Chapter 125, New Material - Black Gold

In the Materials Industrial Park, at the ultra-high temperature reactor, Li Fu was wearing a white coat, and next to him were Li Qianyu, Yao Tianyi and a large number of people from the Materials Research Institute. At this time, everyone was looking at the huge electronic display, which showed some basic information about the ultra-high temperature reactor.

The temperature displayed on the display has reached 3200 degrees, which is the surface temperature of the ultra-high temperature reactor. The core temperature has exceeded 4000 degrees at this time. Of course, this temperature test is tested using external instruments. Such a high and terrifying temperature is impossible to measure with a thermometer.

A new material is being calcined in the ultra-high temperature reactor. It is also a new material made by a material formula that Li Fu took out from the seeds of the super civilization Han Technology Empire.

Having participated in the research of the "Shenjian" aerospace fighter, Li Fu knew that the materials of the core engine of the aerospace fighter and the materials of the outer shell of the aerospace fighter were all precious materials made of a large amount of rare metals.

Let's not talk about other materials. The large amount of rare metals used alone is enough to make the price of these materials more expensive than gold. Therefore, the cost of an aerospace fighter is as high as more than 30 billion Chinese yuan, which is just the cost price, without considering other factors.

So Li Fu now wants to develop a new material that is cheap and can replace this expensive material. Once it is developed, let alone other things, the orders from the country alone are enough to make Li Fu's material company full of money.

What's more, China's No. 1 civilization has clearly proposed to support the development of the space industry and encourage private forces to participate in the space industry. Obviously, in the future, whether it is the Chinese government or private forces, there will be a huge amount of funds flowing into it. The market for this new material is absolutely great, and it is possible to become the main industry of Fuyun Group.

Of course, making money is secondary to Li Fu. Li Fu's real purpose is to promote China's development into space. Now everyone in the country is excited about the space industry, and all the bigwigs are preparing to make a big move in the space industry.

However, the cost of aerospace fighters is too expensive. The cost alone is more than 30 billion. Now the Chinese government has only built three. This price is too expensive, which has a great impact on China's entry into the space industry. Even the government is a little bit reluctant, let alone ordinary civilian forces.

Therefore, the cost of aerospace planes must be greatly reduced. Only in this way can China have more aerospace planes. Apart from anything else, if there are no hundreds of aerospace planes, it is a bit too early to talk about the space industry.

The cost of the aerospace plane is more than 30 billion yuan. If you add maintenance, upkeep, ground handling, etc., even the government feels very strenuous. However, if the price can be reduced tenfold, the price of the aerospace plane of about 3 billion yuan will be relatively easy. The government will not be under too much pressure at all, and private capital can also play with it. This is of great help to promote the development of the space industry.

With the low cost, the number of aerospace planes will naturally increase greatly. At that time, the number and frequency of round-trips to space will increase, and the development speed of the space industry is naturally self-evident.

When participating in the research of the "Shenjian" aerospace fighter, Li Fu did not think about directly taking out cheap materials, but in the end Li Fu chose to take out materials that required the use of a large amount of metals, and the purpose was naturally to give himself more initiative.

Among the civilization seeds obtained by Li Fu, there are a large number of material formulas of the super-civilized Han Dynasty Science and Technology Empire. The super-civilized Han Dynasty Science and Technology Empire can even be said to have studied all the materials clearly. No matter what combination of materials or what method of attack, the Han Dynasty Science and Technology Empire has already studied it. It is simply too easy to find materials suitable for aerospace planes.

Hundreds of thousands or millions of materials can be found casually. In fact, there are those that require the use of a large number of rare metals, and there are also those that only use ordinary metal materials or only need to use a few rare metal materials.

Of course, the processing method of using a large number of rare metal materials is obviously relatively simpler, and the use of ordinary metal materials obviously requires the use of many special material manufacturing methods. In fact, most of the methods are impossible to achieve with current technology, and only a few can be achieved under current technological conditions.

"Well, the calcination time is almost up, and the temperature can be lowered."

Li Fu looked at the time on the huge display and instructed the person next to him.

