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PhysicsDude · Guest

What are the types of radiation that are termed x-rays? Are there more than one way they are produced?

stutech · Joined: 02 Aug 2006 Posts: 29 Location: NC

Ther are x-rays and there are Gamma rays. The only difference between the two is the origin. Gamma rays are produced from the nucleius of an atom, x-rays are produced by Brems effect. If I remember my physics right.

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MissE · Moderator Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 156 Location: Ohio

Yes, there are different ways Xrays are produced. There are the Bremsstrahlung interactions and the Characteristic interactions. Here is a chart of the radiation and hope that helps clarify what the xrays are.

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/emspectrum.html

xrayquilter · Power User Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 120 Location: Ohio

There is no difference between a Bremsstrahlung & a characteristic interaction. They are simply produced in different ways. Below 70 kV, 100% of x-rays porduced are bremsstrahlung, & above 70 kV, about 85% are bremsstrahlung.