degrees!

150,000 degrees Celsius!

The temperature is rising sharply, and it is faster than the limits that ordinary people imagine.

The boiling point of water under standard air pressure is 100 degrees Celsius, the melting point of iron is 1535 degrees, and the melting point of tungsten is 3422 degrees. The temperature of controllable fusion can easily reach tens of millions of degrees Celsius, or even hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius.

All known materials cannot withstand high temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees. According to normal logic, the outer wall of the reactor will soon be melted down because it cannot withstand high temperatures, resulting in a disaster.

However, this is exactly what makes science interesting. To explain it with the simplest example, that is, taking a bath.

As we all know, the temperature of water vapor is 100 degrees Celsius. When we take a bath, white water vapor rises and passes through our bodies, and a layer of white water mist condenses on the mirror. During the bathing process, we come into contact with water vapor at 100 degrees, but are we hurt?

Obviously there is no such thing because there is an energy density issue involved.

Hot water of more than fifty degrees can make you scream like a pig, but you can tolerate a hundred degrees of steam. It is precisely because the density of steam and water is different that the results are also different.

Of course, if you try to enter a relatively dense water vapor, after about thirty minutes, the delicious and fragrant steamed humans can be served on the table.

In addition, the shell of the fusion reactor does not come into direct contact with the high-temperature plasma. The plasma is constrained in the longitudinal magnetic field. The charged particles in the vertical and magnetic field directions are affected by the Lorentz force and perform circular motion. If there is plasma current, the charged particles will have a moving component along the direction of the magnetic force line, and the circular motion will become spiral motion.

Anyway, charged particles cannot fly out of the plasma membrane, and only neutrons can fly out, which is the neutron bombardment phenomenon that Luo Jia mentioned before. To solve neutron bombardment, one must rely on more advanced reactants, and supercomputers forcibly cracking the motion laws and making micro-adjustment to the magnetic field.

In short, plasma is constrained in a vacuum chamber, and the heat is also constrained. Although the controllable fusion temperature is exaggerated, it is very safe.

"It's over one million degrees Celsius!"

"So far, there has been no problem with the reactor! The core temperature has steadily increased!"

"It's worthy of being Xingchen Technology. You know, this is their first fusion experiment, and it can be achieved to such an extent!"

Everyone showed surprise, saying that failure is the mother of success, but this law seems to be not applicable to Xingchen Technology. They are a group of overly developed men and a group of lucky men. The first test of the double-spiral imitation device was, and the smooth operation of the double-helix star-like device exceeded everyone's expectations.

"After all, it is the design of energy civilization. The double-helix star imitator has existed in the energy civilization. It has been more than four epochs and is a very mature product. Even if it is weakened according to Earth technology, there will be no problem."

"However, the double-helix star imitator is not the most powerful technology of the energy civilization. It is said that before the war era, the energy civilization used antimatter as an energy source, and the strength of antimatter was far greater than that of controlled fusion. Unfortunately, in the later era of civilization annihilation, all the antimatter-related technologies disappeared mysteriously."

Luo Jia thought to himself that he disagreed with everyone's surprise. He copied the technology of energy civilization directly and made mistakes if he could make mistakes, Luo Jia should have doubted his IQ.

"Three million degrees Celsius! Mr. Luo, how do you measure the fusion temperature?" someone asked.

Luo Jia smiled slightly, "Of course, we cannot use resistance thermometers to measure nuclear fusion. The method we use is to emit laser light into the plasma. After all, different temperatures, different optical properties, and different spectrums."

"Look at your question, Xingchen Technology has a lithography machine production line, and their optical department has long been the best in the world!" Some people praised Xingchen Technology's optical department.

"You can't be wrong. Senior Lu Chengfeng is the Taishan Beidou in the field of optical science in China. Zhang Yuechuan's strength is obvious to all. As for the laser project, I heard that Wen Chengling has been in charge of the past two years."

"Wen Chengling? Two brothers, one is engaged in life sciences and the other is engaged in lasers. The two brothers who disappeared a few years ago?"

