Anticathode

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-000222",
  "term": "Anticathode",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The target electrode in an X-ray tube, typically made of a high atomic number material like tungsten or molybdenum. When high-energy electrons strike the anticathode, they decelerate rapidly, producing X-rays through bremsstrahlung radiation and characteristic X-ray emission. This component is also known as the anode in X-ray tube terminology.",
  "subject": "Industrial electronics",
  "references": [
    "anticathode - definition and meaning (Wordnik)"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Antikathode",
    "es": "anticátodo",
    "fr": "anticathode"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/anticathode/"
}