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Record 1 1995-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
CONT

The central transformer magnet is used to induce an electric current in the plasma.

CONT

Tokamak principle relies on three sets of electromagnets: toroidal field, central transformer magnet, vertical-field magnet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
CONT

Le chauffage inductif, dans lequel la boucle de plasma agit comme le circuit secondaire d'un transformateur central, permet d'atteindre des températures de 10 à 50 millions de degrés.

OBS

Le transformateur central est ce qui permet d'envoyer dans le plasma une forte décharge électrique, ce qui ionise et chauffe la matière gazeuse qu'est le plasma.

Spanish

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