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What is a x-ray filter

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An X-ray filter is a material placed in front of an X-ray source in order to reduce the intensity of particular wavelengths from its spectrum and selectively alter the distribution of X-ray wavelengths within a given beam.

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Aluminum

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Filters for medical radiography are mostly made of aluminum. The amount of filtration of the x-ray beam is specified by and based on the voltage potential used to produce the beam

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