X-rays
principle · 1895 · Electric age
Penetrating radiation (Röntgen).
Author: Wilhelm Röntgen.
Principles and materials it uses
- Vacuum — uses. Röntgen discovered the rays while experimenting with a discharge in an evacuated Crookes tube.
Where it is used
- X-ray machine — is used in. X-rays.
- Radiation therapy — is used in. X-rays and gamma rays.
- X-ray crystallography — is used in. X-ray diffraction.
- Dental X-ray — is used in. An X-ray image.
- Mammograph — is used in. An image in soft X-rays.
- CT scanner — is used in. A CT scanner shines X-rays around a circle.
What it is a kind of
- Electromagnetic waves — is a kind of. Short-wave electromagnetic radiation.