Why Tungsten Target for X-Ray Tube is Good?

Tungsten target implies an X-ray tube where high energy electrons are directed in a vacuum to strike a tungsten target. Where the electrons strike the tungsten very short wavelength X-rays are generated and pass out through the vacuum tube for use in medical diagnosis and engineering radiography of welds and castings etc. Tungsten target is usually used in x-ray tube, there are usually two reasons for these application:

1. Tungsten has a relatively high density, which could protect relatively high energy characteristic x-rays.

2. Tungsten has the highest melting point of any metal, and because over 99% of the energy put into the x-ray tube to produce the beam is turned into heat energy, the ability to disparate the heat without loosing structural integrity is critical.

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