NERS/BIOE 481
Lecture 03
Radiation Sources, X-rays

III. Sources of Radiation (Detailed Syllabus)

  1. Radiation Units
  2. Electron impact x-ray tubes
  3. X-ray Energy Spectrum
  4. Other X-ray Sources
Reading (pdf):
Assigned Krestel, Ch.7 24 pgs The X-ray Tube (Siemens Publ.)
Assigned Evans, Ch.20s1 4 pgs Theory of Bremsstrahlung.
Optional Webb, Ch.2s5 7 pgs X-ray Tubes.
Optional Flynn, L03a 5 pg lecture notes on units and spectra.
Optional Flynn, L03b 8 pg mathcad notes on x-ray spectrum.
Optional Margaritondo2003 29 pg Synchrotron radiation production.
Resource ICRU Report 85a 32 pg Quantities & Units for Radiation (2011).
Resource Mercier2000 18 pg Experimental X-ray spectra (W, 30-150kV).
Resource Zhang2012 32 pg Experimental X-ray spectra (W, 20-50kV).
Resource Varian G-1087 16 pg Varian G-1087 rotating anode x-ray tube.
Resource Varian B160 6 pg Varian B160 x-ray tube housing.
Resource Schardt2004 8 pg Rotating Envelope X-ray Tube (Straton).
Resource Storm1972 11 pg Tungsten target Bremsstrahlung spectra.
Lecture Material:

slides(pdf,3.6MB) , printview(pdf,1.1MB)

Homework: L03-HW02   (pdf)
    Answer : L03-HW02+ (pdf)
Links
μen air air mass-energy absorbtion coefficient
ICRU International Commission on Radiation Units
Varex Varex Imaging (formerly Varian), X-ray Tubes
Siemens Siemens OEM, X-ray Tubes & X-ray Tube Assemblies
UofM CUOS Radiation Generation - UofM Ctr for Ultrafast Optical Science