A stable pharmaceutical formulation or suspension has a pharmaceutical active agent, agave, and a dilutant. The formulation or suspension has viscosity suitable for drinking.

An anode for an X-ray tube is provided to reduce the incidence of off-focus x-ray emissions from the anode. The anode has a rotating component, a body operably connected to the rotating component and adapted to rotate in conjunction with the rotating component, and at least one emissive material track defined on the body wherein the at least one emissive material track has a first width, and wherein the first width is less than or equal to twice a second width of a focal spot track on the body. Further, to enhance the reduction in the off-focus x-ray emission, the emissive material track is formed of a material having a first atomic number and the body is formed of a material having a second atomic number with a ratio of the first atomic number to the second atomic number being at least 6.

An anode with a linear main direction of extent for an x-ray device, has an anode body and a focal track layer, which is connected to the anode body in a material-bonding manner on a focal track layer volume portion of the anode body. At least one cooling channel for the cooling of the anode body and the focal track layer is arranged in the interior of the anode body and at least the focal track layer volume portion is formed of a material with at least a basic matrix of refractory metal. The focal track layer volume portion extends as far as to the cooling channel.

In at least one embodiment an X-ray source includes an electron source configured to emit electrons, an acceleration set-up configured to accelerate the emitted electrons and a transmission window downwards of the acceleration set-up, the transmission window configured to let through X-rays generated by the accelerated electrons, wherein the transmission window incudes a carbon carrier, and wherein the carbon carrier includes sp2-hybridized carbon.

A production method for producing an anode for a cold cathode X-ray source, including the following steps: producing an element referred to as target from a first material adapted to generating X-rays from the absorption of an electron beam, the first material having a first thermal expansion coefficient Ce,1(Tu) at a predetermined temperature Tu of use of the anode in the X-ray source, producing an element referred to as target support from a second material having a second thermal expansion coefficient Ce,2(Tu) at the predetermined temperature Tu, joining the target to the target support by hard soldering using a solder material at a soldering temperature higher than the predetermined temperature Tu and higher than a melting point of the solder material, so as to form a film of solder interposed between the target and the target support.

X-rays can be used for material identification. X-ray beam purity, target adhesion the x-ray window, and a robust hermetic seal of the x-ray window are useful. To achieve these objectives, a target 17 can be mounted by an adhesion-layer 16 on the x-ray window. The adhesion-layer 16 can include chromium. A sealing-layer 13 can seal the x-ray window to a flange 19. Material of the sealing-layer 13 can be different from material of the adhesion-layer 16. There can be a gap 21 between the flange 19 and the target 17. There can be a conductive-layer 18 on the x-ray window 14 in the gap 21. A thickness Ts of the adhesion-layer 16 between the sealing-layer 13 and the x-ray window 14 can be different than a thickness Tt of the adhesion-layer 16 between the target 17 and the x-ray window 14.

The present disclosure relates to a brazing structure. The brazing structure may comprise a first portion and a second portion. At least one of the first portion or the second portion may include a connection-reinforcing surface. The connection-reinforcing surface may include a groove region and a filler placement region. The filler placement region may be configured to hold a filler material in solid state before brazing. The groove region may include a plurality of grooves where the filler material flows into after being melted. The first portion and the second portion may be connected by a braze joint formed by the filler material.

A system includes a stage for supporting a sample having at least first and second atomic elements. The first atomic element has a first characteristic x-ray line with a first energy and the second atomic element has a second characteristic x-ray line with a second energy, the first and second energies lower than 8 keV and separated from one another by less than 1 keV. The system further includes an x-ray source of x-rays having a third energy between the first and second energies and at least one x-ray optic configured to receive and focus at least some of the x-rays as an x-ray beam to illuminate the sample. The system further includes at least one x-ray detector configured to detect fluorescence x-rays produced by the sample in response to being irradiated by the x-ray beam.

In an embodiment an X-ray source includes an electron source configured to emit electrons, an acceleration set-up configured to accelerate the emitted electrons and a transmission window downwards of the acceleration set-up, wherein the transmission window is configured to let through X-rays generated by the accelerated electrons, wherein the transmission window is located either in a straight extension of a line-of-flight of the accelerated electrons or off the line-of-flight and past the acceleration set-up, wherein the transmission window comprises a carbon carrier, and wherein the carbon carrier comprises sp2-hybridized carbon.

An anode for an X-ray tube is provided to reduce the incidence of off-focus x-ray emissions from the anode. The anode has a rotating component, a body operably connected to the rotating component and adapted to rotate in conjunction with the rotating component, and at least one emissive material track defined on the body wherein the at least one emissive material track has a first width, and wherein the first width is less than or equal to twice a second width of a focal spot track on the body. Further, to enhance the reduction in the off-focus x-ray emission, the emissive material track is formed of a material having a first atomic number and the body is formed of a material having a second atomic number with a ratio of the first atomic number to the second atomic number being at least 6.