Spectroscopic studies of plasma-wall interaction and impurity behaviour in tokamaks

The impurity contamination of tokamak plasmas is determined by the impurity influxes from surrounding surfaces, and by the impurity confinement in the plasma, both in relation to the respective hydrogen behaviour. Models and measurements of impurity confinement times are presented. The influx behavi...

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Published inJournal of nuclear materials Vol. 145; pp. 145 - 153
Main Author Behringer, K.H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.02.1987
Subjects
impurities
JET
tokamak
tokamak
JET
impurities
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Summary:The impurity contamination of tokamak plasmas is determined by the impurity influxes from surrounding surfaces, and by the impurity confinement in the plasma, both in relation to the respective hydrogen behaviour. Models and measurements of impurity confinement times are presented. The influx behaviour of oxygen, carbon and metals in JET, both during OH and additional heating, is described and implications for the plasma contamination are discussed. The processes of impurity production are well explained in the case of metals in JET and other tokamaks, questions are still unanswered for light impurities, in particular concerning the chemical processes and molecular compounds. Migration, deposition and erosion of chromium in JET has been observed and analysed. In many cases, a consistent picture of impurity production, shielding and impurity densities in the plasma has emerged.
ISSN:0022-3115
1873-4820
DOI:10.1016/0022-3115(87)90319-9