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RE: How to produce XRay radiation using a salvaged light bulb
It's fascinating! Will you take to to other levels and try to use it?
Also, isn't it somewhat dangerous? What exactly are the safety procedures?
I want to try it, but it's scary...
You could use this to make XRay photos (with proper equipment) or as a radiation detector check source.
As for safety, standard high voltage and radiation procedures apply: Insulated gloves/shoes, only work on circuit with one hand at a time, never touch circuit while on, minimize radiation dosage by putting distance and material between you and the source, only running the tube with a geiger counter present, etc. There's quite a bit needed to make this safe, so if you do end up trying this please do so only if you have looked up a lot of safety articles online.
I don't have any future plans for using these tubes, when I did this it was just to see if it could be done. Low energy XRays aren't incredibly useful to be honest as I don't have the film needed for XRay images.