Question #279305

An electron beam in an X-ray tube is accelerated through 40kV and is incident on a tungsten target. What is the shortest wavelength emitted by the tube? 


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2021-12-20T10:26:00-0500

λmin=hceV=6.62103431081.6101940000=0.31010 (m)\lambda_{min}=\frac{hc}{eV}=\frac{6.62\cdot10^{-34}\cdot3\cdot10^8}{1.6\cdot10^{-19}\cdot40000}=0.3\cdot10^{-10}\ (m)


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