Published February 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Behaviour of metallic droplets in a tokamak plasma

  • 1. Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Berlin (German Democratic Republic). Zentralinstitut fuer Elektronenphysik
  • 2. Ceskoslovenska Akademie Ved, Prague (Czechoslovakia). Ustav Fyziky Plazmatu

Description

Micrometre sized tantalum droplets were injected into a tokamak plasma by a controllable arcing gun located behind the wall. The trajectories of the ablating particles were photographed by a high speed camera. Various possible mechanisms which may explain the observed curvature of the particle paths are discussed. The migration of the ablated material in the tokamak was studied by post-mortem analysis of collector probes and limiters. (author). Letter-to-the-editor. 12 refs, 9 figs

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Fusion
Journal Volume
29
Journal Issue
2
Series
Nucl. Fusion.
Journal Page Range
305-310
ISSN
0029-5515
CODEN
NUFUA

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
20043243
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ABLATION; CASTOR TOKAMAK; PARTICLE KINEMATICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WALL EFFECTS
Descriptors DEC
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; DISTRIBUTION; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TOKAMAK DEVICES