Chapter 15: Super Alloy

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  Super Alloy

  Duan Yue handed over the matter of award selection to Da Shan for full handling, Duan Yue himself still had other things to deal with, and Han Shi Yuan had been chasing him for several days.

  The "Diamond Building" covers an area of over 1,000 square meters. To excavate a foundation with a depth of 15 meters in such a large place would have taken at least several months in the past. However, with the widespread use of large machinery today, large excavators dig out soil and rocks, heavy-duty trucks quickly transport them away, making this seemingly massive project completed in less than ten days.

  Looking at the huge pit that suddenly appeared in the flat ground, Duan Lei secretly sighed that the power of science and technology was indeed very strong.

  After the foundation pit is dug, steel bars are woven into a skeleton, and then high-strength special concrete is poured in to form a solid and stable foundation.

  Such a small project is not difficult for Haida Construction, and almost the day after the foundation pit was dug, the construction team began to weave steel mesh according to the design requirements in the huge pit, just waiting for the concrete pouring.

  "Director Duan, the foundation is about to be poured with concrete, but the steel support pillars for the ground structure have not been settled yet?" Han Shi Yuan chased after Duan Lei, not because of the issue with the foundation pouring, but because of some building materials needed for the 'Diamond Building' ground floor.

  The combination of steel and concrete is enough to support skyscrapers of hundreds of meters, while the highest point of the 'Diamond Tower' is only about 30 meters, so technically speaking, the foundation does not have much difficulty. The key lies in the design scheme of the 'Diamond Tower', which is designed by imitating the internal structure of diamonds, and at the same time, it must be able to support a large number of mirrors while minimizing the amount of steel used, thus putting extremely high demands on the steel frame.

  Han Shi-yuan searched through a lot of materials but still couldn't find suitable steel to serve as the framework for the 'Diamond Building', his head was getting bigger.

  The building materials available on the market are either not rigid enough or not extensible enough, far from meeting the requirements of a 'diamond building', even if some steel materials are suitable, but because the output is extremely low, they are all used in more important fields, how can they be used as building materials?

  In the field of architecture, all-steel structures are not uncommon, for example, the Bird's Nest is one of the most famous examples. However, the Bird's Nest also uses a large amount of steel reinforcement in different directions to form a stable structure. Unlike the 'Diamond Tower', which almost utilizes its own strength to the extreme in design, achieving a good design effect, but poses extremely high requirements on construction technology and steel performance.

  Han Shi Yuan was also unable to find a solution no matter how hard he tried, so he had to come and find Duan Lei. After all, there was a clause in the design plan that stated if Hai Da Jian Gong encountered an insurmountable technical problem, the design party could step in to resolve it.

  "Don't worry, you guys just go ahead with the concrete pouring as planned. In a few days, I'll bring over the steel materials that meet the requirements. It definitely won't delay the construction schedule." Duan Yue naturally knew what Han Shi Yuan was tense about and comforted him with a smile.

  When designing the "Diamond Building", detailed specifications for all building materials required for the entire project have been established. If the existing building materials on Earth can meet the requirements, ordinary building materials on Earth will be used, such as rebar, cement, limestone, etc. Some materials with extremely high requirements need to be processed using Maca technology by Duan Lian to meet the requirements of the "Diamond Building", such as mirror metal and bracket steel, etc.

  The processing procedure of mirror metal is relatively complicated, and it has quite strict requirements for the production environment and craftsmanship. Therefore, Duan Yu hopes to cooperate with Gu Yuliang to establish a mirror metal production enterprise that specializes in producing mirror metals used in high-rise buildings.

  Before May 1st, Duan Yue had already reached a preliminary intention with Gu Yu Liang. Gu Yu Liang would set up a processing workshop of 100,000 levels, and Duan Yue would provide key raw materials and processing technology to jointly produce mirror metal. During this period, Gu Yu Liang was too busy to take care of the 'Diamond Building' project, except for occasional phone calls with Duan Yue, most of his thoughts were focused on setting up a new company.

  As for the steel frame of the 'Diamond Building', due to the tight schedule and simple manufacturing process, Duan Lei didn't have to wait for the completion of the mirror metal production workshop before starting production. He could just find some special metal smelting companies to do it.

  "Is this really true?" Seeing Duan Yue's confident appearance, Han Shi Yuan was both shocked and delighted.

  During this period, for the problem of steel materials for the ground building frame of 'Diamond Building', Han Shi-yuan can be said to have racked his brains, but still had no way out. In order to achieve the data parameters in the design plan, Han Shi-yuan has made many models with various different steels and also performed calculations with a large computer, only to find that all the steel materials he could find were completely unable to meet the design requirements.

  Now that Duan Yue gave such a definite answer, Han Shi Yuan was naturally very happy. After all, the design plan for this 'Diamond Building' was brought up by Duan Yue, and some solutions should be available.

