Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 102 The Naive Tony (Second Update)
"You wouldn't be faking the data, would you?"

Tony Stark pointed to a spot on the drawing and looked at Luca with a suspicious expression.

However, as soon as he said that, he immediately realized that he had asked a stupid question.

He brought up the idea of ​​seeing the design drawings himself. The existing drawings are only for the convenience of design and manufacturing, so how could he possibly have falsified them?

'Could it really be a labeling error? This kid would make such a basic mistake?'

Regardless of what Tony was thinking, when Luca saw the location he was pointing to, a look of understanding appeared in his eyes.

He then said with a hint of mockery on his face.

"This isn't a data error. How come Tony Stark, the sage, couldn't even tell that new materials were used here?"

"impossible!"

Tony Stark gave his judgment without hesitation.

"No matter what materials you use, it's impossible for the entire machine to be this lightweight! With such low density, what about the structural strength? Forget about using it for combat or defense, it can't even meet the most basic movement standards. If you make even the slightest movement, the internal transmission structure will break!"

"Don't tell me you went through all this trouble just to make a static decoration?"

Since Tony wanted to help Luca improve his flying abilities, he naturally needed to pay special attention to aspects such as the aircraft's structure and weight balance.

But to everyone's surprise, Tony only realized this when he saw the final data.

The robot Luca is planning to build will weigh less than 50 kilograms!
This is even lighter than his Mark VII Iron Man suit.

Keep in mind that the Mark suit is a hollow suit of armor, while Luca is trying to create a near-solid robot.

If we extrapolate from this data, the density of the main material of this robot may be less than one-sixth that of steel!

"Damn it, what kind of flight device can you design with a material this dense? It'd probably disintegrate just running on the ground!"

"And even if the strength meets the standards, what about corrosion resistance? High temperature resistance? Wear resistance? Stress resistance? Do you really think you can solve all the problems with an external coating?"

As Luca listened to Tony's endless analysis and critique of the robot's data, a slight smile appeared on his lips as he looked at Tony's naive and unsophisticated demeanor.

"These are all achievable, of course. In fact, you've seen this new material before."

As he spoke, Luca prepared to give the correct answer.

However, before he could even speak, Tony Stark had a sudden inspiration and looked sharply at Harlow beside him.

"Is it this little thing?"

"Wait a minute, no wonder you brought so much graphite! You want to use electromagnetic deposition to obtain carbon nanotubes, arrange them in a network, and enhance the structural strength?"

"No, even so, to ensure sufficient strength, the carbon nanotubes must be arranged densely enough, which will also increase the overall weight of the material."

"Doing it this way would be less cost-effective than just using titanium alloy!"

Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise finally flashed in Luca's eyes.

Surprisingly, with just this clue, Tony's guess was already very close to the truth. Yes, the main material Luca was preparing to use to build the robot was, of course, the famous 'E-carbon' from Gundam 00.

However, 'E-carbon' is not the 'carbon nanotube arrangement' that Tony mentioned, but a more advanced 'carbon atom lattice arrangement'.

In fact, even Luca's own home doesn't have the necessary conditions to manufacture this thing right now; the equipment isn't up to standard.

In other words, Tony's laboratory is indeed world-class, although it is not a specially customized 'E-carbon' production equipment.

But after Harrow checked and confirmed it last night, he found that it was barely possible to make, so he adjusted the current blueprint.

Seeing Tony Stark still muttering to himself, constantly doubting himself, and resuming his analysis of Tony Stark, Luca stopped keeping him in suspense and gave him the answer directly.

Luca took the Harlow that Tony was fiddling with, gently tapped the little guy's shell with his fingers, and then spoke.

"E-carbon is a completely new material that I created unintentionally. By using a magnetic field to arrange the isotopes of carbon according to a specific crystal lattice, it can be combined with most metals to form a completely new alloy."

"The material's density is only one-seventh that of steel, but its tensile strength can reach 150Pa, which is 75 times that of carbon steel. It also has the characteristics of high temperature and high pressure resistance, corrosion resistance, strength, hardness and toughness, and good electrical conductivity. It should be the best material I can make so far."

Listening to Luca's seemingly detailed description, Tony Stark, who was still analyzing the possibilities of the materials, turned completely to stone, staring blankly at the boy in front of him.

"Do you even want to listen to what you're saying?!"

"Absolutely ridiculously low density! Incredibly high strength! And it's also heat-resistant, corrosion-resistant, and conductive? Do you think you're in a science fiction movie??"

Tony only knew of one similar material: the legendary vibranium.

However, even if it is vibranium, it may be superior in other aspects, but its density is far from being this low.

Most importantly, how much vibranium is there in the entire world? (At this point, Tony didn't know about Wakanda.)
This kid, who's only ten years old, has actually managed to develop a 'degraded vibranium' that can be mass-produced all by himself?
'Even though luck plays a significant role in achieving results in materials science, this level of luck... this kid must be some kind of chosen one, right?'

For the first time, Tony, who was always arrogant, felt a sense of inferiority to his opponent.

Seeing Tony Stokes staring in disbelief, Luca could only shrug helplessly.

Actually, these are still conservative figures he provided.

The main problem is that the experimental equipment at Tony Stark's place wasn't custom-made, and some aspects couldn't be perfected; otherwise, the properties of the 'E-carbon' produced would have been doubled.

Moreover, this is only the performance of 'E-carbon' in the absence of 'GN particles'.

The ideal configuration would be to add a GN particle channel between the two layers of 'E-carbon' armor, using 'GN particles' to further enhance the strength of 'E-carbon'.

Only then can the material truly achieve a level of near-physical immunity.

Thinking of this, Luca tapped Haro's little head next to him and put on a somewhat sentimental expression.

"Actually, this is not the complete state yet. I discovered this material by accident when I was building this little guy, but I have been unable to perfectly replicate it afterward. So this is the best I can do. After I replicate it with better materials, I will definitely build a brand new robot."

Upon hearing Luca's words, Tony's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked somewhat urgently.

"Luca, kid, are you planning to sell this kind of material?!"

(End of this chapter)