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Radiography in Modern Industry - Kodak

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film fairly well. If high densities are for any reason not used, a density range of 0.5 to 2.5 issuitable for evaluation of this quantity. If <strong>in</strong>termediate densities are used, the average gradientcan be calculated over another range of densities--1.0 to 3.0, for example.Figure 118: Characteristic curve of a typical <strong>in</strong>dustrial x-ray film, with the average gradientcalculated over two density ranges.Figure 118shows the characteristic curve of a typical <strong>in</strong>dustrial x-ray film. The average gradientsfor this film over both the above density ranges are <strong>in</strong>dicated. The table below gives averagegradients of the typical x-ray films, the characteristic curves of which are shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 116.S<strong>in</strong>ce Film Z does not reach a density of 4.0, its average gradient cannot be given for the higherdensity range.Average GradientFilmDensity Range0.5--2.5Density Range 2.0--4.0X 2.3 5.7Y 2.6 6.3Z 1.7 --Experiments have shown that the shape of the characteristic curve is, for practical purposes,largely <strong>in</strong>dependent of the wavelength of x-radiation or gamma radiation. Therefore, acharacteristic curve made with any radiation quality may be applied to exposures made with anyother, to the degree of accuracy usually required <strong>in</strong> practice, and the same is true of values ofgradient or average gradient derived from the curve.The <strong>in</strong>fluence of kilovoltage or gamma-ray quality on contrast <strong>in</strong> the radiograph, therefore, is theresult primarily of its effect on the subject contrast, and only very slightly, if at all, of any change <strong>in</strong>the contrast characteristics of the film. Radiographic contrast can also be modified by choice of afilm of different contrast, or by use of a different density range with the same film. Contrast is alsoaffected by the degree of development, but <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>dustrial radiography, films are developed to theirmaximum, or nearly their maximum, contrast. In the early stages of development, both densityand contrast <strong>in</strong>crease quite rapidly with time of development (See "Effect Of Development Time<strong>Radiography</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Modern</strong> <strong>Industry</strong> 187

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