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Can gamma rays pass through lead?

Updated: 9/17/2023
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Why cannot gamma rays pass through lead?

Gamma rays can pass through lead, but the majority of the radiation is "attenuated", or stopped. Only the highest-energy particles which are not stopped by lead will transmit through it. A variety of materials can block, or attenuate, radiation, and the effectiveness of that material to attenuate radiation is in direct relation to the material's density. Other materials such as brass, tungsten, and Cerrobend (TM) can attenuate radiation.


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What will stop gamma rays?

gamma rays can be stop by lead block


When gamma rays pass through living tissue do they damage molecules?

yes


What objects can stop gamma rays?

Gamma rays can be blocked by a thick amount of lead. Alpha -> goes through thin mica -> then stops at skin or paper. Beta -> Goes through thin mica - then goes through skin or paper -> gets stopped at lead. Gamma -> Goes through thin mica -> goes through skin or paper -> then can be slowed down by lead or can be stopped completely by a thick amount of lead. I may have Beta and alpha mixed up but please excuse me as im writing this out of my book (: