Superman of the American Comics - Chapter 160

[Chapter 152? The Ark Reactor, the first machine concept]

“Before that, can you get dressed first?”

Seeing Howard’s impatient look, Luke glanced at the open nightgown, which was empty and almost unobstructed.

I’m going to find Malena to wash her eyes again tonight.

he thought so.

“It doesn’t matter! Einstein can still attend MIT lectures even in his pajamas. The light of wisdom is far more important than the cloak that covers the flesh.”

Howard was very excited. Still can’t wait to show Luke his latest results.

“I finally know why those French literati like to go to brothels. You just slept with a woman, and even talking became so sour. If you slept a few more times, wouldn’t it be Shakespeare.”

Luke teased, but did not refuse Howard’s invitation.

This holiday estate in the western part of Long Island has prepared a basic version of the underground laboratory because it often comes over.

Howard isn’t short of money anyway, and this guy always comes in handy when he’s bursting with inspiration or is desperate to do some research.

And, according to him, sometimes his mind goes blank and he brings women who hang out here.

While watching those complicated calculation formulas, while doing some kind of intense exercise, it is easier to stimulate the thinking and spark.

Luke says he doesn’t believe even a single punctuation mark.

“Have you never thought about sorting it out?”

he asked when he walked into the underground laboratory.

Compared with his son’s futuristic high-tech private laboratory, Iron Man’s father’s workplace is much simpler.

A long metal oval table, on which are all kinds of calculation papers, as well as various tools in a mess.

Four leftover pizza boxes, five or six cups of Fat House Happy Water, and plenty of coffee.

Howard may not be lying, as you can tell from the foul-smelling household waste, that he’s literally staying home in the lab these days.

“Only in this messy state

can I find the tools I want to use. If it is cleaned up and placed neatly, I may not be able to work properly.”

Howard waved his hand. This is a personal habit. Weiss, has long been used to it.

Behind him are two simple stretchable whiteboards, densely written with a large number of formulas, and the knowledge involved is enough to make people dizzy.

Luke glanced at it and asked curiously, “Are you going to use palladium as an energy core?”

“You actually understand? Well, it’s not surprising, any incredible thing that happens to Superman seems so normal. .”

Howard said with a contrived expression, and then continued: “I participated in the Manhattan Project before, and Oppenheimer studied nuclear fission, which uses a chain reaction to release terrible energy.”

“Although I am an arms dealer, but Not interested in uncontrollable lethal weapons, and there are enough geniuses in that field that there is no need to squeeze one in.”

“So you set your sights on nuclear fusion?”

Luke took the conversation, Just pick up a scribbled design drawing.

In terms of ideas, it is already quite the prototype of a tokamak thermonuclear fusion reactor.

In terms of appearance, it looks a bit like the big guy who was later placed in the Stark Industrial Weapons Research and Development Department.

Iron Man Tony Stark, inspired by it, developed a scaled-down version of the Ark reactor.

“That’s right! The fuels used in nuclear fusion are deuterium and tritium, and deuterium is abundant in seawater. There is about one deuterium atom for every 6,500 hydrogen atoms, and the total amount of deuterium in seawater is about 45 trillion tons.”

Howard snapped his fingers and having a chat partner who could understand what he was saying was the best thing in the world.

“The deuterium contained in each liter of seawater is completely fused, and the fusion energy released is equivalent to the energy of 300 liters of gasoline fuel. According to the energy consumed by the world, the fusion energy of deuterium in seawater can be used for tens of billions of years. Therefore, as long as I Solving the problem of nuclear fusion is equivalent to solving the problem of world energy!”

Luke, who kept up with the rhythm, nodded and said with a smile: “Even the Atlanteans, who are marine civilizations, have not yet conquered the technology. Where do you get your confidence from?”

The reaction and technical requirements of nuclear fusion technology are very high, and controllable nuclear fusion is even more troublesome.

Of course, that’s just for the real world Luke once lived in.

There is no such thing as a scientific barrier in the Marvel Universe. As long as a genius has an idea, he will soon be able to come up with a finished product that is close to black technology.

One of the representatives is none other than Mr. Fantastic Reed Richards.

“Because I’m a genius of the Stark family.”

Howard touched the moustache and said proudly.

“Say something serious.”

Luke rolled his eyes at the other party. Narcissism and genius are really Stark’s family heritage.

“Well, after I returned to New York from the Atlantic after driving the ‘Nautilus’, I began to try various cores that release energy.”

Howard coughed twice and said seriously: “Maybe it’s a revelation from God, I discovered palladium. It is Chemical element number 46, which is a metal, has excellent catalytic properties.”

“I electrolyzed heavy water with palladium, and as a result, I observed unusually high energy yields, and measured neutron and tritium yields.”

“What does this mean? If I use palladium as the energy core, make a large annular vacuum chamber, wrap coils around the outside, push it with electric current, make a huge spiral magnetic field inside it, and then heat the plasma inside it to high temperature – — to achieve the effect of nuclear fusion.”

Howard danced with excitement, this is an amazing discovery for him, and an exciting breakthrough research for the world.

“The details still need to be considered. For example, stability, energy loss, and how to apply… These are issues that cannot be ignored.”

Luke thought for a moment and answered.

Howard is indeed a veritable genius, who easily overcame a major difficulty across the ages.

“You’re right, I just made a general framework, and there is still a lot to fill in it.”

Howard, who was excited, finally regained his calm thinking.

“Didn’t the US military have a ‘Paperclip Project’? S.H.I.E.L.D. recruited so many German scientists, found a few people related to nuclear energy physics, and formed a team, what do you think?”

“This is no problem. But the Soviet Union vigorously developed the nuclear industry and took away a group of people long ago, and the rest… elites, you may not like it.”

Luke shrugged, he knew Howard’s concern for The demands of researchers are quite high.

“Wait, I have a good candidate! The last time I was at the Atomic Energy Commission’s cocktail party, I met a… Soviet scientist.”

Howard frowned, trying to recall: “His name is… Anton-Vanke! I heard that he defected from the Soviet Union and once presided over important projects.”

“We talked about research on nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. He is barely a junior member of the genius club, and he may be a good helper.”

Lu Ke blinked, the grievances between Stark and Anton’s two generations of families, this started?

“Okay, I’m going to find someone from the Atomic Energy Commission.”

He nodded in agreement, paused, and asked in a peculiar way: “Howard, have you ever thought about shrinking the reactor and using it as the core energy source of some kind of weapon?”

“Like?”

“Like…power armor.”

[End of this Chapter]