Chapter 730 Three Bombs Exploded Simultaneously! (Part 1)

"Mercury antimony oxide?"

Hearing the word from Dayu's mouth.

Wang Haoran was stunned for a moment, and a few seconds later he blurted out a sentence:

"Comrade Yu Min, are you talking about red mercury?"

Dayu nodded gently:

"Yes, it is red mercury."

Wang Haoran frowned immediately, with some doubt in his tone:

"Comrade Yu Min, although the current nuclear weapons research and development data of various countries are state secrets, everyone knows more or less about the materials-because the properties of many substances are clear."

"And as far as I know. Mercury antimony oxide should not be a known neutron source material, right?"

As Wang Haoran said.

There are only three countries that have mastered hydrogen bomb technology, namely the Russian bear and the eagle John Bull.

All three countries have set all the information of hydrogen bombs as the highest state secrets, and even the Russian bear, who has a good relationship with the rabbits, has never leaked even a letter.

But on the other hand.

Although the rabbits cannot get these materials, some of the content can be deduced from the principle point of view.

For example, the neutron scattering process, and for example, the neutron source.

The neutron source is the ignition device of the atomic bomb, and its purpose is to maximize the energy release of the nuclear explosion. That is, to make the number of generations of the chain reaction meet the requirements.

If the nuclear material becomes subcritical due to thermal expansion before the required number of generations is reached, then the nuclear bomb becomes a stink bomb.

In order to complete the above steps, the selection of neutron sources is actually very limited:

First of all, it must be radioactive, and the neutrons fired must be as many as possible, and the scattering cross section must be as large as possible. There are actually only a few types that meet the conditions.

Theoretically, the most suitable neutron source for conventional nuclear bombs is the polonium-beryllium source, in which beryllium is beryllium 9 and polonium is polonium 210 synthesized in artificial reactors.

In addition, photoneutron sources can be used in nuclear reactors as secondary neutron sources with lower intensity, and there is also californium 252, etc.

As for the mercury antimony oxide mentioned above.

Wang Haoran can be sure that no country will produce this thing as a neutron source material.

Perhaps because he felt that verbal persuasion was relatively limited, Wang Haoran quickly picked up a pen and paper and calculated on the spot:

"The molecular formula of red mercury is Hg2O7Sb7, the molecular weight is 750.65, and the PSA is 113.63000."

"If it is used as a neutron source material, then theoretically the mass defect released per unit is equal to 0.0032293amu, and its binding energy is equal to 2V"

"Then considering the initial nuclide, the system energy ratio should be."

Students who have taken college physics should know this.

The so-called binding energy of a solid refers to the energy required for its components to combine into it.

This energy is equal to the mass loss minus the energy or mass released when a bound system (whose potential energy is usually lower than the sum of the potential energies of its components) is generated. The binding energy is also the reason why the system remains intact.

This involves the van der Waals force, which is strictly speaking in the electromagnetic force category, but a correction term called electric dipole moment will be added during the calculation.

Based on this framework, it is then possible to determine whether a substance is suitable as a fission or fusion material by calculating the system energy ratio.

For example, for a deuterium atom, the mass defect is equal to 0.0023884 amu, and its binding energy is almost equal to 2.23 MeV, which means that this much energy is needed to split a deuterium atom.

The energy released during nuclear fusion or nuclear fission is the "fuel" - the difference between the binding energy of the initial nuclide and the binding energy of the fission or fusion products.

In fact.

This energy can also be calculated from the huge mass difference between the fuel and the products, using previous measurements of the atomic masses of known nuclides, which always have the same mass.

This mass difference appears once the released heat and radiation are removed, which is necessary to measure the (rest) mass of the (non-excited) nuclides involved in this calculation.

More than ten minutes later.

Wang Haoran put down his pen again, frowning even more tightly:

"The system energy ratio is 5.442, this ratio should not be able to release enough energy to trigger nuclear fusion - even nuclear fission is difficult."

Da Yu did not interrupt Wang Haoran's calculations from beginning to end. Facing Wang Haoran's doubts, he simply smiled:

"Comrade Haoran, you are right. If it is just pure red mercury, it is indeed lacking in energy intensity."

"But what if we add some other substances, such as metallic cesium?"

Wang Haoran was stunned:

"Metallic cesium?"

Dayu nodded, carefully pulled out a few sheets of calculation paper from the file in front of him, and handed them to Wang Haoran through Li Jue's assistant Zhou Cai:

"Comrade Haoran, as you can see, this is a report that the comrades of the heavy water reactor in the capital FS area spent a week to make."

