Follow-up: Attempting to make X-rays by unrolling Scotch tape -- Success?

TL;DR

In this follow-up video, the content creator conducts experiments with a phosphorus screen, a scintillator, and a metal strip to determine if x-rays or electrons are being produced.

Transcript

here's a quick follow-up to last night's video so watch that one if you haven't seen it yet what I've done here is put a piece of my phosphorous screen that x-ray intensifier cassette inside the vacuum chamber and so it's wrapped around the inside of this acrylic tube and then also on top of that there's a round scintillator a piece of glass that's... Read More

Key Insights

• 📞 Electrons appear to be emitted from the junction, while the phosphorus screen enclosed in plastic does not receive any electrons.
• 🌟 The scintillator screen, with exposed phosphorus, glows when electrons interact with it.
• 📤 The metal strip's ability to block electrons and indicate x-ray presence remains uncertain due to inconclusive experimental results.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• The content creator places a phosphorus screen, a scintillator, and a metal strip inside a vacuum chamber to observe the presence of x-rays by checking for a shadow on the screen.

• After analyzing the video playback, it is concluded that only electrons are emitted, as the phosphorus on the scintillator screen is encased in plastic and does not receive the electrons.

• The content creator tries different setups and positions of the metal strip to determine if it can block the electrons and indicates the presence of x-rays, but the results are inconclusive.