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Term Definition
kapton A polyimide electrically insulating high mechanical strength film.
key pads Interfacing elements between adjacent blanket modules, designed to avoid excessive wear when modules touch each other during plasma disruptions.
kink mode A magnetohydrodynamic instability causing a plasma column to deform into a "kink".

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  Updated 14 November, 2004