Abstract:
The invention pertains to a rotating anode with graphite for an X-ray tube in which the quality of the bond with the graphite is considerably improved in comparison with the prior art, through the use of a bonder element comprising beryllium.
Abstract:
A method for the diffusion bonding of a graphite member to a metallic surface as part of a composite rotary anode for an X-ray tube is set forth. In the completed structure a compound laminate separating and metallurgically bonded to the graphite member and to the metallic surface consists of, in sequence, a layer comprising carbide of vanadium and of a metal selected from the group consisting of of molybdenum and tungsten, a layer of metal selected from the group consisting of vanadium and vanadium alloys, a zone of interdiffused metals comprising platinum and vanadium and then a continuous layer comprising platinum or platinum alloy.
Abstract:
A method for the diffusion bonding of a graphite member to a metallic surface of molybdenum, molybdenum alloy, tungsten or tungsten alloy as part of a composite rotary anode for an X-ray tube is set forth. In the completed structure a crack-free compound laminate separating and joining the graphite member and the metallic surface comprises a layer of carbide of metal of the metallic surface bonded to a layer of platinum or platinum alloy.
Abstract:
A rotary anode comprising a basic body of carbon whose surface is provided with a pyrolytic graphite coating having a crystallographic layer structure. A metallic layer of high-melting temperature, in which X-rays are generated during operation in an X-ray tube, is provided on the body. The metallic layer and the pyrolytic graphite coating have a common contact face which cuts through the crystallographic layers in the pyrolytic graphite. Heat developed in the metallic layer is discharged through the face into the pyrolytic graphite layers.
Abstract:
Tungsten anode targets are joined to graphite substrates by a brazing method employing a controlled atmosphere and a suitable braze material such as platinum and an alloy of platinum and chromium.
Abstract:
A preferred process for producing coated isotropic graphite members comprises: A. HEAT TREATING THE ISOTROPIC GRAPHITE MEMBER TO A TEMPERATURE FROM ABOUT 1700*C to 2400*C in a halogen atmosphere comprising chlorine or fluorine to reduce the impurity ash content to the range of the order to 2 to 10 ppm, B. MACHINING THE HEAT TREATED ISOTROPIC GRAPHITE MEMBER TO A PREDETERMINED SHAPE AND SURFACE CONDITION, C. ULTRASONICALLY CLEANING THE MACHINED GRAPHITE BODY IN A LIQUID CLEANING FLUID TO REMOVE LOOSE SURFACE PARTICLES, D. DEPOSITING A LAYER OF SILICON ON THE CLEAN GRAPHITE BODY BY A GAS PHASE REACTION AT A TEMPERATURE ABOVE 1000*C but below the melting point of silicon, E. HEATING THE GRAPHITE MEMBER WITH THE APPLIED LAYER OF SILICON TO A TEMPERATURE TO CAUSE THE SILICON TO MELT AND PENETRATE THE PORES OF THE GRAPHITE AND CAUSE THE SILICON TO REACT COMPLETELY IN SITU WITH THE GRAPHITE TO FORM A LAYER OF SILICON CARBIDE PENETRATING TO A DEPTH OF AT LEAST ABOUT 5 MILS, AND F. DEPOSITING BY A GAS PHASE REACTION A SEALING LAYER OF SILICON CARBIDE OVER THE UNDERLYING, PREVIOUSLY REACTED SILICON CARBIDE LAYER.
Abstract:
A rotary anode of an X-ray tube delivers X-rays from at least the surface struck by electrons and consisting mostly of molybdenum. According to the present invention this surface consists to at least 90 percent of molybdenum and up to 10 percent hafnium.