fusion device Comparison Table

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fusion device comparison table

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pinch machine A fusion device containing a plasma heated by a shock wave generated within the plasma as it is constricted by the rapidly increasing magnetic field.

stellarator A type of plasma machine. It has a twisted-field configuration in the form of a figure 8 to fold the plasma back on itself; therefore, unlike a pinch machine, it has no ends where the plasma can leak out. Stellarators and tokomaks resemble each other in that both are toroidal devices that attain equilibrium and MHD stability through rotational transform and shear; they differ mainly in the way they attain these properties.

Tokamak A type of "magnetic bottle" used in experiments on controlled nuclear fusion. (the name is a Russian acronym)

Subject	has definition
pinch machine	A fusion device containing a plasma heated by a shock wave generated within the plasma as it is constricted by the rapidly increasing magnetic field.
stellarator	A type of plasma machine. It has a twisted-field configuration in the form of a figure 8 to fold the plasma back on itself; therefore, unlike a pinch machine, it has no ends where the plasma can leak out. Stellarators and tokomaks resemble each other in that both are toroidal devices that attain equilibrium and MHD stability through rotational transform and shear; they differ mainly in the way they attain these properties.
Tokamak	A type of "magnetic bottle" used in experiments on controlled nuclear fusion. (the name is a Russian acronym)

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