%0 Journal Article %T Investigation the effect of anode's insert material on spatial distribution of X-ray source in plasma focus device %J Radiation Physics and Engineering %I K. N. Toosi University of Technology %Z 2645-6397 %A Miremad, ‎Seyed Milad %A Shirani Bidabadi, ‎Babak %D 2020 %\ 06/01/2020 %V 1 %N 2 %P 1-5 %! Investigation the effect of anode's insert material on spatial distribution of X-ray source in plasma focus device %K ‎Plasma focus %K ‎Pulsed X-ray %K ‎Pinhole camera %K ‎Spatial distribution %K ‎Anode's insert‎ %R 10.22034/rpe.2020.63474 %X ‎In this paper‎, ‎the effect of anode's insert material on spatial distribution of X-ray emission zone of plasma focus device was studied‎. ‎Anode's insert materials were fabricated out of aluminum‎, ‎zinc‎, ‎tin‎, ‎tungsten and lead‎. ‎For each insert material at the constant operating voltage of 21 kV‎, ‎the image of pinhole camera which monitors the surface and the top of anode was recorded at the various pressures of 0.3‎, ‎0.6‎, ‎0.9 and 1.2 mbar‎. ‎The results indicated that the X-ray emission zone above the anode surface not only includes thermal radiation of plasma‎, ‎but also depends on anode's insert materials‎. ‎This zone could be due to the passage of high energy electrons from the vapor of anode's material above the anode's surface‎. %U https://rpe.kntu.ac.ir/article_63474_0cd7b93072614bdb9e03c11899c895bd.pdf