Analytical Sciences


Abstract − Analytical Sciences, 21(7), 877 (2005).

Strong X-Ray Emission from Electrified Insulators
Nobuya INADA,* Kuniko MAEDA,** and Jun KAWAI*
*Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
**RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
Terasawa reported strong X-ray emission from charged-up insulators, and proposed an X-ray production device only using the electrification. We constructed a similar device and studied the conditions of X-ray emission. It was shown that X-rays could be produced without supplying electrons from a filament.