X-ray tube

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title: X-ray tube
text: An X-ray tube is a vacuum tube that converts electrical input power into X-rays. The availability of this controllable source of X-rays created the field of radiography, the imaging of partly opaque objects with penetrating radiation. In contrast to other sources of ionizing radiation, X-rays are only produced as long as the X-ray tube is energized. X-ray tubes are also used in CT scanners, airport luggage scanners, X-ray crystallography, material and structure analysis, and for industrial inspe
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description: Vacuum tube that converts electrical input power into X-rays
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_tube
date created: 2004-08-17T21:36:04Z
date modified: 2024-08-27T18:21:20Z
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