Date of Award
6-1950
Degree Type
Bachelors Essay
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Department
Biomedical Engineering
First Advisor
Authur G. Barkow
Second Advisor
Virgil Poach
Third Advisor
E.F. Fahy
Abstract
Traditionally, radiation of those wavelengths produced by a potential of from 2 to 25kv. has been classified as "Grenz" or "soft" x-rays. The peculiar property of this radiation is its low penetrating power. While being transparent to more energetic radiation, animal tissue and similar materials are sufficiently opaque to Grenz rays as to be studied in detail. Since the radiation is of the continuous type, it can be made soft enough to reveal any object, providing, of course, that the tube window and object medium be not opaque. Soft x-rays are produced in exactly the same manner as others, except that the generating tube must possess an exit port transparent to long wavelengths. The present study is intended to demonstrate the general properties of soft x-rays and the problems peculiar to their employment.
Recommended Citation
Roherty, William F., "Soft X-Rays" (1950). Bachelors’ Theses. 1310.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/1310
Included in
Bioimaging and Biomedical Optics Commons, Equipment and Supplies Commons, Radiochemistry Commons
Comments
A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts, Marquette University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.