Wall boronization was applied in Heliotron E with special reference to
the study of impurity and recycling control in the helical system. Ho
wever this technique was also found to work as an advantageous tool to
enhance the diagnostic sensitivity of the beam impedance method for m
easuring the edge and divertor field line structure. In this paper we
describe a new approach to the beam impedance method that utilizes the
wall boronization. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.