In the current issue of the journal Nature, Dr. Putterman and his colleagues report that surprisingly fierce flows of electrons were unleashed as the tape was unpeeled and its gooey adhesive snapped free of the surface. The electrical currents, in turn, generated strong, short bursts of X-rays — each burst, about a billionth of a second long, contained about 300,000 X-ray photons.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Amazing Science: Scotch Tape and X-rays
What is the relation between the two? Answer: Scotch tape can create X-rays!
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