Chapter 749
"Mr. Li, Master Li, this time we have come with an order of twenty-five billion, so you can rest assured that the transaction amount will definitely be huge." Tan Gang straightened his back and said, with a lot more confidence.
Even though Future Technology was rich, an order worth twenty-five billion dollars, they had to take it seriously, right?
Twenty-five billion? Li Linfei felt okay, while Li Er had no specific expression, which made Tan Gang look and feel a bit battered.
"Mr Li, this Master Li, you just said that the transparent aluminium material here is stronger, I wonder, can you give us a demonstration?" At this point, an expert spoke out his thoughts.
Li Linfei nodded his head.
"Small matter, follow me." Seeing this, Li Er tilted his head, said and stepped out.
Fan Lao's group followed closely after Electric Two. Coming to a wide test area, at this moment, the test area was containing the strong magnetic collider that Li Er had previously bought outside and turned into after modification.
The Strong Magnetic Collider, also known as the Strong Magnetic Collider, was actually also a kind of equipment for producing metallic hydrogen, although it was not the machinery in the metallic hydrogen production line in Science and Technology City, and was also still somewhat different from the regular machines used in laboratories such as the United States to study metallic hydrogen.
The machine is more than ten metres long, with a processing area in the middle section and cylinders of metal half a metre in diameter on each side.
When Li Er fixed a piece of transparent aluminium, three millimetres thick, in the processing area, turned on the power and debugged it a bit, the strong magnetic collider began to hum and operate.
The collider's engine was a strong magnetic engine capable of warping space. Although not strong enough to warp space, the powerful magnetic bounce would give the collider plenty of power.
Bang! Ten seconds later, the strong magnetic collider finished accelerating and a violent slamming sound followed as the first collision was completed.
Pound! Then, two seconds later, the second collision began again. Pound! It was only after the third collision was complete that Li Er explained, "These are three simulations of the impact collisions caused by a three-tonne weight falling freely from a height of thirty metres."
Pointing to the piece of transparent aluminium in the work area that showed cobweb-like cracks but did not shatter, he continued, "Generally speaking, this three-millimetre-thick transparent aluminium from our company is ten times stronger than the toughened bulletproof glass your military is using now, and its resistance to shield strikes surpasses all special steel on the market now."
"And with this material of transparent aluminium, a normal sniper bullet can only leave shallow scratches on it."
As Li Er said, he replaced it with another piece of transparent aluminium and proceeded to fiddle with it on the collider's operating table.
A few moments later, another simulated collision began.
After one, the collider stopped running.
When Tan Gang and Fan Lao and the others got close enough to see it, they only saw a shallow scratch.
Li Linfei said, "This is a simulation of a collision of a Barrett m82a3 sniper rifle, using a 12.7mm bullet fired at a hundred metres, leaving only a scratch on it, if it was using 10mm transparent aluminium, even a conventional electromagnetic cannon attack would be able to withstand it."
After hearing Li Er's words, Fan Lao, Tan Gang, and those experts, all had shocked eyes.
"This strength ...... is too outrageous, isn't it?"
"It's completely different from the transparent aluminum we researched before, this is the real transparent aluminum."
"If our armor is equipped with this transparent aluminum, the defense will instantly increase by two or three notches."
"Say, is it really that powerful? It's not just fooling us, is it?" Some people were shocked and excited, but others raised doubts.
In response, Li Linfei smiled and said, "We at Future Technology never sell fake goods, if the transaction is completed and you go back and find that there are fakes, you can always return the goods, besides, having worked together for so long, Minister Tan, do you still not trust my character?"
"General Li, I naturally trust you, so let's put the contract in place as soon as possible?" Tan Gang's gaze twitched as he proposed.
"OK.
Then Li Linfei said to Li Er, "Eh right, wasn't the Institute some time ago, researching a hydrogen of some sort, what was it called, I forget."
Seeing this, Li Er instantly knew what Li Linfei wanted, so he cooperated and said, "Oh, boss you said this, ah, it's metallic hydrogen."
"What what!"
"Metallic hydrogen, how is that possible!"
"Oh my, what did I hear, metallic hydrogen, that's a rumoured confining material for room temperature controlled nuclear fusion, and room temperature superconducting material."
"Mr Li, Master, don't be ridiculous, your company has really researched metallic hydrogen?"
"No way no way, you guys must be bragging." Those individual experts, as soon as they heard Li Er say that he had researched metallic hydrogen, jumped up in surprise.
Because this is a substance that has not been created by the scientific community at present, in February last year, a laboratory in the United States said that the metallic hydrogen created had disappeared because of an operational error."
This made many people doubt the existence of metallic hydrogen, and after repeated tests, an overwhelming majority of scientists said that this substance could not have been made at all, and that the Yankee game of making it disappear by mistake was just a gimmick, a fake!
And this group of experts, who were also supporters of this kind of talk, so when Li Er said metallic hydrogen, their first reaction, was disbelief.
