RE: A simple way to MAKE x-rays????

["Fetwadjieff, Ivan" <Ivan.Fetwadjieff@health.wa.gov.au>]

There is a very simple way to make x-rays - many schools and colleges
have the means, and probably are irradiating themselves and are not
aware of it.

Some of the Electronic Gas Discharge Tubes that are commonly used in
Physics Labs to produce different wavelengths of light can when produce
x-rays when they become old. The Mercury and Helium tubes are the ones
to check.

We have one we removed from a school that was producing 1000mR/h at
10cms after running for 5 mins.


Ivan Fetwadjieff


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