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C

Central solenoid

Fusion

Transformer coil on a tokamak axis.

The central solenoid is a stack of coils down the tokamak axis that induces plasma current like a transformer primary.

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Material for Magnetic Coils

The word "tokamak" is of Russian origin and means "toroidal chamber and magnetic coils." This magnetic confinement system holds plasma in magnetic fields of toroidal shape. The first tokamak, the T-1, started operation in 1958 in Russia, and since then the greatest advances in th

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T

Tokamak

Toroidal magnetic fusion device using plasma current.

P

Poloidal field

Magnetic field the short way around a torus.