Title :
X-ray tubes with nanostructured carbon cold cathodes
Author :
Espinosa, Robert J. ; Munson, Marjorie ; Snyder, S.
Author_Institution :
Microwave Power Technol., Campbell, CA, USA
Abstract :
X-ray tubes that have been designed specifically to incorporate cold cathodes have developed and put in to production. The first cold cathode X-ray tube provides the source for a hand held X-ray fluorescence spectrometer for alloy sorting.
Keywords :
X-ray fluorescence analysis; X-ray spectrometers; X-ray tubes; carbon; cold-cathode tubes; nanostructured materials; C; X-ray tube; alloy sorting; handheld X-ray fluorescence spectrometer; nanostructured carbon cold cathode; Carbon dioxide; Cathodes; Diodes; Electron tubes; Instruments; Manufacturing industries; Microwave technology; Production; Semiconductor films; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2002. IVEC 2002. Third IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7256-5
DOI :
10.1109/IVELEC.2002.999264
