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High voltage vanishes when increasing AC current on an X-ray supply

I have an old high voltage X-ray power supply enclosed in a pit of insulation oil that is difficult to operate on. The supply includes both a high voltage transformer with dual star connected ...
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X-ray power input and power output Confusion

I was looking at the power calculations of the X-ray machines and found something a bit unusual. As we know the input power must be equal to the output power. Considering an x-ray machine giving an ...
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X-ray filament and cathode connection

I was studying how X-ray machines works. I have seen that the filament creates a current that produces electrons. By applying a high voltage between the cathode and anode, the electrons move towards ...
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PWM generation for the transformer using SG3524N

I was looking at one of the schematics of the filament board of an x-ray machine, where they had used the SG3524N for the generation of PWM and MOSFETs for the generation of an alternating voltage for ...
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Zero Voltage switching

I am having confusion regarding the understanding of Zero Voltage switching as given in the website. What does the ZVS do in the circuit shown below? Does it produce a sine wave or it just makes the ...
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Resonance inverters and pulsation frequency

I was reading one of the patents for the x-ray generator when I found a resonance inverter attached in front of the switching circuit. I understood how the system works but one statement written is ...
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Thermionic emission

I am doing the calculation for the "finding the temperature of filament". I tried with: Resistance (R=V/I) Resistivity (ρ = R·L/A) Temperature (T = (ρ-ρ0/ρ0-δ) + T0) Here ρ0, δ and T0 are ...
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Do neon signs emit x-rays?

I'm interested about whether or not a conventional neon sign such as this one could emit x-ray that could be harmful. The sign that you can see in the picture is just below my office window so I'm ...
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How can i measure a transformer primary inductance with a load on the secondary?

I have an x-ray closed transformer and I only can access to the primary terminals. I want to measure the inductance of the primary and to know how this loaded secondary influences it.
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Would it be possible to power an X-Ray tube using a Marx generator?

To the best of my knowledge most X-Ray tubes are powered by a smaller voltage running through a large transformer to step it up into the magnitude of 10-100 KV. This larger voltage is then pulsed ...
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Photodiode Direction Sensitivity

I'm trying to create a setup where I would have xrays emitted through a photodiode (the non sensitive side). I do not want the photodiode to detect these xrays going through it, only the xrays which ...
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What technique (ultrasound/infrared) should I use to detect seeds inside a fruit? [duplicate]

This fruit is simplistic as there is a thin skin surrounding it. Inside it is a tiny ball of liquid and that is where the dense seed forms. The is seed much more denser in comparison with the liquid ...
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High voltage power supply polarity for X-ray tube application

High voltage power supplies (HVPS) in the range 100 to 200 kV are used for working with X-ray tube. Some HVPS produce negative output voltage or even bipolar output including negative and positive ...
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Might an x-ray tube have the capability produce more power than it consumes?

In transformers, when the voltage is powered up, the current is proportionally powered down. In the x-ray tube’s transformer, this also happens. However, the current of an x-ray tube is not the ...
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Can I read programmed content inside any sort of non-volatile re-programmable memory device with Microscope, X-ray, etc.?

Non-volatile re-programmable memory like NAND flash, NOR flash, and etc. stores information in forms of electron charges and doesn't change in structural forms that can be inspected with X-ray or ...
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