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Looking at these images and video, and thinking about difficulties in holding plasma within EM field, I had an idea:
[PLAIN]http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/etna/etna00/etna0005photo/icons/e71-small.jpg
http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/etna/etna00/etna0005photo-it.html
Video:
http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/etna/etna00/etna0005video2-it.html?id=1
http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/etna/etna00/etna0005video2-it.html?id=5
http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/etna/etna00/etna0005video2-it.html?id=14
Could the ITER e.m. field be configured in such a way it make the plasma "rotate" just like in volcano steam rings (*), thus preventing plasma from escaping?
Volcano rings last some minutes, although steam temperature is around 100°C and environment is below 0°C (etna is 3300 meters tall) and althoug the ring itself looses some steam while moving: both problems would not be present in a closed environment such an ITER.
(*) It's not clearly visible in low-res videos, but the ring persists because the steam it's made of rotates around a "virtual ring", thus stabilizing itself even while the ring is moving up.
[PLAIN]http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/etna/etna00/etna0005photo/icons/e71-small.jpg
http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/etna/etna00/etna0005photo-it.html
Video:
http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/etna/etna00/etna0005video2-it.html?id=1
http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/etna/etna00/etna0005video2-it.html?id=5
http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/etna/etna00/etna0005video2-it.html?id=14
Could the ITER e.m. field be configured in such a way it make the plasma "rotate" just like in volcano steam rings (*), thus preventing plasma from escaping?
Volcano rings last some minutes, although steam temperature is around 100°C and environment is below 0°C (etna is 3300 meters tall) and althoug the ring itself looses some steam while moving: both problems would not be present in a closed environment such an ITER.
(*) It's not clearly visible in low-res videos, but the ring persists because the steam it's made of rotates around a "virtual ring", thus stabilizing itself even while the ring is moving up.
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