- X-
ray (or much less commonly, X-radiation) is a high-energy
electromagnetic radiation. In many languages, it is
referred to as
Röntgen radiation, after...
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range known as X-
rays or
Röntgen rays, an
achievement that
earned him the
inaugural Nobel Prize in
Physics in 1901. In
honour of
Röntgen's accomplishments...
- of the
ionizing effect of
gamma and X-
rays in dry air is
called the exposure, for
which a
legacy unit, the
röntgen, was used from 1928. This has been replaced...
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Röntgen or
Roentgen may
refer to:
Roentgen (unit), unit of
measurement for
ionizing radiation,
named after Wilhelm Röntgen Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923)...
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Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-
rays emanating from
Crookes tubes and the many uses for X-
rays were
immediately apparent. One of the
first X-
ray photographs...
- X-
ray crystallography; however, the
available data were too
scarce in the 1880s to
accept his
models as conclusive.
Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-
rays in...
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Conrad Röntgen discovered the X-
ray and
noted that,
while it
could p****
through human tissue, it
could not p****
through bone or metal.
Röntgen referred...
- from
electricity to astronomy,
produced the
first X-
ray image and
experimented with
Röntgen rays. He also
proved instrumental in
securing funding for...
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Crookes tubes are now used only for
demonstrating cathode rays.
Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-
rays using the
Crookes tube in 1895. The term
Crookes tube is...
- 1895, by the
German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen. The first-generation cold
cathode or
Crookes X-
ray tubes were used
until the 1920s.
These tubes...