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Who discovered X-rays on November 8, 1895?
Who discovered X-rays on November 8, 1895?
- Marie Curie
- Thomas Edison
- Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (correct)
- Albert Einstein
What was the first-generation X-ray tube known as?
What was the first-generation X-ray tube known as?
- Hot cathode X-ray tubes
- Vacuum cathode X-ray tubes
- Residual gas X-ray tubes
- Cold cathode or Crookes X-ray tubes (correct)
What type of tube is an X-ray tube?
What type of tube is an X-ray tube?
- Vacuum tube (correct)
- Gas-filled tube
- Cathode ray tube
- Thermionic emission tube
What did the availability of controllable X-ray source create?
What did the availability of controllable X-ray source create?
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When were X-rays first discovered?
When were X-rays first discovered?
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What type of X-ray tubes were used until the 1920s?
What type of X-ray tubes were used until the 1920s?
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What drives the development of very high performance medical X-ray tubes?
What drives the development of very high performance medical X-ray tubes?
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Study Notes
X-rays Discovery
- Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays on November 8, 1895.
- The discovery of X-rays created a controllable X-ray source.
X-ray Tubes
- The first-generation X-ray tube was known as the Crookes tube.
- An X-ray tube is a type of vacuum tube.
- Until the 1920s, cold-cathode X-ray tubes were used.
- The demand for high-performance medical imaging drives the development of very high-performance medical X-ray tubes.
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