"Bragging, heh, since you think we're bragging, then get lost, you're not welcome here, get lost!" Li Er was upset at hearing this, and looked at the group of experts who doubted him with an unkind face.
At these words, the experts looked at each other, at a loss for words.
Chapter 750
On the end of Fan Lao and Tan Gang, the two of them have now recovered from their shock.
As people who have been in contact with special materials for a long time, they both know what metallic hydrogen represents, even though they are not engaged in research.
Regarding the applications of metallic hydrogen, it can be used firstly to engage in controlled nuclear fusion at room temperature, metallic hydrogen is a sub-stable material that can be used to make a magnetic cage for confining plasma, and secondly, metallic hydrogen is also a superconductor material at room temperature.
In aviation fuel, it can make rockets smaller and faster, even tens of times faster than the speed of sound.
As a fuel cell, metallic hydrogen of the same mass is only 1/7 of the volume of liquid hydrogen, and fuel cells made up of it can be more easily applied to cars.
In the weapons sector, metallic hydrogen contains a huge amount of energy, 30-40 times more than ordinary TNT.
Of course, the diffusion of metallic hydrogen, like graphene at first, took a long time because no one could work it out.
So even if metallic hydrogen were available, it could only be purchased at great expense for use in the field of controlled fusion at room temperature. As for the field of fuel cells and weapons, it is too far away.
Even though metallic hydrogen can be produced by future technology, considering the marketability and the fact that things are precious when they are scarce, it is not possible for Li Linfei to release too much metallic hydrogen in a short period of time.
One graphene is enough for now, while metallic hydrogen is used as a high-end advanced material.
For the military people, with metallic hydrogen they can put the research of normal temperature controlled nuclear fusion on the agenda, which is a major gospel for all the people of China, and it is about the future energy strategy, which can make China's position in the international arena, improve again.
There is also the superconductivity, energy storage, and other properties of metallic hydrogen, each of which can make people in the scientific community go crazy, and even some big countries are coming to grab it.
"Mr. Li, this Master Li, don't be angry, metallic hydrogen is really a matter of great importance, our country has been researching it for more than ten years and we haven't come up with it, yet you say your company has already researched it, it's really unbelievable." Minister He explained with a smile on his face.
However, Li Er said, "Just because you guys can't research it doesn't mean our company can't research it, it only means that a bunch of useless things that eat dry rice and shit are raised."
Li Er unabashedly belittled the group of experts, and as they listened, they glared at Dian Er with a face of shame and anger, and if Fan Lao had not instructed them not to act presumptuously, they would have cursed with Li Er.
"Doing research is not something that can be done overnight, but the fact that your company was the first to research it shows that you are indeed very capable."
Elder Fan laughed, "But this thing, metallic hydrogen, do you really have it?"
"Elder Fan, when have I ever lied to you?"
Li Linfei rolled his eyes, not bothering to continue explaining, and said to Electricity Two, "Take them to have a look, save them from not believing."
Hearing Li Linfei's words, everyone in the military's eyes lit up, hearing is not believing, seeing is believing, being able to see, that's the hard truth!
So, under the leadership of Li Er, they went to a laboratory, and after the demonstration and explanation by Dian Er, the military people had nothing more to question.
Holding a piece of metallic hydrogen that was transparent, but with a metallic sheen on its skin, Fan Lao's old face reddened with excitement.
"This is metallic hydrogen!"
"Ah Xiao Li, you must get me some of this metallic hydrogen." Fan Lao said.
"This ah ...... truth be told you, the production of metallic hydrogen our company is very low and the cost is high, you ......."
Before Li Linfei finished speaking, Fan Lao raised his hand and interrupted seriously, "No matter how high the price is, we want it all!"
"Then how much do you want?" Li Linfei asked with a flash of his gaze.
"Fifty tonnes." Fan Lao asked tentatively, he first tried to see if Li Linfei had that much or not, but thought that it should be none.
However, he was wrong in his expectations.
"Fine, fifty tons, two hundred billion." Li Linfei twiddled his fingers and compared a number.
According to the current international market, the value of metallic hydrogen was the same as when graphene first came out, roughly over three billion a tonne.
This kind of thing, which was not originally available in nature, all had a higher price the earlier it was made, and if the metal hydrogen could be produced, the price would drop rapidly, just like the reasoning of graphene.
However, in the short term, Li Linfei is not going to let this happen.
One ton of metallic hydrogen, if used properly, could create a hundred room temperature fusion devices, but of course, it depended on the skills of the scientists, if not used properly, none of them could be created.
"There are really fifty tonnes?" Tan Gang exclaimed, his eyes lighting up.
"Never mind if it is or not, that being said, let me ask you guys first, can you afford the 200 billion or not?" Li Linfei was a little worried.
You know that China's annual military expenditure last year, only just reached a trillion soft sister coins, Li Linfei this time asked for two hundred thousand billion, afraid that ...... a little hanging.
Fan Lao showed a bitter smile and shook his head: "One hundred billion is too much, that's impossible, if you go cheaper, fifty tons, we'll give you a bite!"