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Gamma radiation is high-energy photons emitted by a radioisotope.

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A gamma ray is high energy (high frequency) electromagnetic radiation that is sometime emitted by atomic nuclei as those nuclei undergo change. Links can be found below.

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A gamma ray is the high-enery eclectronmagnec radiation produced by decaying nuclei.

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The process is called "radioactive decay".

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A gamma ray.

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Nuclear Energy

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It is a emission of photons.

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