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What type of Electromagnetic radiation used in satellite?
Gamma rays
Do gamma rays have negative charge?
No, gamma rays are electromagnetic radiation which has no charge.
What type of EM radiation has the shortest wavelength and the most energy?
gamma rays
What is the strongest energy wave that the Sun gives off?
gamma radiation
Are x-rays the most powerful solar radiation?
No, that would be gamma rays. They have the most energy in the electromagnetic spectrum. Gamma rays are what cause radiation sickness and death when people are exposed to them for even a short time.
What are the disadvantages of gamma telescopes?
Gamma radiation is very penetrant and is used in medicine, nondestructive testing, etc.
Why is cobalt used in medicine as a tracer and not uranium?
Cobalt 60 is not used in medicine as tracer. Cobalt 60 is used to destroy cancer tumors by gamma irradiation. Uranium has a gamma radiation with an energy of about 185 keV, very small to be used for a medicinal irradiation.
Stella is biology student who is doing a project about the use of radiation in medicine. which radiation bands are used in medicine?
Radiations includes iodine-121,hard and soft x-rays and gamma rays.
What ways radiation can be beneficial?
Gamma radiation can be used to sterilise food and other material, destroying bacteria. Radiation in the form of X-rays is obviously beneficial in medicine. Production of radio isotopes used in medicine is beneficial to those who can have treatment either for diagnosis or radiation therapy. Radiation sources have been used in satellites to provide small sources of electricity.
Radiation used to check the thickness if the foil?
Gamma radiation
Beta radiation used rather than alpha or gamma radiation in this paper thickness equipment?
beta radiation used in this paper thickness equipment because alpha and gamma are very strong radiation which can not be used for paper thickness equipment such as paper are used by every one and it could cause radiation if other nuclear radiation like alpha and gamma are used.
What is a gamma camera for radiology?
Gamma camera is the common equipment used in nuclear medicine to detect various diseases.Technique used is scintigraphy(detecting amount of radiation emitted) of gamma emission and the intensity is used as images.These images are interpreted by radiologist or nuclear medicine specialists.Common indication for such a study is cancer detection especially bone metastasis.SPECT is a modification.PET(Positron emission Tomography) machine can be made incorporating gamma camera.
Why does a kidney scanner use gamma radiation rather than beta or alpha radiation?
since gamma radiation can penetrate more they are used in kidney scanners
What type of electromagnetic radiation is used in imaging and radiation oncology?
Gamma rays.
What are the disadvantages and advantages of gamma-ray?
Gamma rays are the highest forms of electromagnetic radiation. They are a type of ionizing radiation, and they can damage tissue. This can lead to radiation sickness or, in sufficient doses, it can kill. --------------------------------------------------------------- Gamma Rays are able to kill living cells so it's used as medicine to kill cancerous cells. If there's an overdose though, it could kill you. It is a hazardous radiation so if you're not specialized in it, then DO NOT mess with Gamma Rays because again, too much could kill you.
How are gamma radiation formed?
How gamma radiation is formed
What is used in the x-ray?
Gamma ray radiation
