A general summary of the properties of X-rays is presented below:
- Invisible.
- Propagate with velocity of light (3.10^8 m/s).
- Unaffected by electrical and magnetic fields.
- Differentially absorbed in passing through matter of varying composition, density and thickness.
- Reflected, diffracted, refracted and polarized.
- Capable of ionizing gases.
- Capable of affecting electrical properties of solids and liquids.
- Capable of blackening a photographic plate.
- Able to liberate photo electron. And recoils electrons.
- Emitted in a continuous spectrum.
- Emitted also with a line spectrum characteristic of the chemical element.
- Found to have absorption spectra characteristic of the chemical element.