US3869635A - Rotary anode for an x-ray tube - Google Patents

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US3869635A
US3869635A US369393A US36939373A US3869635A US 3869635 A US3869635 A US 3869635A US 369393 A US369393 A US 369393A US 36939373 A US36939373 A US 36939373A US 3869635 A US3869635 A US 3869635A
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Rudolf Friedel
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J35/00—X-ray tubes
    • H01J35/02—Details
    • H01J35/04—Electrodes ; Mutual position thereof; Constructional adaptations therefor
    • H01J35/08—Anodes; Anti cathodes
    • H01J35/10—Rotary anodes; Arrangements for rotating anodes; Cooling rotary anodes
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2235/00—X-ray tubes
    • H01J2235/08—Targets (anodes) and X-ray converters
    • H01J2235/083—Bonding or fixing with the support or substrate
    • H01J2235/084—Target-substrate interlayers or structures, e.g. to control or prevent diffusion or improve adhesion

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  • ABSTRACT A rotary anode of an X-ray tube delivers X-rays from at least the surface struck by electrons and consisting mostly of molybdenum. According to the present invention this surface consists to at least percent of molybdenum and up to 10 percent hafnium.
  • Such anodes are used primarily in soft ray diagnosis, for example, in examination of female breasts.
  • a drawback is that anodes made of molybdenum or molybdenum alloys have a quick drop in ray delivery. This drop shows outwardly in the anodes in the form of a roughened surface.
  • An object of the present invention is to eliminate at least to a great extent the drop in the ray production and its cause, namely, the roughened surface.
  • the present invention pertains to a rotary anode of an X-ray tube which produces X-rays at locations struck by electrons and consisting primarily of molybdenum.
  • a rotary anode of an X-ray tube which produces X-rays at locations struck by electrons and consisting primarily of molybdenum.
  • the rotary anode is a compound body consisting of a plate having a thickness of about 10 mm of molybdenum or another material resistant to high temperatures, for example, graphite, which is coated with a layer having usually the thickness of l to 2 mm and consisting of a molybdenum-hafnium.alloy.
  • a supporting body of graphite it is advantageous to apply a diffusion diminishing intermediate layer. for example of tantalum, before applying the alloy.
  • the anode can also be a single body consisting of a molybdenumhafnium alloy. For the special use in female breasts examination it is best to use an alloy of 95 percent molybdenum and 5 percent hafnium.
  • haf nium as an alloy part of molybdenum in accordance with the present invention has very good results concerning the diminution of rawness without producing any noticeably worse contrast of X-ray exposure. Even 1% of hafnium in the alloy substantially diminishes the rawness of molybdenum, so that a continuously im proved ray output is produced.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view partly in section of an X-ray tube with a rotary anode carrying a molybdenum alloy at the focal point path.
  • FIG. 2 is section through a rotary anode for use with the tube shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 1 shows an X-ray tube 2 with a container I having at one end the cathode arrangement 3 and at the other end the anode arrangement 4.
  • the cathode de vice is fixed by a sleeve 5 to one end of the container 1 and has a shoulder 6 carrying the actual glow cathode.
  • the cathode device at the other end of the tube container 1 is the anode device carrying a rotor 7 for driving the rotary anode 9 connected with it by an axle 8.
  • the rotary anode consists of a plate 10 which is 10 mm thick and consists of an alloy of molybdenum with 5 percent tungsten.
  • the plate I0 is pressed by a screw 11 against a bearing'l2 of the axle 8; it can be rotated by the rotor 7 and a stator (not shown).
  • the outer surface of the plate 10 directed to the cathode device 3 has an annular zone located upon its outer edge and carrying acoating 13 which has a thickness of 1 mm and which consists of an alloy containing 95 percent molybdenum and 5 percent hafnium.
  • a rotary anode for an X-ray tube having a surface struck by electrons and producing X-rays, said surface consisting of 95 percent molybdenum and 5 percent hafnium.
  • a rotary anode for an X-ray tube having a surface struck by electrons and producing X-rays, said surface containing up to 10 percent hafmium and a' balance of molybclemum comprising a body consisting of graphite covered with a diffusion delaying intermediate layer between said body and the said surface consisting of a molybdenum-hafnium alloy.
  • a rotary anode for an X-ray tube having a surface struck by electrons and producing X-rays, said surface containing up to 10 percent hafmium and a balance of molybclemum comprising a body consisting of graphite covered with a diffusing delaying intermediate layer consisting of tantalum which is covered with a layer of

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US4777643A (en) * 1985-02-15 1988-10-11 General Electric Company Composite rotary anode for x-ray tube and process for preparing the composite
US4876705A (en) * 1987-11-13 1989-10-24 General Electric Cgr S.A. X-ray tube with a molybdenum target

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US3689795A (en) * 1970-06-02 1972-09-05 Schwarzkopf Dev Co Boron-containing rotating x-ray target
US3737699A (en) * 1972-05-18 1973-06-05 Picker Corp X-ray tube having anode target layer of molybdenum rhenium alloy

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US3689795A (en) * 1970-06-02 1972-09-05 Schwarzkopf Dev Co Boron-containing rotating x-ray target
US3737699A (en) * 1972-05-18 1973-06-05 Picker Corp X-ray tube having anode target layer of molybdenum rhenium alloy

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US4777643A (en) * 1985-02-15 1988-10-11 General Electric Company Composite rotary anode for x-ray tube and process for preparing the composite
US4876705A (en) * 1987-11-13 1989-10-24 General Electric Cgr S.A. X-ray tube with a molybdenum target

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