American scientists put great pressure on hydrogen to turn it into metal, thus creating a brand-new high-tech material, and its most powerful use may attract more attention.

According to the report of 654381October 26th in Reuters, England, this discovery published in the American magazine Science confirmed a famous physical theory for the first time, that is, hydrogen, which is usually gas, may become metal under great pressure.

The explosive power of metallic hydrogen is 25 ~ 35 times that of TNT explosive with the same mass, and it is the most powerful chemical explosive. This technology is expected to enable the United States to develop the fourth generation of nuclear weapons. However, China has also made new scientific inventions.

You may still remember the "N2 bomb" in science fiction works, which is as powerful as nuclear weapons and has no nuclear pollution. China, a new material that can be used to make this kind of bomb, has been synthesized.

In the same issue of Science, scientists in China published a paper saying that a high-tech research team in China successfully synthesized the world's first all-nitrogen anion salt, and the explosion energy of this substance is equivalent to 10 ~ 100 times of TNT explosive. This new technology is expected to be used to make a "clean" hydrogen bomb that does not need nuclear fission initiation, that is, the almost imaginary "N2 bomb" we just mentioned.

Since mankind released the monster "nuclear" from Pandora's box, the major countries in the world have been committed to developing more advanced nuclear weapons, and now they have been equipped with a large number of three generations of nuclear weapons: the first generation atomic bomb, the second generation hydrogen bomb and the third generation neutron bomb, shock wave bomb and electromagnetic pulse bomb.

However, many countries are unwilling to stop there. The pursuit and desire for the fourth generation of nuclear weapons has prompted some countries to secretly compete, and news has appeared in newspapers from time to time.

According to the different "nuclear triggers", the fourth generation nuclear weapons probably have several ideas, such as metal hydrogen weapons, laser particle beam weapons, heterogeneous weapons, antimatter weapons and N2 bombs.

The fourth generation of nuclear weapons is expected by all countries because it is "clean", mainly because it has little pollution after explosion, can be miniaturized and can be used in actual combat without scruple, so it is much better than the first three generations of nuclear weapons.

Among them, metal hydrogen weapons must first convert gaseous hydrogen into solid metal hydrogen. This technology is very complicated and demanding. It needs to apply more than 765,438+0.7 million pounds (about 32.52 million kilograms) per square inch (about 6.45 square centimeters) to prepare, and this pressure is even greater than the pressure of the earth's core.

This technology, developed by scientists at Harvard University, is the first metal hydrogen sample on earth.

This metallic hydrogen can be used not only as a new superconducting material, but also as an ultra-high energy propellant for rockets or missiles. It also makes it possible to develop metal hydrogen weapons in the fourth generation of nuclear weapons, making the United States once again a leader in nuclear weapons technology.

With this new weapon, when dealing with powerful enemies, the United States can use this small and pollution-free special weapon at will, so as to control the progress of the war at any time and make the war more random.

It can be completely affirmed that the total nitrogen anion salt synthesized by Chinese scientists is also a cutting-edge technology, which can be applied to the "N2 explosion bomb" appearing in science fiction.

The energy level of this all-nitrogen anion salt substance can reach 10 4 ~ 10 5 Joule/g, which is equivalent to 10 ~ 100 times of TNT explosive. It can be used not only to make more powerful explosives, propellants, rockets and missile propellants, but also to make "explosives" that do not need nuclear fission.

That is to say, if China applies this technology to the development of the fourth-generation nuclear weapons, then China will also develop the "N2 bomb" that appeared in science fiction before, which will also lead other countries to develop a small, pollution-free and disposable special weapon, thus keeping pace with the United States and becoming the first country to make remarkable progress in the research of the fourth-generation nuclear weapons.

There is no doubt that the fourth generation of nuclear weapons, such as metal hydrogen weapons and N2 bombs, can greatly lower the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons, so that some countries can apply them on the battlefield without scruple, and soldiers can safely enter the explosion area to fight within 48 hours after the nuclear explosion, which is unimaginable in the first three generations of nuclear weapons.

If the metal hydrogen weapon, N2 bomb and other weapons are successfully tested and put into use, the usual strategic nuclear weapons will be tactical because they can be applied to vehicles as small as bullets, which will make the world already under the nuclear cloud more uneasy.

However, judging from the fact that there is no time interval between China and the United States to develop new high-energy materials, it seems that this has opened the curtain of the fourth-generation nuclear weapons research and development, and Russia has also made new gains in this regard, so it is very likely that a new arms race is being opened.