Liang Wencheng returned with great enthusiasm, imdiately calling for a eting with the key staff. He announced that Hu Jianguo's team had achieved a remarkable feat—successfully developing a unique steel. This groundbreaking steel was destined to replace critical components of the turbofan X engine, revolutionizing its performance.
During the eting, it was unanimously decided that the vital thermal parts of the turbofan X engine, such as the turbine guide vanes and working blades at all levels, should be replaced with this extraordinary special steel. The implications of this decision were profound, marking a significant leap forward in technological advancent.
Amidst a mixture of astonishnt and admiration, the backbone mbers of the team expressed their awe and respect for Academician Hu and his team's remarkable achievent.
"Academician Hu and the others are truly remarkable. To develop such an exceptional special steel is beyond belief."
"The chanical strength of this steel is over five tis greater than high-strength steel. It surpasses imported high-temperature alloys in terms of strength."
"The impressive high lting point indicates excellent resistance to extre temperatures. We can potentially optimize designs to further enhance turbine performance."
As the eting concluded, a sense of relief and excitent perated the room. The worries concerning the failure of dostic superalloys and the costly efforts to import single-crystal superalloys were now a thing of the past. The solutions to all their problems seed to have been found.
Following the eting, the production of turbine blades comnced without delay. Equipped with the necessary technology and production equipnt, an aero-engine manufacturing plant and a forging workshop swung into action.
The manufacturing process began with die forging the blanks for the turbine blades. Each blade had to be ticulously processed, starting with the forging of the blade blank. The enormous heating furnace reached an astonishing temperature of 1500 degrees, a temperature at which ordinary steel would have already begun to soften. In contrast, the two gray-black tal pieces remained stable, not even changing their color.
Observing this extraordinary heat resistance, several workers were secretly amazed. One experienced blacksmith in his fifties couldn't contain his astonishnt and exclaid, "My God, I have never witnessed such exceptional heat resistance in my entire life."
"Yes, and it's already at 1500 degrees," another worker remarked.
A nearby technician interjected loudly, "This is a new type of special steel known for its unparalleled resistance to high temperatures. We need to heat it to 2600 degrees."
Gasps filled the room. The notion of heating the tal to such extre temperatures left everyone astounded. The temperature continued to rise, pushing the limits of the special electric furnace, which could reach a maximum temperature of 2800 degrees. Without it, achieving the desired red-hot state for the tal would have been impossible.
As the temperature surpassed 2500 degrees, the two tal pieces inside the furnace began showing signs of redness. When it reached 2600 degrees, the redness beca even more apparent but still fell slightly short. After a brief discussion among the technicians, they unanimously decided to increase the temperature by another 100 degrees, pushing it to an impressive 2700 degrees. Finally, it seed that the forging process requirents had been t.
The two tal pieces glowed red and were carefully removed from the furnace. One of them was clamped and placed onto the forging machine for the forging process. The production continued for several hours until the first working blade's blank was successfully forged, followed by the second and third.
anwhile, deep beneath the ocean's surface in the North Pacific Ocean, Overlord, also known as Bawang, swam with a colossal spear in hand. Following Liu Yong's instructions, it ticulously searched for any traces of the elusive black-grey tal. Bawangtraversed the vast expanse of the ocean, gradually reaching the edge of a submarine plain where the terrain beca less flat.
Noticing sothing in the distance, Bawang exclaid, "Hey, aren't those gray-black tals?" Intriguing objects ca into view within Bawang's enhanced perception. They resembled stones but also bore a resemblance to the elusive gray-black tal.
Curiosity piqued, Bawang swiftly swam closer. However, upon closer inspection, disappointnt washed over it as the objects turned out to be re stones of various sizes, not the sought-after gray-black tal.
Undeterred, Bawang refused to give up and continued searching tirelessly for several more hours. Eventually, hunger gnawed at its stomach, prompting a return to its temporary cave. The cave provided sustenance in the form of a colossal octopus—Bawang's preferred al. It ventured to the Great Trench every five days, hunting these massive cephalopods.
Not driven by greed, Bawang settled for a single octopus per hunting trip, knowing it could always hunt for more after satisfying its appetite. The Great Trench teed with an abundance of these giant creatures, ensuring Bawang never returned empty-handed from its hunts.
With an ample food supply, Bawang's weight increased astounding, nearing a staggering 1,000 tons. However, despite the relentless search, the task assigned by Liu Yong remained unaccomplished. Days turned into weeks and the realization that within a radius of one or two hundred nautical miles, no trace of the grey-black tal had been found started to sink in.
Bawang pondered two possibilities: either the tal resided at the bottom of the Great Trench or it existed in the more distant surroundings. Although it yearned to explore the trench's depths, Bawang had already pushed its physical limits, unable to reach the trench's absolute bottom. The trendous depth of the trench, estimated to be at least 7,500 ters, made it one of the ocean's deepest abysses.
Contemplating its next move, Bawang decided to broaden the search area in the coming days, hoping that luck would lead to a fortuitous discovery.
anwhile, at the Yanguo Institute of Special tals, Hu Jianguo and his team delved deeper into their research. As they continued their investigations, they encountered increasingly surprising revelations.
Utilizing a powerful electron microscope, the team scrutinized the microstructure of the tal, revealing its intricate details. Astonishingly, the tal's microscopic structure exhibited a pattern of regular hexagons, reminiscent of the diamond's atomic structure. However, these hexagons existed not at the nuclear level but rather at the nanoscale.
Hu Jianguo and his team finally comprehended why this tal possessed exceptional strength—the structure itself was the key. Analogous to graphite and diamond, both carbon-based substances, their arrangent of atoms dictated their contrasting properties: one soft with low strength and the other hard with high strength.
The tal's microstructure was already a remarkable finding, but what truly astonished them was the presence of several unknown elents, seemingly absent from the periodic table. Even Hu Jianguo couldn't help but be astounded. An idea began to form in his mind—could this tal be a product not of Earth's civilization but potentially of an alien culture?
However, each ti this thought surfaced, Hu Jianguo swiftly dismissed it, considering it re fleeting speculation.
anwhile, Overlord reported to Liu Yong, "Master, I searched the surrounding area spanning two to three hundred nautical miles, but I found no trace of the gray-black tal."
Liu Yong's mind raced as he appreciated Overlord's report. Doubt began to cloud his thoughts—could his initial hypothesis have been incorrect? Perhaps the octopuses weren't responsible for moving the tals found in the circular giant hole. If not, then where did those tals originate from?
Liu Yong's mind raced with possibilities, but the answer remained elusive. Further exploration and investigation would be necessary to unravel the grey-black tal's mystery and its connection to the deep-sea environnt.
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