Mechanical stress X‐ray emission from crystal sugar |
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| Authors: | Susumu Imashuku Shunsuke Matsuoka Ken Yokoi Jun Kawai |
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| Institution: | Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, , Kyoto, 606‐8501 Japan |
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| Abstract: | We report a new phenomenon of generating X‐rays by fracturing a well‐known material, crystal sugar, in a vacuum. The generated X‐rays had a maximum energy of 250 keV and peak energy of 5 keV. The X‐ray pulses continued for 4 × 10?3 s. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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