Essential Data of Wendelstein 7-X
| Size of the device |
diameter 16 metres, |
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height 5 metres |
| Mass |
725 tons |
| Major plasma radius |
5.5 metres (mean value) |
| Minor plasma radius |
0.53 metre (mean value) |
| Magnetic field |
3 tesla |
| Discharge time |
continuous operation for 30 minutes with microwave heating |
| Plasma |
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| composition |
hydrogen, deuterium |
| volume |
30 cubic metres |
| quantity |
0.005 up to 0.03 gram |
| Plasma heating |
15 megawatts |
| Plasma temperature |
up to 100 million degrees |
| Plasma density |
up to 3 ?1020 particles/m3 |
| Energy confinement time |
0.15 seconds |