The modular concept of the LEYBOLD X-ray system offers a wide range of experiment topics in physics, chemistry, biology, medicine and engineering.
PRINCIPLES
- Radiography
- X-ray photography
- Ionisation and dosimetry
- X-ray attenuation
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
- Bragg: Single-crystal X-ray diffraction
- Investigating the energy spectrum of an X-ray tube
- Duane-Hunt law and determination of h from the maximum wavelength
- Energy-dependent absorption, K and L edges
- Moseley’s law and the determination of the Rydberg constant
- Fine structure of X-ray spectra
- Determining the bonding energy of individual sub shells by selective excitation
- X-ray fluorescence
- Compton effect on X-rays
SOLID-STATE PHYSICS:
- Bragg: Determining the lattice constants of monocrystals
- Laue: Investigating the lattice structure of monocrystals
- Debye-Scherrer: Determining the lattice plane spacings of polycrystalline powder samples
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS
- Radiology
- Mineralogy
- Radiation protection
- X-ray fluorescence analysis
- Non-destructive material analysis
- Non-destructive testing
- Computerised tomography also in 3D