Open AccessA method of studying the behaviour of X-ray tubes
Author(s) -
R. Richards
Publication year - 1926
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1926.0111
Subject(s) - electromagnetic coil , tube (container) , radiation , voltage , point (geometry) , current (fluid) , relation (database) , sense (electronics) , x ray tube , mechanics , term (time) , computer science , mathematics , optics , physics , electrical engineering , mechanical engineering , geometry , engineering , data mining , electrode , quantum mechanics , anode
A quantitative study of the radiation, output from an X-ray tubs, in relation to the voltage applied and current flowing, would appear to be important both from the theoretical point of view and that of designing tubes of greater steadiness and efficiency. In this sense, of course, the tube itself is not the only determining factor, the operation of tire break and coil must be taken into account as well, and in what follows the term "system" will be used to denote coil, break and tube collectively. There are two methods to approach this problem; the three variables, current (C), voltage (V), and radiation output (I), might be measured over the period of a single break of the coil by, for example, an oscillographic method, as in the work of Taylor Jones, although a serious difficulty arises in the measurement of the very small quantity of radiation available for examination. Alternatively, one might find the average for a large number of breaks of instantaneous values of these variables; this is the method to be described here.