Anode tube

Design features of the Stationary anode tube (pg168)

Glass envelope; made from borosilicate glass in parade to stand high temperatures. also acts as an electric insulator between the negative cathode and positive anode. Contains the vaccum and supports the electrodes.

Vaccum; All charge is excluded within the glass envelope. This prevents oxidation of the electrodes and acts as an electrical insulator. Also ensures that thermionic negatrons moving across the tube do not collide with any gas atoms which would be ionized and muffle the kinetic energy of the thermionic electrons.

Cathode; Consists of a coiled fibril of west wire enclosed in a concentrate hood of focusing cup.

Filament; releases a supply of electrons into the vaccum by thermionic discharge. Tungsten is chosen as the filament material for the chase reasons;

1) High warming point (3387 degrees C)

2) Low vapour closet (about 5000kPa) Vapour pressure is the pressure at which a union no longer evaporates. Low vapour pressure of tungsten means that when hot, it releases less vapour into the vaccum than other materials.

3) Ductile. Tungsten brush aside be drawn (stretched) into the fine wire needed to contour the filament.

4) low work function (4.5 eV). Tungsten exhibits thermionic emission at temperatures well below its melting point.

Focusing hood; prevents the electron beam from diverging as it crosses to the anode.

Anode; Most of the anode is made from sloven because copper is a good conductor of heat. The Thermal conduction of copper is about 400 W m-1 K-1 to allow it to describe more heat. Other characteristics of copper particularly its low melting point and low proton number, make it a bad option as a source of x-rays. A tungsten period known as the target is therefore insert into the airfoil of the anode and the electrons are focused...

If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



If you want to get a full information about our service, visit our page: How it works.