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Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 2]
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Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 2]
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X-rays

Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 2] · Physics · X-rays

An X-ray beam emerging from an X-ray tube

An X-ray beam emerging from an X-ray tube

Options

  1. Acontains all wavelengths shorter than a specific maximum wavelength
  2. Bis strictly monochromatic
  3. Ccontains all wavelengths bounded between a minimum and a maximum wavelength
  4. Dcontains all wavelengths longer than a specific minimum wavelength

Correct answer

D. contains all wavelengths longer than a specific minimum wavelength

Step-by-step solution

The X-ray beam emerging from an X-ray tube consists of continuous X-rays (Bremsstrahlung) and characteristic X-rays.

The continuous X-ray spectrum has a sharp lower limit for the wavelength, known as the cut-off wavelength or minimum wavelength, given by \lambda_\min = \dfrac{hc}{eV}, where VV is the accelerating voltage across the tube.

There is no theoretical upper limit to the wavelength of the continuous X-rays produced, meaning the spectrum extends to longer wavelengths with decreasing intensity.

Therefore, the X-ray beam contains all wavelengths longer than a specific minimum wavelength.
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