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This document lists and describes the key parts of an x-ray tube, including the armature, stator, anode, filament, and envelope. The armature helps make electric current through rotation, while the stator rotates the anode. Electrons are emitted from the filament in the cathode and strike the anode's target area to produce x-rays. A vacuum is maintained in the envelope to allow electron flow between the cathode and anode.

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Notebook 11

This document lists and describes the key parts of an x-ray tube, including the armature, stator, anode, filament, and envelope. The armature helps make electric current through rotation, while the stator rotates the anode. Electrons are emitted from the filament in the cathode and strike the anode's target area to produce x-rays. A vacuum is maintained in the envelope to allow electron flow between the cathode and anode.

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Notebook 11

1.Armature
2.Stator
electromagnets
3.Anode
4.Target area of
anode
5.Molybdenum
head and neck
6.Tungsten
anode
7.Focusing cup
8.Filament
9.Electron beam
10.Envelope
11.Vacuum
12.Bearing

Parts of an x-ray tube


Part of an electromagnet that rotates and helps to make electric current
Device outside the envelope of the tube that rotates the anode through
contact with the stator. Heat disseminates on the anode.
The positive side of an x-ray tube where the heat is disseminated
Part where high voltage electron stream impacts and photons are created
On the anode side and is used for soft tissue x-rays
Has high melting point, conducts heat, and high atomic number for production
of x-ray
Shallow depression in the cathode and is designed to house the filament and
accumulates electrons so there is enough to create an x-ray
Small coil of tungsten wire in the cathode
Beam from the electrons of the cathode that hits target area of anode
Maintain the vacuum suction between the cathode and anode
Removal of air that permits the electron flow from cathode to anode
Responsible for smooth rotation of anode

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References
1. Carlton, R. R., Adler, A. M., & Frank, E. D. (2006). Principles of radiographic imaging: An
art and a science. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning.

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