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Industrial X ray equipment is used for nondestructive testing to detect defects in metal joints, electrical terminal blocks, sealed assemblies, and other hardware. Medical and dental X ray equipment is also used for hardware troubleshooting.
Design, fabrication, installation, and operation of X ray diffractometer and X ray spectrograph system for preliminary examination of lunar soil sample within Lunar Receiving Laboratory
Control circuits and connector pin assignments for X ray diffractometer and X ray spectrograph for lunar soil examination in Lunar Receiving Laboratory
Portable electronic device, based on the design of an eddy current gage, detects ferrous and nonferrous metal fragments. Device is more easily transported than X-ray equipment and does not present a radiation hazard.
Tri-electrode cold cathode X-ray impulse tube of simple construction and low operating voltage
Comparison of cortical thickness and radiographic microdensitometer measurements in determining bone loss
X-ray diffractometer for single crystal damage studies, and theoretical evaluation of cesium gas scattering problem
A Bragg X-ray spectrometer equipped with a volume-sensitive Geiger counter and Soller slits and employing filtered molybdenum Ka radiation was used to obtain a set of diffracted intensity curves as a Punction of angle for supercooled water. Diffracted intensity curves in the temperature region of 21 to -16 C were obtained. The minimum between the two main diffraction peaks deepened continuously with lowering temperature, indicating a gradual change in the internal structure of the water. No discontinuity in this trend was noted at the melting point. The internal structure of supercooled water was concluded to become progressively more ice-like as the temperature is lowered.
Attitude control system equipped Aerobee rocket study of stellar X-ray emissions
X-ray spectrometer with cold cathode, discussing equipment design, principles, operation and performance
Electronic equipment for Mark 1 lunar X-ray diffractometer - power supply, logic, and data processing subsystems
Discussion of precision X-ray telescopes which are to be mounted on HEAO-C aircraft designed to study the structure, energy spectra and transient behavior of specific X-ray objects by the scanning and mapping of the sky. The design features and performance characteristics of the three high-resolution X-ray telescopes and their optical systems are considered. Mission equipment specifications and systems diagrams are appended. The HEAO-C mission is planned for launching by the Shuttle in the late 70s, with the capability of pointing to within one arc minute of X-ray sources for long periods of time.
Solar X-ray data from rocket and satellite-borne equipment, discussing spectrum of quiet corona and active region
In connection with the preparation for long-range space missions it is highly important to be able to identify potentially failure prone equipment in advance of the launch commitment. Physical phenomena investigated for this purpose include X-ray and gamma radiation, electrical noise, IR and UV radiation, and vibration energy. The technique selected must be capable of detecting the onset and evaluating the progression of conditions that represent basic causes which could lead to failure. As a result of the investigation, techniques based on acoustic energy release were selected as the most promising for incipient failure detection.
A review of the scientific objectives of an integrated X-ray orbiting telescope facility is presented. A set of observations to be conducted to achieve the objectives of the research are described. The techniques and equipment used in the experiment are defined. The configuration of the facility and the specifications of the test equipment are included.
The X-ray spectroscopy experiment to be flown on Aerobee Flight 13.009 is described. A brief description of the detector system is given along with a description of the electronic equipment.
The S-027 X-Ray Astronomy Experiment originally proposed in early 1966, was developed to detect X-rays in the 2 keV to 10 keV range. Both a prototype unit and flight unit were constructed with the prototype unit also serving as the engineering model, the qualification test unit, and after refurbishment, as the back-up flight unit. Two Ground Support Equipment consoles were built to verify the experiment operation. A photograph of one experiment package with its Ground Support Equipment is shown. The S-027 experiment was scheduled for launch in 1968/69 and although both units were completed and tested to the extent that either would be ready for the scheduled launch, delays in the space program resulted in a launch date slip of several years. When the 1968/69 launch delay became official, provisions were made for storage of the two experiment packages at SCI Electronics in Huntsville, Alabama until a new launch date could be established.
Mechanized X ray equipment provides nondestructive inspection of structural weldments at various positions on very large tanks. It mechanizes the placement of the film, automates the identification process, adheres to safety requirements, and eliminates all the usual time-consuming manual operations in industrial radiography.