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The X-ray tube: anode, heat, seasoning and tube faults

Explain how a rotating-anode tube works and how it is loaded and cooled, protect it with correct warm-up and seasoning, and recognise the typical faults of the tube, rotor, filament, housing and oil before they end in a failed tube.

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