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6 Magnetic confinement fusion: tokamak

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Molecular Formulas
Ar; Be; C; CO; Cu; Fe; H; H2O; He; Kr; Li17Pb83; Li2O; Mo; N; NbTi; Ne; Ni; O; Pb; W; aluminium; aluminum; argon; beryllium; carbon; charcoal; copper; helium; hydrogen; iron; lithium; lithium nesosilicate; lithium titanate; lithium zirconate; neon; niobium tin; niobium titanium; nitrogen; oxygen; silicon carbide; titanium hydride
Element Systems C-H; C-Si; H-O; H-Ti; Li-O; Li-O-Si; Li-O-Ti; Li-O-Zr; Li-Pb; Nb-Sn; Nb-Ti; Ti-V
Properties confinement; cross section; current; density; electron density; heat transport; melting point; pressure; resistivity; safety factor; stability; thermal energy; transport
Keywords D-T experiment; D-T fuel; D-T plasma; ECRF heating; H-mode plasma; ICRF; ITER; NBI; PFC; TF magnet; alpha particle; application; bootstrap current; boundary; breeder material; breeding blanket structure; breeding material; ceramic; chemical sputtering; collisionality; coolant; core contamination; cryogenic pellet; deuterium-tritium plasma; disruption; divertor; electron cyclotron frequency; electron cyclotron range of frequency heating; electron temperature; energetic particle confinement; energy confinement; energy confinement time; first wall material; first wall structure; fuel; fusion power production; fusion triple product; heat sink; helium ash; helium extraction; high-temperature superconductor; hydrogen puffing; impurity seeding; international thermonuclear experimental reactor; ion cyclotron radiofrequency heating; ion temperature; killer pellet; lower hybrid wave heating; magnet system; magnetohydrodynamic stability; mhd stability; multiplier; neutral beam injection; neutron multiplier; nuclear power plant; nuclear reactor plasma; operational limit; particle confinement time; pellet; plasma; plasma contamination; plasma facing component; plasma frequency; plasma fueling system; plasma poisoning; plasma transport process; plasma-surface interaction; poloidal field coil; power handling material; pump coating; pumping system; recycling coefficient; shield blanket material; shielding; superconductor; tokamak; tokamak plasma; toroidal field magnet; transport loss; tritium breeding; vacuum vessel; vacuum vessel structure
Main Subjects MCF; magnetic confinement fusion; tokamak
Secondary Subjects ITER; MCF; auxiliary systems; configuration; confinement; current drive systems; deuterium-tritium experiments; diagnostics; disruptions; divertor experiments; elementary transport processes; energetic particle confinement; energetic particle interactions with mhd instabilities; energetic particle physics; equilibrium; exhaust; experiments; fueling; heating; introduction; magnetic confinement fusion; magnetohydrodynamic stability; mhd instabilities; mhd stability; operational limits; particle control; particle flow control; particle orbits; plasma; plasma boundary issues; plasma confinement; plasma confinement modes; plasma equilibrium parameters; plasma resistivity; plasma-surface interactions; power; power control; steady-state operation; tokamak; tokamak configuration; tokamak equilibrium; tokamak experiments; tokamak power plants; transport; transport processes; vertical instability
Substrates CFC; D; SS; SS 30467; SS 304L; SS 316; SS 316L(N); SiC/SiC; T; V alloy; a SS; austenitic stainless steel; bismuth-silver alloy; carbon fibre composite; deuterium; electron; f-m SS; ferritic-martensitic stainless steel; graphite; liquid Li; liquid lithium; plasma; stainless steel; tritium; vanadium titanium alloy

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6 Magnetic confinement fusion: tokamak

Author D. Campbell
Affiliation
MPI für Plasmaphysik, Garching, Germany
Part of Landolt-Börnstein - Group VIII Advanced Materials and Technologies
Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology
Volume

3B: Nuclear Energy

Edited by K. Heinloth
Chapter-DOI 10.1007/10857629_16
Book-DOI 10.1007/b82984 (Volume in Bookshelf)

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RIS-Export Campbell, D.: 6 Magnetic confinement fusion: tokamak. Heinloth, K. (ed.). SpringerMaterials - The Landolt-Börnstein Database (http://www.springermaterials.com). DOI: 10.1007/10857629_16

Abstract

6 Magnetic confinement fusion: tokamak, part of 'Landolt-Börnstein - Group VIII Advanced Materials and Technologies: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology, Volume 3B: Nuclear Energy'.
This document is part of Subvolume B 'Nuclear Energy' of Volume 3 'Energy Technologies' of Landolt-Börnstein Group VIII 'Advanced Materials and Technologies'. It contains: 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The tokamak configuration 6.2.1 Tokamak equilibrium 6.2.2 Plasma equilibrium parameters 6.2.3 Particle orbits 6.2.4 Plasma resistivity 6.3 Auxiliary systems 6.3.1 Heating and current drive systems 6.3.2 Fueling and exhaust 6.3.3 Diagnostics 6.4 Transport and confinement 6.4.1 Elementary transport processes 6.4.2 Plasma confinement modes 6.5 Magnetohydrodynamic (mhd) stability 6.5.1 Essential principles 6.5.2 Vertical instability 6.5.3 Disruptions 6.5.4 Operational limits 6.5.5 Mhd instabilities 6.6 Plasma-surface interactions 6.6.1 Power and particle control 6.6.2 Plasma boundary issues 6.6.3 Divertor experiments 6.7 Steady-state operation 6.8 Energetic particle physics 6.8.1 Energetic particle confinement 6.8.2 Energetic particle interactions with mhd instabilities 6.9 Tokamak experiments 6.9.1 Present status 6.9.2 Deuterium-tritium experiments 6.10 ITER and tokamak power plants 6.10.1 ITER 6.10.2 Tokamak power plants 6.11 References for 6