Bremsstrahlung Radiation | X-ray production | X-ray physics | Radiology Physics Course #19

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Finally, we will review the production of X-rays at the anode. There are two mechanisms of X-ray production - Bremsstrahlung and Characteristic radiation. Let's start by looking at Bremsstrahlung radiation. Bremsstrahlung means 'braking', which describes this mechanism well. Bombarding electrons at the anode slow down when experiencing an attractive electromagnetic force of the positively charged nucleus. This loss in kinetic energy is accounted for by the release of electromagnetic radiation (the energy of which is proportional to the kinetic energy lost by the electron).

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Amazing video. A couple of questions. 1) if electron directly hits the nucleus(kinetic energy becomes 0) and highest photon energy is produced, does the electron that hit the nucleus dies ? or what happens to it ? disappears ? dies ? on your video, on the screen, you didn't draw any line for it or mentioned it. 2) since we know Bremsstrahlung can produce continous spectrum, can it produce gamma-rays/visible light or it can only produce x-ray ? 3) would be awesome if you could have mentioned inner and outer Bremsstrahlung as the way it's explained on the internet is super difficult. Thank you.

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Please can you explain why out of the 1% of Xray produced at the anode majority is Bremsstrahlung

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An electron (charged particle) generates its own magnetic field, so after a change in direction.. is it the field that carries on forward that we call an X-ray?