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crookes tube

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A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it.

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He built a Crookes tube (later called a "Lenard tube") with a "window" in the end made of thin aluminum, facing the cathode so the cathode rays would strike it. Source: Internet

The simplest and cheapest variety of sealed X-ray tube has a stationary anode (the Crookes tube ) and run with ~2 kW of electron beam power. Source: Internet

Taking an X-ray image with early Crookes tube apparatus, late 1800s. Source: Internet

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