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Radiography in Modern Industry - Kodak

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Example 3: The types of problems given <strong>in</strong> Examples 1 and 2 above are often comb<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong>actual practice. Suppose, for example, that a radiograph was made on Film X with an exposure of20 mA-m<strong>in</strong> and that a density of 1.0 was obta<strong>in</strong>ed. Then suppose that a radiograph at the samekilovoltage but on Film Y at a density of 2.5 is desired for the sake of the higher contrast and thelower gra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>ess obta<strong>in</strong>able. The problem can be solved <strong>in</strong> a s<strong>in</strong>gle step.Locate the <strong>in</strong>tersection of the orig<strong>in</strong>al density of 1.0 and the characteristic curve of Film X (Po<strong>in</strong>t E<strong>in</strong> Figure 53) for the orig<strong>in</strong>al exposure--20 mA-m<strong>in</strong>--passes through po<strong>in</strong>t # and the horizontal l<strong>in</strong>eco<strong>in</strong>cides with the l<strong>in</strong>e for the new density of 2.5. The new exposure of 220 mA-m<strong>in</strong> is read frompo<strong>in</strong>t F (See Figure 53), the <strong>in</strong>tersection of the horizontal l<strong>in</strong>e and the characteristic curve of FilmY.Figure 53: Characteristic curves of Films X and Y. Transparent overlay positioned for thegraphical solution of Example 3.Figure 54: Typical nomogram for solution of exposure calculations. The uses of thediagram are expla<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the next section.<strong>Radiography</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Modern</strong> <strong>Industry</strong> 76

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