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The 32 pages that link to X-ray, each with the reason it gives.

• Electromagnetic spectrumBroader topic: Its boundary with gamma rays is commonly distinguished by origin rather than wavelength alone.

• Computed tomographyNarrower topic: CT uses X-rays as its penetrating probe.

• Ionizing radiationBroader topic: X-rays are a familiar ionizing form, though their energy varies.

• Radiation protectionRelated: Its discovery initiated widespread medical and industrial radiation use—and the need for protection.

• Bragg's lawNarrower topic: Their wavelength scale made crystal lattice spacings accessible to diffraction experiments.

• Gamma rayCompared with: X-rays and gamma rays overlap in energy; their names usually distinguish production origin.

• X-ray fluorescenceNarrower topic: Both the excitation beam and measured fluorescence are X-rays.

• Heinrich HertzRelated: Röntgen discovered X-rays after Hertz’s work, revealing another part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

• RadiographyNarrower topic: Radiography uses X-rays because they penetrate tissue while being absorbed in different amounts.

• Chest radiographyNarrower topic: Chest radiography uses X-rays because different chest tissues absorb them by different amounts.

• ThermosphereRelated: Solar X-rays deposit energy in the upper thermosphere and help ionize its gases.

• BariumRelated: Barium sulfate’s strong X-ray absorption makes it visible against surrounding tissues.

• Gamma decayCompared with: X-rays and gamma rays overlap in energy; their names distinguish production mechanisms, not a fixed energy boundary.

• MicrowaveCompared with: X-rays can ionize matter, unlike ordinary microwave radiation.

• Riccardo GiacconiNarrower topic: X-rays from cosmic sources are the signals Giacconi's instruments were designed to detect.

• Small-angle X-ray scatteringNarrower topic: Its wavelength sets the angles and length scales accessible in SAXS.

• Cathode rayCompared with: Unlike cathode rays, X-rays are photons rather than charged particles.

• Dental radiographyNarrower topic: Dental images form when X-rays pass through oral tissues and are absorbed at different rates.

• Medical physicsRelated: X-ray interactions with tissue create contrast and determine dose.

• RadionuclideCompared with: X-rays can resemble radionuclide-emitted gamma rays but often arise from different processes.

• Henri BecquerelRelated: Wilhelm Röntgen’s recent discovery prompted Becquerel to test whether fluorescent materials emitted similar rays.

• Wilhelm RöntgenBroader topic: They were the unknown radiation Röntgen detected and named.

• Arthur ComptonNarrower topic: Compton measured the wavelengths of X-rays before and after they scattered.

• Manne SiegbahnNarrower topic: They are the radiation Siegbahn’s spectroscopy investigated.

• Terahertz radiationCompared with: Unlike X-rays, terahertz photons are non-ionizing and have far lower energy.

• X-ray detectorNarrower topic: X-rays are the photons the detector must register.

• Neutron radiationCompared with: X-rays and neutrons penetrate and interact differently, shaping shielding and imaging choices.

• Godfrey HounsfieldRelated: The scanner measured how body tissues attenuated X-rays from multiple directions.

• C. T. R. WilsonRelated: Wilson studied how X-rays produced ions that could trigger condensation in supersaturated air.

• X unitRelated: The unit was designed specifically to express their wavelengths.

• Charles BarklaNarrower topic: Barkla used X-rays to investigate how radiation interacts with matter.

• Gamma-ray techniquesCompared with: X-rays often share detector methods with gamma rays but differ chiefly in origin.