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Inside the X-ray tube

Inside the X-ray tube

Side-view diagram of a diagnostic X-ray tube with heated cathode, accelerating electrons, angled tungsten target, and X-rays emerging A diagnostic X-ray tube uses a heated cathode filament to release electrons by thermionic emission. A large accelerating potential difference drives these electrons onto a tungsten anode at high speed.

The physics of diagnostic X-rays(A-level only) Lesson

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