"The observation time of this report is as long as 11 days, and the relevant data are all derived from actual measurements. You will understand it after reading it once."

Wang Haoran raised his eyebrows, took the report from Zhou Cai's hand, and immediately read it.

"Put mercury antimony oxide and metallic cesium in a special container, apply high pressure and high radiation, the intensity is"

"After 39 hours, the material system energy ratio increased by 5.87%"

"After 77 hours, the material system energy ratio increased by 13.5%"

"After 143 hours, the material system energy ratio increased."

Every time Wang Haoran reads a sentence, his tone becomes more solemn.

By the end, he was even a little unsteady in holding the document, and the pages of the book made a rustling sound.

After watching everything from start to finish.

Wang Haoran just put down the document in his hand with a surprised look on his face, and was completely silent.

When Yu Yu saw this, he didn't ask him what he thought. For Yu Yu, who was shy and reserved, he would not take the initiative to do such a slap in the face.

A long time passed.

Wang Haoran finally spoke:

"The data is correct. Judging from the report, specially treated mercury antimony oxide can indeed be used as a neutron source."

"But. But"

Wang Haoran hesitated for a long time, until his facial features were a little tangled, and then he couldn't help but ask:

"But Comrade Yu Min, how did you discover this idea?"

Wang Haoran's dilemma is not that he cannot afford to lose. As a comrade who is willing to dedicate himself, Wang Haoran is still very broad-minded in terms of consciousness and mind.

After confirming that mercury antimony oxide was indeed feasible as a miniature neutron source, he was not ashamed of himself for backing up the praise. On the contrary, his heart was filled with excitement at this time - because this represented Micro neutron bomb is expected to be released!

But on the other hand.

He couldn't imagine how Yu Yu discovered this track.

This thing is very different from traditional nuclides.

To use an example from later generations, everyone is discussing which car has the word "Ao" in its name. Some people say Alto, some say Audi, and some say Ola.

As a result, someone suddenly said that Ultraman also met the requirements, and then everyone discussed for a long time and found that Ultraman can really be driven as a car - the flying speed of this thing is measured in Mach.

Looking at Wang Haoran with a troubled face, Yu Yu pointed at Xu Yun without any burden:

"Comrade Haoran, didn't I just say that these are all ideas proposed by consultant Xu Yun."

"So he is the biggest behind-the-scenes hero of the whole thing. I just made some simple calculations."

Xu Yun's mouth twitched a few times:

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Good guy, this seemingly harmless round head of co-author Da You is also so sinister.

The whole process is not what you said, is it?

After Zhu Guangya led the team and assigned the task of detonating two bombs together, the organization actually discussed the feasibility of detonating three bombs in private.

However, even the big leaders in the capital did not have much confidence in this at that time, so the so-called discussion process was not very formal. Everyone said whatever they thought of, which was a bit similar to the brainstorming of later generations.

One of the characteristics of brainstorming is that ideas can be wild and unrestrained. Whether it can be implemented is another matter.

Therefore, after Xu Yun realized that everyone was stuck, he casually came up with an idea:

Can mercury antimony oxide be used as a neutron source?

Mercury antimony oxide.

This thing is quite famous in the military fan circle, because there is a rumored weapon made of mercury antimony oxide.

This weapon is called

Mercury bomb.

Rumors about the mercury-red nuclear bomb appeared in the 1990s. It is said that it is a miniaturized tactical nuclear weapon and a nuclear fusion weapon that was lost after the Mao Xiong family was separated.

It uses antimony mercury oxide as the neutron source, which is greatly reduced in size compared to the neutron source used in general hydrogen bombs using atomic bombs.

In addition, thermonuclear fusion has no critical mass limit, making the entire nuclear bomb very small and light.

Generally, a small mercurochrome nuclear bomb may only have a fist, but its lethality can reach the order of 10,000 tons, which is many times more energy efficient than existing conventional nuclear bombs.

The core evidence to support this conjecture is that Lunev once said that Mao Xiong had lost many portable suitcase nuclear bombs before they separated. This kind of nuclear bomb weighs 55 kilograms. In terms of quality, it is still different from ordinary nuclear bombs. Relatively large.

Opponents say that mercurochrome nuclear bombs do not exist because the binding energy of antimony mercury oxide itself is not sufficient to support the completion of nuclear fusion.

In a sense.

