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Physics 2 unit 2

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Thermionic diode consists of what   a cathode and an anode  
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What is the negative terminal called   a cathode  
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This is also called a filament   a cathode  
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What is the positive terminal called   an anode  
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This is also called a target   an anode  
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What does the housing of the x-ray tube do   serves to provide protection from radiation exposure and electric shock  
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In radiation exposure x-rays are emitted how   isotropically  
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What is the maximum allowable leakage in the housing of radiation exposure   100mR/hr @ 1 meter  
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What is the contructionj of a glass envelope   Large vacuum tibe and window  
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only useful x-rays pass through this part of the x-ray tibe   window  
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Old tube is called   Crookes tube  
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Which tube has gas in it   Crookes tube  
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The basis for modern tube is called   Coolidge tube  
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What are the three main parts of the cathode   Filament, focusing cup and supporting wires  
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What is the filament made of   thoriated tungsten  
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What is thoriated tungsten   Tungsten plus 1-2% thorium  
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Tungsten"____ ____" on of the glass envelopes   plates out  
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What happens to diameter of the filament with age   it will decrease causing more resistance of the filament  
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If the diameter of the filament decreases what happens to the tube current   increases  
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The plating out of the filament and the increased resistance will   offset each other  
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What is the purpose of the filament   to provide electrons in the tube  
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What is the focusing cup made of   a metal cup with a negative charge placed on it  
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The effectiveness of the focusing cup is determined by what four things   1.size and shape of the focusing cup 2. charge 3. filaments size and shape 4. positioning of the filament in the focusing cup  
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Space charge does what to thermionic emission   hinders it but increasing the kVp will overcome it  
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A filament current is   3-5amps  
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A small increase in filament current causes   a dramatic increase in the thermionic emission  
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Dual focus tubes are   large focal spot, small focal spot, and fractional focal spot  
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The large focal spot is   1.00mm-2.5mm  
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small focal spot is   .3mm-1.00mm  
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fractional focal spot is   less than 0.3mm  
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2 types of anodes are   stationary and rotating  
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This has a small button of copper with tungsten imbedded in it   stationary anode  
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Thses are composed of tungsten   Rotating anode  
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The newer rotating anode tubes consists of   molybdenem disk coated with a tungsten-rhenium alloy  
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What does rhenium do to the focal spot   diminishes the roughening of the focal area which maintains a high output also called emissitivity  
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What are the three functions of the anode   electrical conductor, mechanical conductor, thermal conductor  
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the target or anode is made of   tungsten  
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what are the 3 reasons tungsten is used   high melting point, good conductor of heat, good conductor of electricity  
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In the rotating anode what are the two induction motors called   stator and rotor  
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electromagnetic is a   stator  
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soft iron is a   rotor  
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What is the average RPM in a rotating anode   3,400-3,600  
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Special high speed motors(rotating anode) measures   10,000 rpm(used in special procedures)  
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What are wobbly anodes noticed by   consistent unsharpness(when all other fators are ok), increased noise or vibration from the tube and short coast time  
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This is when crators or holes form in the anode   pitting  
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Pitting can cause what   a 20% reduction in x-ray output and geometric unsharpness  
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You should never use what kind of anode   a cold one  
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What should the warm up of an anode be   1/10 of the heat units of what would be produced by the first diagnostic exposure  
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As mA is increased what happens in the focal spot   blooming  
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What do we use to measure a focal spot   pinhole and star pattern  
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What is themm for a pinhole camera   >0.3mm  
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what is the mm for a star pattern   <0.3mm  
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What is the projection of an inclined line into a surface resulting in a smaller area   line focus principle  
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What is the purpose of the line focus principle   to give us heat capacity of a large focal spot and the geometric sharpness of a small focal spot  
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This is the area projected onto the patient and the image receptor   effective focal spot  
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This the are bombarded by electrons   actual focal spot  
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what is the largest of the two focal spots   actual focal spot  
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The average target angle is   5 to 20 degrees  
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The smaller the target angle is the___ the effective focal spot size   smaller  
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The selection of the overall tube depends on   the overall work load  
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The average room see how many patients, does how many exams, and takes how many exposures   25, 37, 148  
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What is the most likely result from slightly exceeding the safe operation of the x-ray tube for an exposure?   Reduction in tube life  
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What is the most likely result from greatly exceeding the safe operation limit of the x-ray tube?   Pitting of the anode  
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What can happen to the x-ray tube due to overheating the anode?   Tube can become gassy  
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Increasing mA or kVp will produce a smaller load on the anode?   kVp  
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You should always know the safe limits of your x-ray tube for _____, ______ and _______.   mA, Time, kVp  
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Unique Tube rating charts are developed according to:   1) Type of rectification 2) Size of the focal spot 3) Tube design 4) Power Supply 5) Cold vs. Hot tube (most are for cold tube)  
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The ability of the anode to store heat is measured in ______ ______   Heat Units (HU)  
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Formula for finding Heat Units: 1) Single Phase 2)3 phase, 6 pulse 3)3 phase, 12 pulse 4)high frequency   1)mA x time x kVp 2)1.35(mA x time x kVp) 3)1.41(mA x time x kVp) 4)1.41(mA x time x kVp)  
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What changes can be made to lower the heat units?   Higher kVp and lower mAs  
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