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X-ray tube anode with alloyed surface and method of making the same

US4109058A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 3, 1976
Grant dateAug 22, 1978
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Expiry dateMay 3, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J35/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An x-ray tube anode has a body or substrate comprised of molybdenum or an alloy thereof and a surface layer on which an electron beam impinges to generate x-rays, comprising an alloy of tungsten, rhenium and molybdenum. A method of making the anode is also disclosed.

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