8. X-RAYS: INTERACTIONS OF HIGH ENERGY ELECTRONS WITH MATTER Flashcards

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  1. Which kinds of electrons are accelerated towards the anode?
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  • electrons that are released from the filament of the X-
    Ray Tube
  • they are released by Thermionic Emission
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  1. How is Thermionic Emission accomplished?
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  • it is accomplished using a potential difference
  • this potential difference is found between the cathode
    and the anode
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  1. What is another term for: “Potential Difference”?
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  • Voltage
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  1. What determines the number of electrons released in each exposure?
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  • the selected mA (current)
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  1. How do we find out the total number of X-Rays produced during an exposure?
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  • this is set by the milliamperes per second (mAs)
  • this is the product of exposure time (TE)
    in seconds
    AND the electron current (mA)
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  1. What determines the Kinetic Energy acquired by the electrons?
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  • the selected kV
  • this is the Voltage
    (Potential Difference)
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  1. What happens to the electrons as they reach the anode?
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  • the interact with the atoms of the anode
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  1. What are the 2 Parameters of an X-Ray beam?
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  1. QUALITY OF THE X-RAY BEAM
    - this is determined by the energy of the electrons
    - the kV x p
  2. QUANTITY OF THE X-RAY BEAMS
    • this is the amount
    • it is the number of electrons
    • the mAs
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9.What are the 3 types of interactions that will occur between the electrons and the atoms of the Anode?

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  1. Incoming electrons will interact with the outer-shell
    electrons of the target atoms
  2. Incoming electrons will interact with the inner-shell
    electrons of the target atoms
  3. Incoming electrons will interact with the nuclei of the
    target atoms
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  1. How many interactions do incoming electrons usually undertake with the target atoms?
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  • around 1000 interactions
  • then they give up all their kinetic energy
  • these interactions will occur within 0.5mm of the
    surface of the target
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  1. What is Tungsten’s Atomic Number?
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  • 74
  • this means that there are 74 electrons in each atom of
    the target material
  • all these electrons are available for interactions
  • most of these electrons are found on the outer orbitals
    of each of the Tungsten atoms

NB:
- the incoming electrons will require relatively small
amounts of energy to interact with the shell-bound
electrons

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  1. What happens when incoming electrons interact with the electrons in Tungsten atoms?
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  • small amounts of energy are released as
    electromagnetic radiations
  • the energy amounts are too small to produce X-Rays
  • this means that virtually all the energy is release as
    heat
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  1. What results in the electromagnetic radiations being released during interactions between electrons?
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  • Electrostatic Repulsion
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  1. What percentage of energy produced at the target of the X-Ray tube occurs in the form of heat?
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  • 99%
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  1. Which 2 interactive processes between incoming electrons and target atoms produce X-Rays?
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  1. Characteristic Radiation
  2. Bremsstrahlung Radiation
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  1. Provide the descriptions for parts of this diagram numbered 1-6.
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  1. INCOMING FAST ELECTRONS
    • these collide with the electron from the inner orbital
      of the atom
  2. EJECTED ELECTRON
  3. VACANT ELECTRON ORBITAL POSITION
  4. ELECTRON FROM ANOTHER ORBITAL FILLS THE
    VACANCY
    • this is usually from a higher orbital
  5. ENERGY IS RELEASED AS A CHARACTERISTIC X-RAY
  6. THE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE NUCLEUS THE
    ORBITAL IS:
    • the higher the orbital energy will be
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  1. What kinds of shells are K and L Orbital Shells?
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  • inner shells
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  1. What do the two orbital shells in Tungsten allow for?
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  • the ejection of a electron
  • this leads to the emission of a photon
  • this photon has Electromagnetic Radiation
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  1. When can these Electromagnetic Radiated Photons be perceived as X-Rays in nature?
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  • when they have the sufficient energy to escape from
    the X-Ray tube
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  1. What are 2 types of Characteristic Radiation reactions?
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  1. EXCITATION
  2. IONISATION
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  1. What is Excitation?
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  • this is when sufficient energy is given to the orbital
    bound electron
  • this electron will now be raised to the next orbital
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  1. What is Ionisation?
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  • this is when the binding energy of an orbital electron is
    overcome
  • the electron is released from the atom
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  1. What can be said about the removal of the electron from its orbital shell during Excitation?
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  • the electron has only been removed temporarily
  • the electron remains within the structure of the atom
  • the electron ultimately returns back to its original
    position
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  1. What does Excitation result in?
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  • it results in a photon being given out
  • this photon has the same amount of energy as the
    energy gained by the electron when it raised itself to a
    different orbital shell
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25. What is the released electron known as when it comes to Ionisation?
- it is known as a Delta Ray - it carries kinetic energy with it - this energy is donated during the interaction
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26. What will the Delta Ray do during Ionisation?
- it will interact with other atoms - this will continue until it has lost all of its acquired energy
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27. When does Ionisation occur?
- it only occurs if the kinetic energy that carried by the incoming electron is equal to or greater than the specific binding energy of the orbital bound electron
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28. What can be said about the electron energies when it comes to Tungsten?
- the K-Orbital Binding energy is 69.5 keV - the L-Orbital Binding energy is 10.2 keV
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29. What happens when the K-Shell Electron is ionised?
- it will leave the atom with a vacancy in the K-shell orbital - this kind of vacancy cannot be sustained in nature IMMEDIATELY: -an electron from an outer orbital shell will drop into the K-Shell
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30. What happens once the outer orbital electron has dropped into the K-Shell Orbital vacancy?
- an X-Ray will be released - its energy value will be equal to: the energy value of the donating shell MINUS the energy value of the receiving shell
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31. What happens if an electron moves from the L-Shell to the K-Shell?
- this is known as a K-Alpha emission
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32. What happens if an electron moves from the M-Shell to the K-Shell?
- this is known as a K-Betta Emission
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33. What will the removal of an inner shell electron always result in?
- it will always lead to the production of X-Rays - these X-Rays fall into well defined energy bands - these energy bands are characteristic for each atom - these radiations are characteristic of the material in which they are produced