Chapter 949 Find a Treasure
Long time no see, Yang Yuan looks much more energetic than before.
On the one hand, it is manifested in his complexion, and on the other hand, it is manifested in his skin color.
Although he is the CEO of a branch company, the nature of his work and the insistence of technicians make it impossible for him to stay in the office as a white-collar worker, but he has to often go to the mining areas in Mindanao and Madagascar. It is precisely because of this that his complexion is much darker than before.
What happened to his ex-girlfriend Sophie hit him hard, but looking at it now, he didn't get crushed because of it. Instead, he bounced back and climbed to a new height in his career and ability.
When old friends met, Yang Yuan didn't talk nonsense after some greetings. He immediately turned around and took out a stack of reports from the office to chat about work matters.
"The analysis results of the ore samples have come out."
"The results are quite amazing! In addition to the main iron and silicon components, we also found an astonishing amount of titanium ore in the core of the asteroid! And the taste is frighteningly high!"
"We found a treasure! The mining and smelting must be handed over to our department. We have equipment and technology! The specific data is here, I can't say, you can see for yourself!"
When he was speaking, Yang Yuan was so excited that he almost punched him excitedly. Jiang Chen could clearly feel that his current mood was even more excited than when Jiang Chen handed over the exclusive mining rights of Mindanao's minerals to him.
"Don't worry, the projects related to minerals are yours, and you can't run away."
Jiang Chen took the report in his hand with a smile, flipped through it casually, and the expression on his face was also slightly moved.
The first is the general situation of the Bennu asteroid. This part of the data is the data measured by the Space Launch Center. It has a diameter of about 500 meters and a volume of about 36.8 million cubic meters. According to its average density determined by spectroscopy, the density of the asteroid is about 4.5 times that of water, that is, 4.5 tons per cubic meter, and its mass reaches a terrifying 165 million tons.
Turned to the most critical part of mineral reserves.
According to the identification of the ore samples and various returned data by Future Mining, the iron ore reserves of this asteroid are more than 40 million tons, and the taste has reached an astonishing 80!
This is a number that is impossible to reach on earth, because it means that part of the iron will exist in the form of simple iron! The oxidizing environment on the earth is impossible to breed such mineral deposits. Almost all iron in the earth's crust exists in nature in the form of oxides.
But space does.
The 40 million tons of iron ore will be able to be smelted into more than 30 million tons of steel at an ultra-low smelting cost. Not only is it enough to maintain the consumption of the industrial parks in Anga Island and the New Malaysia Special Zone for several years, but it can also be exported to the international market on a large scale to earn foreign exchange!
Although the value of iron ore is high, compared to the titanium ore in the core, it can only be regarded as a drizzle.
High-performance titanium alloys and titanium-based composite materials have the characteristics of high specific strength, high corrosion resistance, high durability, and low weight that other metals cannot match. However, the star ring trade does not hold much titanium ore. Except for the wreckage recovered from the end of the world, most of the outer structures of the star ring city are made of relatively high-strength aluminum alloys.
As we all know, titanium ore is relatively abundant on the surface, and it can only be regarded as a rare metal rather than a precious metal, but titanium alloy is quite rare. There are two main difficulties hindering the development of titanium alloy technology, one is the smelting of titanium alloy, and the other is the processing of titanium alloy.
The first is smelting, regardless of the dozens of complicated processing procedures, because the chemical properties of titanium are quite active at high temperatures, after titanium ore is processed into sponge titanium, it has to be smelted once or twice in a vacuum electric arc furnace to produce Produce high-purity titanium ingots!
Because the production conditions are complicated, the cost will naturally go up.
It is precisely because of this that the price of titanium ore varies greatly according to the level of taste. Fewer impurities means less difficulty in smelting, while those with too many impurities are not even worth processing. But generally speaking, the price of titanium ore is still around 1,000 yuan. As for processing it into titanium ingots, the price will skyrocket.
Another is processing. It is useless to manufacture titanium ingots. It is even more technically difficult to process titanium ingots into pipes, plates, screws, bearings, and even aeroengines.
Until now, Maozi has passed the US titanium alloy welding technology. Because Maozi’s titanium alloy welding technology is good, and the titanium ore reserves in Siberia are also very high, the wealthy old Maozi even built several nuclear submarines with titanium alloy, which is the legendary Alpha-class attack nuclear submarine that has been full of controversy from construction to final service. ! Not afraid of magnetic mines, the full horsepower can even throw off the rear-end MK-48 torpedo.
And because the production and processing cost of titanium alloy is extremely high, some people jokingly call it "goldfish".
Only in the weird era of the Cold War can such absurd and powerful weapons be born.
But now, with nearly 30 million tons of high-grade titanium ore, Jiang Chen also has the opportunity to be a complete "tyrant". Let alone a submarine with a titanium alloy shell, even if the aluminum alloy material of the entire space elevator is replaced with a standard titanium alloy, it is more than enough!
The titanium ore discovered on the Bennu asteroid is not only rich in reserves, but also extremely high-grade, and even naturally occurring titanium element was found in the ore samples! The cost of smelting is also much cheaper than the titanium ore produced by any titanium mine on the earth, even the rich ore in the extremely cold region of Siberia can't compare to this!
As for the 30 million tons of high-grade titanium ore, Jiang Chen had to hold the asteroid firmly in his hands.
"The smelting of the ore will be handed over to you. The second Stingray P-1 Futureman Heavy Industry will complete production as soon as possible, and it will be delivered to the port of Futureman Mining in Star Ring City next month. You should also train qualified workers as soon as possible." The pilot, the production of the Bennu asteroid must be stepped up, especially the titanium ore on it, which is very important for our space colonization plan!" Returning the report to Yang Yuan, Jiang Chen immediately ordered the task .
Hearing Jiang Chen's words, Yang Yuan grinned, patted his chest to pack the ticket and said.
"Don't worry about this, space mining is the strategic development direction of our future human mining industry! Several mining experts in our company have been training at the astronaut training base on Anga Island for almost half a year. It won't be long before Can pass the test for the Stingray P-1 driver's license."
Hearing this, Jiang Chen nodded with a smile.
Although the Stingray P-1, which is currently under construction on the Bennu asteroid, belongs to Futureman Mining, the pilot is a pilot who leased the star ring trade. The main training is the A-1 attack type and the C-1 transport type. Let the people who drive the tanks mine the minecarts, the mining efficiency will definitely not be high, that's the reason.
Today, he came to the Future Mining Headquarters for two things. Now that one of the things has been completed, there is the last one left.
"I have one more thing to ask you."
"Some time ago, the design of the external ore processing unit was completed, how is the preparation now?"
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(Note: Regarding the Bennu asteroid, NSAS has just launched a probe to take samples, and it is expected to return to Earth in 2023. No one knows the specific composition of the above, just like the water on the moon has been proven to be undocumented since the twentieth century , science fiction is not a popular science book, I will try my best to ensure rigor, but I can't guarantee it is correct.) (To be continued.) Enable new URL