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A tokamak bends a plasma's path into a ring

A tokamak uses a doughnut-shaped chamber and magnetic fields to guide charged particles, with different parts of the magnetic system helping confine, shape, and control the plasma.

5–7 min

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  • What does closing the path into a ring solve, and what does it leave unsolved?
  • How do different magnetic-field directions help keep charged particles away from the chamber wall?

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