Re: Fluoroscope (fwd)

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Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 09:22:53 -0600
From: robert heidlebaugh <rheidlebaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Fluoroscope

One of the list members sells Ag/zn/S phosphor . Use lead glass screen. Sand
the side to be coated and bond the phosphor to the sanded side and coat it
with a clear laquer. Put the coated side toward your X-Ray source. An older
TV shop may have a lead glass screen off on old BW tv set.
      Robert   H
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> From: "High Voltage list" <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 21:02:41 -0600 (MDT)
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> Subject: Fluoroscope (fwd)
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> Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 15:03:54 -0700
> From: David Trimmell <humanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: 'High Voltage list' <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Fluoroscope
> 
> Hi all, I will shortly be receiving a nice dental X-Ray transformer with
> tube and filament transformer to go with it. This will be setup as PSU
> for some vacuum experiments, but will also be used with the x-ray tube
> to some x-ray experiments. One such thing I will want to try is a
> Fluoroscope. I will, of course, be using proper Health Physics controls
> and am aware of the hazards. There will be no exposure of "live" tissue.
> But does anyone know of a source for the properly doped Zink Sulfide
> phosphors, or strontium aluminate's? Has anyone here actually made a
> Fluoroscope? I have no intentions of viewing this directly, as I will
> use either a video camera or a reflected image. Believe me I have no
> intention of sticking my head in a potentially lethal x-ray field. Any
> suggestions would be great.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David Trimmell   
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