Coo|lidge tube

Coo|lidge tube
Coo|lidge tube «KOO lihj»,
a tube for the generation of X rays by means of a cathode consisting of a spiral of tungsten heated to incandescence.
╂[< William D. Coolidge, 1873-1975, an American physical chemist, who invented it]

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  • Coolidge tube — Coo·lidge tube kü lij n a vacuum tube for the generation of X rays in which the cathode consists of a spiral filament of incandescent tungsten and the target serves as the anode and consists of massive tungsten and in which the temperature of the …   Medical dictionary

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