Superconductor

Fusion

Material with zero DC resistance below a critical temperature.

Superconductors carry large currents without resistive loss, enabling the high magnetic fields of devices such as ITER when cooled to cryogenic temperatures.

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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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Cryostat

Vacuum vessel that thermally insulates cold magnets.