Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Feb 28, 2005 16:27
19 yrs ago
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German term
Brennbahn
German to English
Science
Medical: Instruments
X-ray technology
The term relates to rotating anode X-ray tubes as used in radiology. The 'Brennbahn' is also referred to as the "röntgenaktive Schicht". I found the following via Google, which may help explain, but I couldn't find an English equivalent:
http://www.plansee.com/hlw/537_DEA_HTML.htm
"Metall-Drehanoden mit aufgelötetem Grafit bestehen aus einer dünnen Brennbahn aus Wolfram-Rheniumlegierung mit 5 oder 10 % Rhenium, an welche sich der TZM-Grundkörper anschließt, der auf eine unterschiedlich dicke Schicht aus reinstem Grafit aufgelötet ist."
http://www.plansee.com/hlw/537_DEA_HTML.htm
"Metall-Drehanoden mit aufgelötetem Grafit bestehen aus einer dünnen Brennbahn aus Wolfram-Rheniumlegierung mit 5 oder 10 % Rhenium, an welche sich der TZM-Grundkörper anschließt, der auf eine unterschiedlich dicke Schicht aus reinstem Grafit aufgelötet ist."
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| 3 | focal path |
MMUlr
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| 3 +1 | target surface |
Anne Schulz
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| 2 | x-ray layer |
Jonathan MacKerron
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focal path
What about this term? I found it during search for "tungsten" "x-ray" ...
see http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&ie=ISO-8859-1&q="focal pat...
see http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&ie=ISO-8859-1&q="focal pat...
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Comment: "Thank you. Your suggestion was backed up by the English version of the Plansee website."
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x-ray layer
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gets some googles, but no guarantees...
Comment: "Thanks - I think this is the same thing but I needed an alternative in English as I used your suggestion for "röntgenaktive Schicht"."
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target surface
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The website you found has an English version where you can find "x-ray targets" as equivalent to the "Drehanode"; there they use the term "target surface".
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Ken Cox
: Yes, for the actual surface layer. For the annular surface where the electron beam impinges, the technical term is 'focal track' (see ech.snmjournals.org/cgi/content/full/32/3/139). The German term may be a coinage derived from 'Brennpunkt'.
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Thanks Kenneth. But couldn't 'focal track' be the "Brennfleck", the place where the electron beam actually impinges? Here they seem to be talking about a sort of layer (despite the "-bahn" term).
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Comment: "Thank you for your suggestion - I had another look at the plansee site and found the following which made me decide to go for "focal path":
"Graphite backed X-ray targets consist of a thin focal path of a tungsten-rhenium alloy with 5 or 10% rhenium, behind which is the TZM body. In turn it is brazed onto a layer of high purity graphite which varies in thickness."
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