"It's them. I heard that because their parents died on Amazon, they couldn't think about it for a while, so they lived in seclusion in Brazil. They were just invited back by Xingchen Technology two years ago."

"This is the attraction. Xingchen Technology is now the most hopeful enterprise for scientists around the world to participate in. None of them. Even Japanese and Korean scientists have come, and Luo Jia and the others have also contributed to the East Asian alliance."

Everyone whispered, and everyone praised Star Optics, but they didn't know much about the Wen brothers, mainly because the Wen brothers deliberately concealed past events. For them, it was a sad past that could not be looked back on, and it completely changed the fate of the two geniuses, turning the two once simple scientists into only a handful of tough characters among scientists, who dared to step on the corpses and blood all over the ground without any hesitation.

"Ten million degrees!" A few minutes later, someone exclaimed again.

There is actually no fixed number of temperatures for nuclear fusion. The core temperature of the sun is 15 million degrees, which is lower than most artificial fusion devices. But can you say that the sun's temperature is not high enough?

If you want to understand the problem of nuclear fusion temperature, we must first know what nuclear fusion is.

Nuclear fusion is a process in which light nuclei collide with each other and merge into heavy nuclei through strong interactions. Since the binding energy of heavy nuclei is greater than that of light nuclei, a large amount of energy will be released.

So how does nuclear fusion happen?

As we all know, the nucleus is positively charged, and electrons are surrounded by a nucleus at a lower temperature. The electronics are a bit inconvenient. Just like when you are in love with your girlfriend, you are following an irritable light bulb. If you want to do something with your girlfriend, it is best to get rid of the light bulb around you first. So at this time, you need to use the first condition for nuclear fusion, plasma.

Plasma is the fourth state of matter. In high temperature states, the nucleus will separate from the electrons, and the light bulb around you is thrown away. Your nucleus finally has the opportunity to get along with the nucleus called your girlfriend.

Of course, in the great cause of picking up girls, it is not enough to get along alone. There is static repulsion between the nuclei. Even if you occasionally approach your girlfriend, you are just hugging and hugging, and you are anxious and angry, and you can't do anything.

So, how to overcome static repulsion and allow you and your girlfriend to truly blend in harmony and integrate body and mind?

This requires two conditions, one is high temperature and the other is high pressure.

Now, everything has finally come out. Although the core temperature of the sun is only 15 million degrees, it is the sun after all. The core pressure of the sun is as high as 2.5 million atmospheric pressure!

The heat is not enough, and the pressure is enough, so the sun can easily achieve nuclear fusion. Earth scientists cannot create such aura-defying pressure, so they have to try to increase the temperature. When the pressure is not enough, the temperature is enough.

So, nuclear fusion is actually about trying hard to increase pressure and temperature, forcing the nuclei to merge with each other, just like when you go back to your hometown, your parents force you to have a blind date and have sex with each other.

Nuclear fusion does not have a fixed temperature or a fixed pressure, everything is adjusted according to the situation. If you want the reactor to perform high-energy output, increase the temperature and pressure, otherwise, reduce the temperature and pressure.

"Fifty million degrees!"

"The running state of EAST has been reached!"

Everyone couldn't help but exclaim that the full name of EAST is the full superconducting tokamak nuclear fusion experimental device. It is located in the Hefei Institute of Material Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Before Xingchen Technology's double helix star imitator fusion device, EAST is the most powerful tokamak fusion device in the world.

The highest record of EATS is at 100 million degrees Celsius, which lasts for ten seconds, 50 million degrees Celsius, and has a stable operation of 10.6 seconds. This is the world record so far.

It is not difficult to see from this that the difficulty of fusion reactors operating at extremely high temperatures will increase accordingly. EAST can run for a hundred seconds at 50 million degrees, and when it reaches 100 million degrees, it can only run for ten seconds.

Xingchen Technology's ambition is obviously more than 50 million degrees, and the numbers on the screen are still climbing rapidly.

"Seventy million degrees!"

"Mr. Luo, I wonder what your test temperature is set?" Finally someone couldn't help asking.

