How to set up high-speed flash X-ray cinematography
How to set up high-speed flash X-ray cinematography A schematic image of the setup showing the Multi Anode tube, sample (projectile and ballistic protection plate), scintillator screen, mirror and high speed camera. With the right setup, high-speed flash X-ray...
How fast X-ray pulses capture dynamic events
If you want to capture dynamic events that are happening super fast and can’t be seen by the human eye, then you’re going to need really fast pulses of X-rays.
The discovery of X-rays
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen first discovered X-rays in 1895 when he found that, if he worked in a dark room with a discharge tube that was enclosed in a sealed, thick black carton to exclude all light, a paper plate covered on one side with barium platinocyanide placed in the path of the rays became florescent.