Save On Hospital Bills, X-Ray Yourself With Sticky-TapeS
Seriously though - don't x-ray yourself with sticky-tape. You
can, and we'll tell you how. But seriously gang, don't.  First
of all, let's demystify x-rays. An x-ray is, in many ways, not
any different from visible light. Both are produced when
electrons shake off a little of their extra energy. Sometimes
that happens when they are pumped full of energy and temporarily
jump to a higher energy level, only to jump down a bit later.
Sometimes it happens when something snatches a lower electron
off and atom and the higher electron gets taken down a peg or
two. Occasionally it happens when an electron is zooming along
and is pulled in a new direction by a nearby atom. The change in
its direction causes it to lose energy.  In every case, the
energy is emitted in the form of a photon. Photons have an
energy level that corresponds to how much energy the electron
dropped. Photons can only be absorbed by atoms that can absorb
their particular energy level. Visib