Brems/Characteristic xrays

Question 1

Bremsstrahlung radiation means?

Answer 1

“braking radiation” produced by slowing of incident electrons

Question 2

What is needed for xray production?

Answer 2

source of electrons
acceleration of electrons
deceleration of electrons

Question 3

What two interactions are needed to create xray photons?

Answer 3

Bremmstrahlung

characteristic

Question 4

Bremsstrahlung interaction occurs between?

Answer 4

incident electron

nucleus of an atom

Question 5

Incident electrons that travel closer to the nucleus will produce _____ energy photons?

Answer 5

higher

Question 6

Nucleus has a charge of?

Answer 6

positive

Question 7

Outtershell electrons have a charge of?

Answer 7

negative

Question 8

Bremmstrahlung photon carries an energy _____ to or ____ than the incident electron?

Answer 8

equal, less

Question 9

What is the innermost shell of all atoms?

Answer 9

kshell

Question 10

What shell has the highest binding energy?

Answer 10

kshell

Question 11

Characteristic radiation means?

Answer 11

“specific energies”

Question 12

Characteristic radiation requires how much binding energy?

Answer 12

69.5 keV

Question 13

Which interaction is an incident electron interacts with an inner shell electron, kshell electron is ejected from its orbital position and an outter shell electron moves in to fill the space?

Answer 13

characteristic radiation

Question 14

Binding energy closest to the nucleus is ____?

Answer 14

greatest

Question 15

Increasing kvp= _____ quantitiy of characterisic photons

Answer 15

increases

Question 16

What is the movement of an outter shell electron to fill a vacancy in an inner shell?

Answer 16

cascade effect

Question 17

What is needed for a characteristic radiation to occur?

Answer 17

inner shell electrons

incident electrons

Question 18

What is the process of adding/removing electrons from an atom?

Answer 18

Ionization