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I'm really interested in learning why it would do that. I remember my screen generating some static electricity (e.g. paper would stick), but I would not have
by gknoy 9y ago
I'm really interested in learning why it would do that. I remember my screen generating some static electricity (e.g. paper would stick), but I would not have expected putting something on the screen to blank the tube. Is it a special property of the x-ray plate? (Is it conductive?) This feels like knowledge that will end up feeling obvious in hindsight. ;)
- Tade0 9y agoTo be honest I still have no idea. I know the plate(or actually film) was made of some insulating material, because it accumulated a charge on its surface the same way the screen did. Unfortunately I never got an ELI5, even though I was literally five back then.
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoWas the xray plate like a thin film of plastic with a metalised coating; would act as a large flat capacitor??