Plasma-focus-based tabletop hard x-ray source for 50 ns resolution introspective imaging of metallic objects through metallic walls

A tabletop 4.7 kJ, 30 kV plasma focus device was used as a pulsed hard x-ray source for fast radiography (50 ns exposure time) of metallic pieces even through several millimeter thick metallic walls. An experimental estimation of the effective average energy of the x-ray beam (found to be around 100...

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Autores principales: Moreno, C., Raspa, V., Sigaut, L., Vieytes, R., Clausse, A.
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00036951_v89_n9_p_Moreno
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Sumario:A tabletop 4.7 kJ, 30 kV plasma focus device was used as a pulsed hard x-ray source for fast radiography (50 ns exposure time) of metallic pieces even through several millimeter thick metallic walls. An experimental estimation of the effective average energy of the x-ray beam (found to be around 100 keV) and a numerical estimation of the induced voltage on the focus during the compressional stage of a plasma focus are briefly discussed. © 2006 American Institute of Physics.