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What can doctors and industry use to diagnose problems?
gamma rays
What are the Highest frequency rays?
Gamma rays.
When food is irradiated with gamma rays from a cobalt-60 source does the food become radioactive?
No. Gamma rays will not make materials radioactive.
Shorter electromagnetic waves which reach the earth include gamma rays x rays and ultraviolet rays?
true
What type of energy transfer that can occur in empty space is?
Electromagnetic energy can propogate through a vacuum, so energy transfer can occur in the form of light, heat, x rays, gamma rays, gamma rays etc.
What is one use of gamma rays?
Gamma rays are used to kill cancer cells.
What kind of gamma ray can penetrate solids?
Gamma rays are gamma rays are gamma rays.
Why do we use gamma ray machine?
We use a gamma ray machine to find out where the gamma rays are and where they are pointed to. We also use these machines to study a gamma ray.
What are the electromagnetic waves with the shortest wavelengths and the highest frequency called?
Gamma Rays
Does radiotherapy use gamma rays?
Yes
What inventions did Stephen Hawking use to discover that black holes have X-rays and gamma-rays in them?
Math...... Math...... and more Math...... You can use math to mathematically represent data such as X-Rays and Gamma Rays.
How do Satellites for observing X-rays and Gamma rays eg Chandra X-ray observatory work?
they use gamma rays... i think. top that peeps!
Are gamma rays best for cell phone transmission?
No, gamma rays are not used for cell phone transmission. Cell phones use radio waves for communication, as gamma rays are high-energy electromagnetic radiation that can be harmful to living cells.
Are there problems with gamma rays?
no gamma rays are the best
What is x rays and gamma rays?
Cathode rays generate x-rays and gamma rays are electromagnetic radiation. Gamma rays have very high penetration power.
Which has a higher frequency gamma rays or xrays?
Gamma rays have a higher frequency than X-rays. Gamma rays are the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum, whereas X-rays have a lower frequency than gamma rays.
What is x-ray and gamma rays?
Cathode rays generate x-rays and gamma rays are electromagnetic radiation. Gamma rays have very high penetration power.
