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Gamma radiation, X Rays
Gamma radiation, X Rays
Ionizing radiation by definition is radiation with a high enough energy to remove electrons from their orbits. This is dangerous because it emits x-rays, damages tissue, can cause long term damage like cancer, and heats things up.
Both. Radioisotopes decay because they are atomically unstable. This can be used to advantage in medical treatment or diagnosis and in other forms of research or inspection. But radioactive decay releases ionizing radiation, and that is invariably harmful to living tissue. The problem presents as one of weighing the cost-benefit ratio of a given application. As just one example, radiation kills tissue, but it kills cancerous tissue much more readily than "regular" tissue. This makes radiation tratment by radioisotopes beneficial in cases where other options are limited.
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Gamma radiation, X Rays
Gamma radiation, X Rays
What form of ionizing radiation can penetrate deeply into tissue
What form of ionizing radiation can penetrate deeply into tissue
Gamma radiation, X Rays
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Gamma radiation, X Rays
Exposing tumors to ionizing radiation kills them faster than it kills nearby healthy tissue. If you can focus or otherwise concentrate the radiation on the tumor the effect is even stronger. The reason for this effect is tumors generally grow much faster than healthy tissue, and ionizing radiation damages growing tissue much more significantly than tissue that is not actively growing. This damage should kill it.
Radiation poisoning, also called radiationsickness or a creeping dose, is a form of damage to organ tissue due to excessive exposure to ionizing radiation.
Ionizing radiation by definition is radiation with a high enough energy to remove electrons from their orbits. This is dangerous because it emits x-rays, damages tissue, can cause long term damage like cancer, and heats things up.
Gamma radiation. Alpha radiation is the least penetrating, beta radiation penetrates and lasts longer than alpha but also "dies out" relatively quickly, but Gamma radiation will not only penetrate deep, but it will also stay long.