x-ray production

what percent become the x-ray beam?

1%

What happens to the other 99% of beam that is not turned into x-ray?

becomes heat

What protects the technologist in an x-ray tube?

T

Cathode?

Negative

Anode?

positive

Where is the oil located

The outside of the glass

what is tungsten located under

Transistional elements

The K shell is what matters because

The binding energy

Bremsstrahlung means:

Breaking (slowing down)

binding energy

69.5 KeV

In order to generate any x-ray, Kvp to be

69.5 KVP

How do you produce the strongest characteristic interaction?

N to K

Bremsstrahlung interactions

“Braking or slowing down”

What happens in bremsstrahlung interaction?

The cathode electron goes to the anode and that electron wants to go to the nucleus of the tungsten but can’t so it breaks or slows down around the nucleus of the tungsten

What shell gives you the strongest interaction

K shell

What is the cascade interaction?

Is characteristic interaction a lot or a little

little

how much bremsstrahlung interactions at 69.5 KeV?

100%