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Toroidal field

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Magnetic field the long way around a torus.

The toroidal field follows the long way around a doughnut-shaped plasma and is produced by toroidal field coils.

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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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Poloidal field

Magnetic field the short way around a torus.