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Chapter 137 Discovery of Fission

"General Cialek, the direction you designated is indeed the right one!" At this time, in an office at the University of Berlin, several people were very excited. They were wearing glasses and looked like a full scholar!

Now, the one who speaks is Hahn, one of Germany's most famous chemists, who is in his fifties this year, his hair is beginning to turn white, and his spirit is very good at this time.

As a scientist, what he wants most is to win a Nobel Prize, and now, Hahn seems to have seen the Nobel Prize beckoning him!

Of course, not only Hahn, but also his assistant, Strasman, in this discovery, his assistant also made an indelible contribution!

What discovery? The most important discovery in the 20th century! The fission of the atomic nucleus!

Historically, this was an unexpected discovery.

In 1938, the scientific community had made such a discovery that uranium was irradiated with neutrons and produced some β-radionuclides, but many scientists believed that this was transuronic element.

Only Hahn and Strasmann, after carefully identifying the nuclear reaction products, must have been radioactive barium. What does this mean? The uranium nucleus has fission and turned into a new nucleus!

In Einstein's theory, the fission of the nucleus will be accompanied by mass loss and energy release!

Because of this contribution, Hahn won the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry!

And now, two years earlier than in history, they have made this discovery! Thanks to a meeting of these scientists that Cirick had for them half a year ago!

At the meeting, Cialek explained his importance to nuclear physics and pointed out some directions.

However, many people disagree with Cialis.

When will a soldier come to interfere in the scientific world? Young man, do you know how the atomic nucleus is composed?

Many people have prejudice against Cialis, after all, Cialis has no prestige in the scientific community.

Only Hahn listened and did a lot of experiments with his assistant. Finally, he affirmed that Cirick's statement was correct. He could fission by bombarding the uranium nucleus with slow neutrons!

This is a discovery that shocks the entire scientific community!

Cialek was called out late at night, and this is why, at this time, almost all the experts in nuclear physics in Germany came!

"First of all, I congratulate you on your amazing discovery." Cialek rubbed his eyes and said to Hahn and his assistant, "At the same time, for Germany, I hope you can keep your discovery, and for the time being, it cannot be published publicly."

"Why?" Hahn was stunned.

"For Germany," Cialek said: "I believe everyone knows what this discovery means in their hearts. The nucleus can be fission and can release a large amount of energy. If these energy is released smoothly, it will bring convenience to our lives, for example, it can become a source of electricity, and if it is released violently in a short period of time, it is a weapon."

In later generations, how did the United States begin to study nuclear weapons? In the beginning, it was discovered that all academic papers on nuclear physics disappeared. As a result, Einstein and others couldn't sit still. They realized that Germany might be studying nuclear weapons!

So, they wrote a letter to Roosevelt and asked to study the nuclear bomb secretly. As a result, Germany gave up and the United States succeeded.

And now is the first moment. For example, no one has discovered the fission of the atomic nucleus. If this secret is kept from now on, Einstein and others will not have noticed anything.

Germany will start secretly from now on!

"We have been patient for more than ten years, and we will never continue to endure it." Cialick said: "Maybe, you are not interested in politics, but I want to say that only by the strength of Germany can we have a future. If other countries, such as Britain and the United States, successfully manufacture such atomic weapons, then it will be our end."

Cirick, who came from later generations, certainly knew a lot. Germany failed to successfully develop atomic bombs for many reasons. The passive slackness of these scientists in front of them is definitely considered one aspect, and the wrong research direction is the other.

And now, we must not let them continue to follow the old path!

"Our current research has two goals: in peacetime, to release nuclear energy smoothly and serve our country and people. When the war period comes, let it become the Spartacle sword hanging high above the enemy's heads!" Cialek continued: "Everyone present is a German hero. Although you will be unknown now, your deeds will be written into our textbooks in the future and become household heroes."

"I have always believed that it is not politicians, but scientists who changed history!" Cirick continued: "Science is the driving force that drives the development of this world, and we have opened the door to the utilization of atomic energy!"

With the instigation and instigation, Cialek hopes that his efforts will work.

"General Cialek, don't be too optimistic." At this moment, the famous scientist Heisenberg, a veteran of the German scientific community, spoke: "Now, we are just observing the fission of the uranium nucleus in the laboratory, and it is still a long way from practical applications."

At this time, Heisenberg had already put away his previous contempt and solemnly explained to Cialick: "First of all, we need a large amount of uranium raw materials. In nature, uranium 238 has the highest content in uranium ore, and less than one percent of uranium 235. We conducted experiments and proved that only uranium 235 can split."

If it were in the past, Heisenberg would never talk nonsense with Cialis, but now, since Cialis has proved that Cialis is correct, Heisenberg will also treat Cialis as a person in the scientific community.

Whether you want to build a nuclear reactor or a nuclear bomb, the purity of the nuclear raw materials is required to be high enough. It is not that easy to enrich uranium 235 in uranium ore.

In later generations, if you want to use uranium to build a nuclear bomb, you need a centrifuge to enrich uranium 235. This method has huge investment and poor results.

"Yes, this is a problem, but this problem is actually very easy to solve." Cialick's hand picked up a piece of chalk and wrote a nuclear reaction equation that later high school students would write: "Uranium 238 cannot be divided, but when it captures neutrons, it can turn into plutonium 239 and plutonium 239, which is easy to fission."

In contrast, it is much easier to make plutonium bombs than uranium bombs! Because this method no longer requires a centrifuge, it only requires continuous combustion in the reactor and burning the uranium into plutonium, and it is enough!
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