Re: x-ray with small Tesla coil as driver

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

At 12:18 PM 9/29/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: "mercurus2000" <mercurus2000-at-cox-dot-net>
>Wow, I've produced x-rays using vacuum tube diodes and just recently a power
>beam triode using a 50 KV dc generator, it's very low power, output probably
>less than 5 watts, you said you got the x-rays from just hooking the
>terminal to a tesla coil? Normally there needs to be a plate were the
>electrons are stopped, either inside or on the outside to produce x-rays, if
>I remember correctly, how much did the light bulb cost you? I wanted to hook
>one up to my small tesla coils I own, but I'm suprised a standard light bulb
>with no modifications produced x-rays.



> > Today, at an antique shop, I saw an old antique Edison light bulb.  I
> > brought it home and placed it on top of the energized Tesla coil.  To my
> > surprise, the inside of the bulb glowed a brilliant green and I decided to


Key phrase here: antique Edison light bulb.  Probably a vacuum inside, as 
opposed to backfilled with nitrogen or argon as are most bulbs these days.

The glass (since it's fluorescing) is obviously stopping some of the 
electrons, which makes the X-rays.