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Yeah, at least his previous x-ray source looks like it could very well be real. Roughly matches designs of real machines I'm vaguely familiar with. I do wonder
by vardump 7y ago
Yeah, at least his previous x-ray source looks like it could very well be real. Roughly matches designs of real machines I'm vaguely familiar with.
I do wonder how they cool the tube head. If they don't do it at all, I don't think device lifetime will be that long.
Luckily x-rays have pretty limited range. I think 5m/yd should be minimal safe distance. The further the better, of course.
- adammunich 7y agoOperation is actually rate limited by the anode's ability to store heat, not dissipate it. The electron beam heats up the anode far too fast to reasonably dissipate the energy continuously.
- vardump 7y agoOk, my knowledge about tube heads is rather superficial. I do know the devices I'm familiar with eventually require increasingly long cooldown periods.
- adammunich 7y agoYes, and in the US, interestingly enough those cool-down charts are actually required to be posted visibly on the machine by law.
- AstralStorm 7y agoWhich is why big medical x-ray machines have active liquid nitrogen cooling or solid co2, and also huge heatsinks.