No one knows what is going on inside the ultra-high temperature reactor. Even if Li Fu knows the formula and manufacturing method of the material, it will still take some time to make it. He has failed many times before, either because of problems in the manufacturing process or in the raw materials.

This is the 82nd experiment. After summarizing the lessons and experiences of failures again and again, Li Fu has a hunch that this time he will be able to successfully manufacture the new material.

As the temperature in the reactor dropped rapidly, the fully automated equipment quickly opened the reactor automatically and took out the new material inside. Everyone couldn't help but look over excitedly.

I saw a huge mechanical arm holding a piece of black material. This material was dark and exuded a unique metallic luster. Under the high temperature of several thousand degrees, it did not turn red or become dazzling and transparent like other materials. Apart from other things, the ability to withstand high temperatures can be seen now.

You should know that when a mechanical arm made of ordinary steel comes into contact with this black material, huge heat is transferred to the mechanical arm, and the mechanical arm has begun to heat up rapidly.

"Chi!"

The huge mechanical arm moved the black material to the cooling room. The automated cooling equipment sprayed water from all directions to the new material. In an instant, countless water vapor filled the entire cooling room, and a huge sound was made, smoke was lingering, and water vapor was confused.

Soon, the advanced exhaust and drainage system discharged the water vapor in the cooling room cleanly, until the material was completely cooled down and no water vapor appeared, and then it stopped.

The black material does not seem to have any changes. Its volume has not expanded due to high temperature, nor has it exploded due to rapid cooling, nor has it shrunk due to the large temperature difference between the inside and outside. It has obviously not shrunk due to the temperature drop. It is very stable in terms of performance and the color has not changed at all.

It seems that the cooling just now has no effect on it. It still maintains the appearance when it was just out of the oven, a dark piece.

"It seems to be successful this time."

Li Qianyu's beautiful eyes flashed, looking at the black material, and said very confidently.

"Well, I think it's almost the same. It has not changed color or deformed at a high temperature of several thousand degrees, which shows its high temperature resistance. It can maintain its original shape after rapid cooling. It should be successful."

Yao Tianyi on the side also nodded. The two of them followed Li Fu and participated in the research process of new materials. They were also quite confident about the results.

This new material grinds metal materials and ceramic materials into powder, then uses adhesives to shape them, and finally puts them in an ultra-low temperature environment for freezing, then puts them in an ordinary environment until they reach normal temperature, and finally sends them to the ultra-high temperature reactor for calcination.

This step seems simple, but the first step, grinding the metal and ceramic materials into powder, made the whole team rack their brains, think of many ways, and fail many times, because the more perfect the powder state of the original material is, the more perfect the material will be after calcination.

Many previous experiments failed because they could not really achieve perfect crushing of metal and ceramic materials in the first step of material crushing.

Of course, with Li Fu, all problems are not problems. In the end, civilizations were slowly solved. Li Fu also treated it as a training exercise. Although he knew how to solve the problem from the beginning, Li Fu just didn't say it, and let the researchers under him find a way by themselves, and finally slowly guided and cultivated them.

"Everything depends on the data. Li Qianyu, Yao Tianyi, you two take people to test this new material to see if it can meet the requirements."

Although Li Fu was basically sure that this time should be successful, he still asked the two to test the new material and get the final data.

Soon, a detailed data was in Li Fu's hands. Li Fu read it carefully and nodded after reading it. It can withstand high temperatures of up to 5500 degrees, and it will not deform at such high temperatures. It can withstand harsh working environments. Its heat insulation, hardness, strength, etc. are very high. This is definitely a perfect plasma engine material.

"Brother Fu, this material is perfect, and the cost is relatively low. It is definitely a perfect material for aerospace and aviation."

Yao Tianyi seemed very excited at this time. Being able to participate in such a perfect material research project is definitely a very valuable experience for a researcher.

"It can be said to be perfect. The data in all aspects are very good. There is absolutely no problem in using it to build a plasma engine."

Li Fu nodded. Li Fu, who participated in the research of the "Shenjian" fighter, was very clear about the strict requirements of plasma engines for materials.

"Let's call it black gold, black gold!"

Li Fu showed a profiteer's smile at the corner of his mouth.

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