Plasma is highly ionized atoms. This results in extremely energetic ions, and these ions carry an electrostatic charge. The tokamak is a container with magnetic fields for boundaries. The plasma is a moving group of electrostatic charges, and moving charges create magnetic fields. The magnetic field thus created interacts with the magnetic field set up in the tokamak to deflect and thus confine the charged plasma.
A tokamak is a device used to confine high-temperature plasma for the purpose of studying nuclear fusion. It creates a magnetic field that confines the plasma in a toroidal shape, allowing for controlled fusion reactions to occur. Tokamaks are essential in advancing our understanding of plasma physics and developing fusion energy as a sustainable power source.
Plasma can be used as a power source through controlled nuclear fusion reactions, where the high energy of plasma particles generate heat that can be converted into electricity. By confining and heating plasma to extreme temperatures and pressures, like in a tokamak device, fusion reactions occur, releasing energy that can be harnessed for power generation. However, efficient and sustainable plasma-based fusion power plants are still under development.
A Tokamak reactor uses strong magnetic fields to contain the fusion reaction. While significant progress has been made in the field of fusion, temperatures high enough for continuous fusion have not been sustained for long periods of time. (Chemistry: Matter and Change; book)
Do people know what TOKAMAK is? I mean how it translates. тороидальная камера с магнитными катушками A Russian acronym. Quote from wiki: "In 1968, at the third IAEA International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research at Novosibirsk, Soviet scientists announced that they had achieved electron temperatures of over 1000 eV in a tokamak device. This stunned British and American scientists, who were far away from reaching that benchmark. They remained suspicious until tests were done with laser scattering a few years later, confirming the original temperature measurements." Nothing else to add actually. Russians invented it, way before western scientists by the way.
Yes, plasmas are affected by magnetic fields. When a plasma interacts with a magnetic field, it can become confined or expelled depending on the strength and configuration of the magnetic field. This phenomenon is often utilized in fusion reactors such as tokamaks to confine and control the plasma.
A tokamak is a device used to confine high-temperature plasma for the purpose of studying nuclear fusion. It creates a magnetic field that confines the plasma in a toroidal shape, allowing for controlled fusion reactions to occur. Tokamaks are essential in advancing our understanding of plasma physics and developing fusion energy as a sustainable power source.
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Plasma is confined in a magnetic field. If it touches anything it will not be plasma anymore.
Wojciech R. Fundamenski has written: 'Tokamak edge plasma modeling using an improved onion-skin method'
If you are talking about high temperature plasma (with the plasma being a mass of ionized atoms), then a magnetic field would the thing that can effectively push or hold plasma, presuming that you want the plasma to remain a plasma. This means that you would need electromagnets to generate and manipulate magnetic fields. In nature, these fields can be generated by the Earth, Sun, Jupiter, etc. In technology, a tokamak is used to hold high temperature plasma as efforts are made to induce fusion.
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A tokamak is a type of magnetic confinement device used to create controlled nuclear fusion reactions. It uses magnetic fields to confine a hot plasma of hydrogen isotopes, forcing them to collide and fuse together, releasing energy in the process. The goal is to achieve sustained fusion reactions that could potentially provide a clean and abundant source of energy in the future.
Plasma can be used as a power source through controlled nuclear fusion reactions, where the high energy of plasma particles generate heat that can be converted into electricity. By confining and heating plasma to extreme temperatures and pressures, like in a tokamak device, fusion reactions occur, releasing energy that can be harnessed for power generation. However, efficient and sustainable plasma-based fusion power plants are still under development.
A Tokamak reactor uses strong magnetic fields to contain the fusion reaction. While significant progress has been made in the field of fusion, temperatures high enough for continuous fusion have not been sustained for long periods of time. (Chemistry: Matter and Change; book)
Do people know what TOKAMAK is? I mean how it translates. тороидальная камера с магнитными катушками A Russian acronym. Quote from wiki: "In 1968, at the third IAEA International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research at Novosibirsk, Soviet scientists announced that they had achieved electron temperatures of over 1000 eV in a tokamak device. This stunned British and American scientists, who were far away from reaching that benchmark. They remained suspicious until tests were done with laser scattering a few years later, confirming the original temperature measurements." Nothing else to add actually. Russians invented it, way before western scientists by the way.
You don't give the list of 'following countries' ! However I believe the largest or most powerful tokamak so far is the JET at Culham in England. See link below. The new one in S Korea looks perhaps to surpass that but it has not yet been fully operated. The tokamak originated in Russia, it was a brilliant development which took western science by surprise, but is now pretty universal in fusion research. The other possible lead is by laser ignition which is being promoted in a few places, but is very difficult to set up accurately. There is a Wikipedia article on 'tokamak' which gives a long list of facilities in many countries.
Scientists are limited in downsizing tokamak reactors due to the need for a certain magnetic field strength to confine the plasma, control instabilities, and sustain fusion reactions. Additionally, scaling down the size of the reactor can lead to challenges in maintaining high plasma temperatures and controlling heat and particle loads on the materials. Researchers are actively exploring new designs and technologies to overcome these limitations for potential future reactors.