The mercury-red nuclear bomb is equivalent to a more mysterious Yu Min configuration, and no one knows whether it exists or not.

The main difference between the two is that there is indeed a lot of evidence that the Rabbits' hydrogen bomb is different from the traditional T-U configuration. This was actually vaguely mentioned in the Rabbits' documentary "Codename 221", which means that the balance is more tilted [ There is one party.

As for the mercury-red nuclear bomb, there are no examples to follow, and logically it is relatively close to non-existence.

In addition, since mercurochrome nuclear bombs are mentioned, let’s popularize the science or correct a few wrong rumors.

The first is about the origin of the mercury-red nuclear bomb. There is currently a theory that rumors of the mercury-red nuclear bomb started on December 30, 2014.

At that time, a villager in a certain place accidentally discovered a wooden box. When he opened it, he found six artillery shells inside, with information about the artillery shells written on it. The most eye-catching one was "Made by Bear" and "1967". Manufacturing”, and “mercurochrome”.

The last few shells were urgently transported away by local officials. Since then, there have been many news related to mercurochrome nuclear bombs in the world.

This statement seems to want to label the mercurochrome nuclear bomb as a rumor of domestic production, but in fact, if you analyze it carefully, you will find that this rumor has too many flaws.

First of all, there is the snake-like ‘somewhere’. Since even the information about artillery shells can be transmitted so clearly, why are the place names so vague?

The second is the so-called "made by Mao Bears". If this thing was made by Mao Bears, then it should be written in Mao Bear language, right? - Can a villager understand Mao Bear language?

Moreover, discussions about red mercury nuclear bombs abroad appeared as early as the last century. The manufacturing method of red mercury nuclear bombs can even be seen on arXiv - although the paper is most likely written by foreign civilian scientists, it was published in 1997.

Another rumor about red mercury nuclear bombs comes from some marketing accounts. Most of these marketing accounts will use AI dubbing with Monkey King, Northeastern accent, and Guangxi accent to read out a sentence:

[For many years, Professor Zimmer, director of the Science and Security Research Center of King's College London, has discussed the possibility of the existence of "red mercury nuclear bombs" with nuclear weapons scientists from the East and the West. They finally concluded that it was just a scam. 】

This is actually a very outrageous rumor, and its unreliability is even greater than the red mercury nuclear bomb itself.

What's unreliable?

That is, King's College London does not have a Center for Science and Security Research at all. It only has a major in National Security Research, and the science and security of nuclear and biological weapons is one of the topics.

And from the official website of King's College London, we can see that this course has only 14 professors since the 1990s, and no one is called Zimmer.

Even the name "Zimmer" does not conform to the British naming custom - it is a very standard German name.

Another rumor based on the red mercury nuclear bomb is the so-called [red mercury scam], which actually has little to do with the red mercury nuclear bomb:

Most of the red mercury scams on the domestic Internet do not mean that the red mercury nuclear bomb does not exist, but that people often say that they have spot mercury antimony oxide in their hands, and then they can conduct some private transactions.

For example, on October 16, 2019, Rongcheng issued a case report. A person named Li Mouxing met Hu Mouhua through an introduction, and found Zeng Mouchun through Hu Mouhua, intending to buy red mercury.

After the two parties agreed on a price of 12 million US dollars per kilogram, Li Mouxing remitted one million yuan to the other party.

As a result, the other party disappeared after receiving the money, and Li Mouxing had no choice but to call the police.

In addition, those who are interested can also search for red mercury, among which there are quite a few "sellers".

Of course.

Watching the excitement is watching the excitement, don't be fooled - whether the red mercury nuclear bomb exists or not, antimony oxide is a highly controlled military material, and there are only six countries in the world that have reported the production process, which is less than the countries with nuclear weapons.

In a sense, it is easier to enrich uranium than to get antimony oxide.

In short.

Whether the red mercury nuclear bomb exists is still inconclusive, and it is certain that even if the red mercury nuclear bomb really exists, it is impossible to rely on antimony oxide as a neutron source.

However, the discussion at the base that day was a brainstorm, so Xu Yun casually mentioned an idea.

This is a bit like everyone discussing the future trend of fighter jets, and someone said, "Can aircraft carriers go to the sky? 】

Then

After a few days, Dayu sent the aircraft carrier that could fly to Xu Yun.

This is not reasonable.

Note:

Does anyone have any medicine recommendations for pharyngitis? My throat has been a bit uncomfortable these days. To be more precise, I have always had some problems with my tonsils.