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What kind of electromagnetic radiation can cause harm to living human tissue?
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∙ 11y ago
Ultraviolet, X-rays, and Gamma rays for sure, but even infrared radiation, at very high intensities, could cause harm (burning) to living human tissue.
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What electromagnetic waves damage the human eye?
Answer #1:UV rays are damaging to the eyes, and if you are exposedfor too long can cause vision loss=========================Answer #2:Any radiation with wavelengths shorter than visible light can damage living tissue, including eyes. The shorter they are, the more dangerous.
What type of electromagnetic wave has the shortest wavelenght?
Gamma rays have the shortest wavelength compared to most of other electromagnetic radiation. Gamma rays have high penetrating power and are high in frequency. Exposure to this type of radiation can cause many health complications.
Which type of energy cause sunburn?
Do you mean 'Which electromagnetic wave in the electromagnetic spectrum causes sunburn? The answer is Ultraviolet (UV), which is what is used in sunbeds and therefore damages and colours your skin cells.
What are some dangers of ultraviolet radiation?
Remember that all light is electromagnetic radiation, which includes everything in the electromagnetic spectrum from long wave radio waves to gamma waves. These waves impart their energy to charged particles via the photon, which is the carrier particle for the electromagnetic force. Ultraviolet radiation, unlike longer wavelength radiation, contains enough energy to promote electrons from lower orbitals to higher orbitals, which may cause a variety of "dangerous" results. For example, when your skin absorbs UV radiation, electrons in the atoms of your skin cells, or worse, in your DNA, are promoted and cause the molecules which contain them to become unstable. Even worse, short wavelength UV radiation may cause ionization, which results in a charged, and thus reactive, molecule. Unregulated reactivity in the body can result in diseases like cancer.
What electromagnetic wave makes fires heat?
All parts of the electromagnetic spectrum cause heat, and fires emit EM radiation based on a plank curve. However, in the majority of "normal" fires, the most common source is in the infrared spectrum.
What does electricity cause?
electricity causes an electromagnetic field, also radiation.
What electromagnetic waves damage the human eye?
Answer #1:UV rays are damaging to the eyes, and if you are exposedfor too long can cause vision loss=========================Answer #2:Any radiation with wavelengths shorter than visible light can damage living tissue, including eyes. The shorter they are, the more dangerous.
What cause radiation heating?
heat transfer through electromagnetic waves. (apex).
What are the main forms of radiation in which solar flares release energy?
During their existence, solar flares release enormous amounts of energy across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Much of it is in the form of ultraviolet radiation, radio waves, and X-ray emission. More dangerous to human astronauts is the flow of energetic protons released by these eruptions, which can cause severe injury to living tissue.
Why does electromagnetic radiation cause cellular damage to humans?
The most common exposure to electromagnetic radiation is from the use of cell phones. It is a minor almost minute exposure. Why it can damage the cell structure of humans is because it is toxic it is simply because it is radiation.
Is gravity caused by the absorption of electromagnetic emission?
No. Gravity is a characteristic property of space and mass that exists whether or not there is any electromagnetic radiation in the neighborhood. Its cause is unknown.
How can radiation cure some types of cancer?
The main scooby dooby on this is that the bioligical damage done to some kinds of cells by exposure to radiation is greater than others. And we frequently see that cancer cells will "take more hits" and die if irradiated than many kinds of "regular" cells will. Radiation (either electromagnetic or particulate) causes ionization in tissue when it is of sufficient energy. A microwave oven will not cause this, but higher energy electromagnetic waves will cause it. So will particulate radiation. The chemical bonds that hold DNA together can be broken by ionizing radiation, and this kind of damage is difficult (if not impossible) for the cell to repair. If we can damage a large number of cancer cells with a minimum of damage to surrounding tissue, radiation therapy can be prescribed for the treatment of some kinds of malignant neoplasms.
What kind of electromagnetic radiation will cause skin to burn?
Protection from ultraviolet radiation is what we use sunblock for. UV (ultraviolet) rays have high energy and can damage skin.
What does the word emp mean to most people?
"EMP" is the abbreviation for the term "electromagnetic pulse". EMPs are a pulse of electromagnetic radiation that may cause current and voltage surges.
Why is radiation harmful to both living and nonliving things?
This depends on the kind of radiation. Most electromagnetic radiation is harmless (e.g. broadcast radio) or only very slightly harmful (e.g. microwave, infrared, and visible light can cause heating of materials and thus thermal changes). However very high energy electromagnetic radiation (e.g. ultraviolet, x-ray, gamma ray) and the particulate radiation of radioactive decay and cosmic rays has enough energy to break the bonds holding molecules together, causing chemical changes.
Radiation from wireless security camera systems?
All electronics emit microscopic amounts of radiation. However, it is not even close to enough to cause harm to the health of a living thing. If you are concerned, keep your animals in places that are not near anything electronic.
What type of electromagnetic wave has the shortest wavelenght?
Gamma rays have the shortest wavelength compared to most of other electromagnetic radiation. Gamma rays have high penetrating power and are high in frequency. Exposure to this type of radiation can cause many health complications.
