Abstract
X-rays are produced whenever electrons are suddenly brought to rest by colliding with matter. It is necessary therefore, for the following conditions to prevail:
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a means of producing and sustaining a stream of electrons, i.e. a good vacuum, with a source of electrons which in most modern X-ray tubes is a heated filament;
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a means of accelerating the electrons to a high velocity, i.e. a means of producing and applying a high potential difference between the source of electrons (the filament) and the target;
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a ‘target’ for the electrons to strike, the face of which must also be in the vacuum, aligned with the electron beam, and is therefore an intrinsic part of the X-ray tube.
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Halmshaw, R. (1995). X-ray sources. In: Industrial Radiology. Non-Destructive Evaluation Series, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0551-4_4
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