X-ray

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Introduction

Ionizing electromagnetic radiation < 100 angstroms emitted from a highly evacuated tube. The radiation is generated by excitation of inner orbital electrons by bombardment of the target anode with a stream of electrons from a heated cathode.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999