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Magnetic coil

Fusion

Winding that produces a magnetic field.

Magnetic coils in fusion devices are often superconducting, carrying large currents to produce tesla-scale fields.

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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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Toroidal field

Magnetic field the long way around a torus.

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Superconductor

Material with zero DC resistance below a critical temperature.