  "Don't worry, I'll start preparing the steel materials right away. Once your foundation is laid, we can start building the steel structure part, and it won't delay the construction period." Duan Yue smiled and patted Han Shi-yuan's shoulder, giving him a reassurance.

  For Duan Yue, dealing with these tech enthusiasts is a very simple and pleasant thing, no need to consider too much unnecessary things, just solve the problem.

  Having received Duan Lei's affirmative reply, Han Shi Yuan's heart felt a huge stone fall into place, and he hummed a tune as he returned to the office by the construction site. He left Duan Lei shaking his head helplessly at the entrance of the laboratory before turning around and entering it.

  Compared with half a year ago, this humble laboratory has not changed much. No one can believe that 'Pollution Killer' and 'Gourd Swallower' were born in such a small place.

  Although the funds are now abundant, Duan Yue has no intention of upgrading or renovating the laboratory, and wants to wait until the "Diamond Building" is completed, and then upgrade in one step. Anyway, the current conditions of the laboratory are sufficient for some experiments and small-scale production at present, so there is no need to make a big fuss about improving it.

  Through the operating room, Duan Lei arrived at the sunroom where 'Devouring Calabaza' was originally cultivated, to check on something being cultivated here.

  The current sunroom has been completely sealed, relying solely on a small fluorescent lamp for lighting. The faint blue light is perfect for filming horror movies without any decoration.

  The original nutrient solution for 'swallowing calabaza' still had more than half of the water body, and from time to time something dripped down from above the water tank, creating a ripple. Following the dripping thing, moving the line of sight upwards, under the faint blue light, a cluster of things that were constantly crawling was suspended just above the water tank.

  If someone with unknown background breaks into this cultivation room, they will definitely be scared to death by the slightly terrifying scene in front of them, thinking that they have entered an alien world.

  Duan Wei, however, was already accustomed to this and picked up a tool with a magnet from the edge of the sink, inserted it into the sink, sucked up all the small steel balls that had sunk to the bottom of the water, and put them in a small basin beside him.

  After nearly an hour of busy work in the dimly lit cultivation room, Duan Lei finally carried out two full basins of small steel balls and started melting them in the electric furnace in the operation room.

  The high-energy electric furnace worked well, and in less than half an hour, the small steel balls were all melted into molten steel. Then Duan Lei poured them all into individual steel ingots, which cooled and were stacked in a corner of the operating room. Here, hundreds of steel ingots had already accumulated, with a total weight of at least several tons.

  These steel billets are an important component of the structural steel columns for the ground floor construction of the 'Diamond Tower' and can be considered a super alloy produced using Makka technology.

  Unlike Earth's civilization, which is accustomed to producing alloys by smelting different metal elements, the planet of Makka is more adept at using various plants and animals to produce super alloys.

  The objects that are constantly crawling above the water tank in the cultivation room are actually a variant of fungi that can engulf metal elements, combine them in perfect proportions within their bodies, and then excrete them.

  When Dingding first designed the 'Diamond Tower', he had already considered that the steel on Earth might not meet the requirements of the 'Diamond Tower', so let Duan Lei start cultivating this 'devouring fungus' to produce a superalloy that can meet the needs of the 'Diamond Tower'.

  This cultivation of 'carnivorous fungus' derived from 'carnivorous grass' is not difficult, just need to use the 'carnivorous grass' culture solution to cultivate some fungi plants.

  After the successful cultivation of 'fungal fungus', Duan Lei began to add iron, copper, manganese, titanium and other metals into the fungal cluster, allowing the 'fungal fungus' to absorb them and then placing the water in the lower water tank.

  After collecting and smelting these superalloys, the work is not entirely done because the steel frame of the 'Diamond Tower' does not require all this low-yield, expensive superalloy. As long as the superalloy ingots are sufficient, take out the formula and smelting method, find a special refining company to smelt and cast, and produce steel that meets the design requirements of the 'Diamond Tower'.

  This is also the reason why Duan Yue has always been confident.

  According to the design requirements of the 'Diamond Building', the special steel required for the ground building is roughly around 1,000 tons, which is not a small amount. According to Ding's estimate, adding 1 ton of superalloy to ordinary high-carbon steel can meet the 'Diamond Building's stringent requirements for steel stiffness, extensibility and other aspects. Therefore, Duan Lei needs to produce at least 10 tons of superalloy in the cultivation room to meet the demand of the 'Diamond Building'.

  These superalloys are far superior to any alloy on Earth in terms of hardness, ductility, stiffness and corrosion resistance, making them suitable for use in precision machinery, aerospace materials, high-performance engines and other cutting-edge fields. However, Duan Lei will not easily expose these superalloys; instead, he will first use them to meet the development needs of "Maka Biology", and only after "Maka Biology" has grown into a massive entity will he gradually provide the finished products of these superalloys to the outside world.

  The more Duanyue came into contact with the technology of the Maya civilization, the more surprises he encountered, and the more expectations he had for the future.

  Super Alloy