What is the importance of the x-ray?

Answer 1

As with lots of things the X-ray effect was discovered and a use was thought up later. But the implications were immediately apparent. Just as a "first case" here, the idea that an injury including broken bones could be "seen" without any invasive procedures was something a school kid could visualize. Certainly the early investigators saw this clearly, as they did a number of other applications.

Answer 2

X-ray is a relatively high-energy electromagnetic wave (about 0.01 to 10nm in wavelength) generated by accelerating electrons into a material (the Bremsstrahlung process). The resulting radiation can penetrates most common objects such as human flesh and organs and wood. If a photographic plate is put behind the irradiated object, an image will form.

For medical uses, a trained personnel can read the X-ray film and tell whether an anomaly exists (flesh, tumors, and bones have different brightness).

For industrial uses, X-ray can reveal defeats in a structure, such as hairline cracks in a metal rod or a puncture in a tire.

For space applications, X-ray can be used to emulate the radiation environment seen by a space craft.

For science uses, the diffraction pattern from X-ray can reveal the atomic structure of a crystal.

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Answer 3

An X-Ray Machine was invented because it helps doctors see if you have a broken bone or bones in your body. It also tells the doctor exactly where its broken or strained or even a fractured.

Answer 4

a machine that is used to see through the skin layers ansd view the bones under. to see if theres any brakes or cracks.

Answer 5

It was very important to diagnose serious diseases like tuberculosis and to detect suspicious ulcers and it is mostly used to show bones fractures.