Luo Jia turned around, glanced across everyone's faces, and then said lightly: "150 million degrees Celsius."

Boom ~

The sudden congestion of the brain made everyone dizzy. You know, it has not been built yet, weighing 23,000 tons, and has concentrated the world's top scientific research force. The ultra-tokamak fusion device ITER, whose extreme operating temperature is only 150 million degrees Celsius. Xingchen Technology's first fusion experiment rushed towards a record high!?

France ITER and Huaxia CFETR, these two have not been built yet. Faced with future fusion devices, the performance of the double-helix star imitation device of Star Technology is not as good as that of Starry Technology. What kind of crazy is this!?

You should know that ITER and CFETR are both super fusion reactors weighing tens of thousands of tons, while the double-helix star imitator is just a small test reactor, weighing only one hundred and forty-two tons.

It has to be said that the gap between different civilizations is too big. It is difficult for people on earth who are still in the stage of primary planet civilization to imagine the development of the universe and society.

"100 million degrees! It's reaching 100 million degrees Celsius!"

"The fusion device remains stable!"

"The temperature is still increasing rapidly, incredible. What magic does Star Technology use!?"

Everyone exclaimed in a low voice, under the unimaginable terrifying high temperature and pressure inside the double helix star imitator, the atomic nucleus was undergoing a fierce fusion reaction.

When the fusion device really climbed to the 15,000-degree high temperature scheduled by the test, the people at the scene began to remain silent. They did not want to make a sound and destroy the sacred meaning of this night.

150 million degrees, this is a brand new record. The highest record before this was at 100 million degrees Celsius for ten seconds. The record was also created by Chinese scientific researchers.

However, with the addition of Star Technology, the old records completely passed away. According to Luo Jia's words, the reason why all records exist is to be broken!

One minute...

Three minutes...

Five minutes...

Ten minutes...

"Okay, let's end it." Luo Jia said lightly to Dr. Xie Tian in the communicator: "The first experiment does not require running for too long. The important thing is to collect data."

It was not until Dr. Xie Tian executed the order that the temperature of the reactor began to drop and everyone woke up as if they were dreaming.

This is not a problem that the reactor has been running for ten minutes, nor is it a problem that the operating temperature is 150 million degrees, how many lamb kebabs can be grilled. It is a problem that Xingchen Technology has achieved ease in retention and perfectly controlled every step of the fusion reaction! It is like walking in the garden!

Long live!

People could no longer help but feel excited, hugged each other, shouted loudly, and shed tears.

This is an epic miracle. Humans without controllable fusion are like children lying on the crib on Earth. Controllable fusion is the wings that humans have long been looking forward to. It will help humans grow up and go to the stars and the distance.

An unstoppable history is coming. On March 5, the double-helix star imitation device was tested successfully!

...

"The experiment was successful, Luo Jia's fusion reactor test was successful!"

"It took a full ten minutes to run, but Luo Jia took the initiative to finish the operation. He said he was not in a hurry. He mainly collected data for the first time and then did it after the fusion reactor durability test."

"Can you imagine? When Luo Jia said he was not in a hurry, the expressions of the big guys of the Chinese Academy of Sciences were like a monster when they looked at Luo Jia! His eyes were so hung up and they didn't fall to the ground!"

"Now all the experts are in a madness! They are celebrating wildly, drinking champagne one glass after another."

"General, are you listening?"

Lu Junlin called the general who was far away in the capital and reported to him the good news of the successful experiment. The general also stayed up all night, waiting on the sofa in the living room, looking at the wall clock.

"Well, I'm listening." The general said after a moment of silence: "I have understood what you said. I congratulate Luo Jia on me, and invite him to come to the capital after he ends the matter in Chengdu. I want to invite him to have a drink."

"Did you invite him to drink?" Lu Junlin was slightly stunned.

"Is there anything wrong?" the general said disapprovingly: "Tonight's success is not only the success of Luo Jia and Xingchen Technology, but also the success of our entire Chinese nation!"
To be continued...