Super-divine civilization begins with the civilian use of dark energy technology

Chapter 179 Strong Counterattack
In short, the entry into force and implementation of this bill will use subsidy money to centralize chip-related industries, which will affect the optimal allocation, security and stability of the global chip industry chain and supply chain, and seriously disrupt normal economic, trade and investment activities under basic market rules. .

It has affected the normal operation of many chip companies.

Of course people will resist, and now that they are like this, they are no longer polite.

In order to safeguard their own safety and interests, everyone has united and decided to reduce the export of antimony, rare earth, tungsten, tin, gallium and germanium related minerals.

Of course, the targets for reducing exports must be fixed.

Many of these minerals are used to make chips.

This is your idea of ​​making chips. I will also reduce the supply of chip raw materials, so no one can mess with it!
As soon as the export restrictions on many minerals by domestic companies came out, some people became anxious.

Some people may have questions, why are we so impatient as soon as we reduce exports?

Many industries in the world rely on rare resources.

Reducing the export of these minerals will affect many industries.

For example, when the output of these minerals decreases, chips cannot be produced normally.

Our rare earth industry chain is world-leading.

What we restrict are high-end materials. These materials are mainly used to produce photosynthetic equipment and are used for semiconductor chip processing. Nanochips lack these materials and cannot be produced.

It’s not like no one bypassed us and found another way.

Some countries have bypassed us in the past and went to developed countries to purchase raw materials for chips. They just didn’t know about it and were shocked when they used it.

Materials provided by developed countries cannot be used at all.

After refining, it was found that the rare earth hydrochloric acid in developed countries was too high and the sulfide was too strong to be used in chip production.

Why are rare earth mines in developed countries so poor?
Because the mining of rare earth minerals is very troublesome, we have spent 30 years in the rare earth mineral industry.

From being restricted in rare earth mines to leading the world now, we have put in a lot of effort.

There are more than 200 companies in the rare earth industry, which consume more than 800 billion kilowatt hours of electricity every year, require more than 200 million tons of mineral ground, and have more than 30 types of machines and equipment.

From raw ore mining and selection, to midstream smelting and separation, to downstream processing and application, the industrial chain is complete.

This is the result of the cooperation of more than 200 companies. In developed countries, all private companies cannot cooperate closely.

This is an industrial advantage that took us 30 years to create!

In addition to industrial advantages, there is also the advantage of mineral reserves.We lead the world in reserves of gallium, germanium, antimony, tungsten, tin and other minerals.

Gallium is a silver-white rare metal with a very low melting point. It becomes liquid at 29.76°C, but its boiling point is as high as 2403°C. It is one of the few metals in nature that exists as a liquid at room temperature.

Gallium is very sparsely distributed in nature and is often associated with aluminum, zinc, germanium and other minerals, making it difficult to extract and process.

According to data released by the World Geological Survey, the current global gallium reserves are 27.93 tons, and our country’s reserves alone have reached 19 tons, accounting for 68% of global reserves, while the reserves of free countries are only 0.45 tons, which is less than 1/40 of our reserves.

In terms of gallium metal production, we have an absolute dominant position. Among the 300 tons of crude gallium production in the world every year, we account for 290 tons, accounting for more than 96% of global production. It can be said that we have absolute control over the supply of gallium metal. Control.

Germanium is a gray-white metalloid that is hard and belongs to the carbon family. Its chemical properties are similar to those of tin and silicon in the same family. It is insoluble in water, hydrochloric acid, and dilute caustic alkali solutions, but is soluble in aqua regia, concentrated nitric acid, or sulfuric acid.

Germanium metal is widely distributed in nature. According to a previous report by the World Geological Survey, the world's proven reserves of germanium metal are 8600 million tons, of which free countries account for 45% of the world's reserves, and our reserves account for 41% of the world's.

Our germanium metal mainly comes from lignite mines, and our supply accounts for 68.5% of the world's supply.

Although the Free State has the largest reserves of germanium metal, it is protected by defense reserves and has hardly been mined recently.

As rare metals, gallium and germanium are emerging strategic minerals and have been included in the national strategic mineral lists of various countries around the world.

Gallium is an excellent superconducting material, and a series of compounds prepared from gallium metal have a wide range of applications.

For example, the second-generation semiconductor material gallium arsenide is mainly used in radar, satellite television broadcasting, microwave and millimeter wave communications, wireless communications and optical fiber communications.

The third-generation semiconductor material gallium nitride has broad application prospects in fields such as mobile phone fast charging, 5G communications, new energy vehicles, power supplies, LEDs and radars.

Germanium is also an excellent semiconductor material and is often used in high-tech fields such as infrared optics, fiber optics, precision instruments, solar cells, polymerization catalysts, and medicine.

Germanium compounds can be used to make fluorescent panels and various glasses with high refractive index.

It can be said that both gallium and germanium are extremely strategic minerals, and countries around the world have strategic reserves of them.

Take the radar industry as an example. We know that radar is the eye of modern warfare. Without advanced radar equipment, it is impossible to detect enemy situations in advance, carry out early warning, battlefield layout and counterattack. Metal gallium compounds are the core materials for manufacturing advanced radars.

Currently, the most advanced radar in the world is active phased radar, and its performance depends on the quality and quantity of TR components.The current materials used to manufacture TR components are mainly gallium nitride and gallium arsenide. This is because the use of these materials will make the radar more accurate and can see farther and clearer.

Radar is very important. The current mainstream military detection method is still radar. Competition based on radar in the world has never stopped.

If our own radar lags behind, for example, the detection range is shorter than that of others, the enemy will take the advantage. Nowadays, it is all information-based warfare, and the enemy will take the advantage. This is a terrible thing.

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