X-ray tube
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x-ray-tube-162-7532587
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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wiki
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encyclopedia
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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