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Radiography in Modern Industry - Kodak

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Figure 56: Transparent overlay positioned over the exposure chart <strong>in</strong> such a way as toduplicate that <strong>in</strong> an earlier figure. Thus, it applies to Film X a density of 1.5 and a sourcefilmdistance of 40 <strong>in</strong>ches.2. Source-film distance. S<strong>in</strong>ce the <strong>in</strong>tensity of the radiation varies <strong>in</strong>versely with the square of thesource-film distance, the exposure must vary directly with the square of the distance if a constantdensity on the radiograph is to be ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed. If source-film distance is to be changed, therefore,the exposure scale on the chart must be shifted vertically a distance that is <strong>in</strong> accord with the law.The chart of Figure 44 was made us<strong>in</strong>g a 40-<strong>in</strong>ch source-film distance. Assume that it is desiredto make the chart applicable to distances of 30 and 60 <strong>in</strong>ches as well. Note that column 2 of thetable below is calculated from the <strong>in</strong>verse square law and that the ratio is taken so that it isalways greater than 1. (This is done merely for convenience, it be<strong>in</strong>g easier to work withlogarithms of numbers greater than 1 than with logarithms of decimal fractions.) The logarithms <strong>in</strong>column 3 can be found <strong>in</strong> Figure 43, with a slide rule, or <strong>in</strong> a table of logarithms.Distance Intensity Ratio (relative to 40 <strong>in</strong>.) Logarithm of Intensity Ratio30 <strong>in</strong>. 1.78 1 0.2560 <strong>in</strong>. 2.25 2 0.351 Intensity greater than that at 40 <strong>in</strong>ches by this factor.2 Intensity less than that at 40 <strong>in</strong>ches by this factor.A mark is put on the marg<strong>in</strong> of the exposure chart a log E <strong>in</strong>terval of 0.25 above the pr<strong>in</strong>ted arrow.When the transparent overlay is displaced upward to this position, exposures for a 30-<strong>in</strong>ch focusfilmdistance can be read directly. Similarly, a mark is put a log E <strong>in</strong>terval of 0.35 below thepr<strong>in</strong>ted arrow. The overlay, <strong>in</strong> this position, gives the exposures required at a source-film distanceof 60 <strong>in</strong>ches. In the figure below, the exposure chart and overlay are shown <strong>in</strong> this position.<strong>Radiography</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Modern</strong> <strong>Industry</strong> 79

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