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Corrosion Glossary - X

• X-ray inspection: non destructive technique using x-ray radiography.
• X-ray tube: a device for generating X-rays by accelerating electrons from a filament to strike a metal target (anode).
• X-rays: electromagnetic radiation (photon), of shorter wavelength than ultraviolet radiation. Produced by bombardment of atoms by high quantum energy particles. Radiation wavelength is from 10^-11 to 10^-9 m.