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What type of radiation has the least ability to penetrate matter?
The Least penetrating form of radiation is Alpha as it only travels 10cm in air and is stopped by paper. Alpha is also the most ionising, Beta is less ionising still and Gamma is the least ionising as photons carry no charge so they have less effect.
What ultravio let light is harmful to humans?
It is a type of ionising electromagnetic radiation. Ionising radiation is radiation composed of particles that individually have sufficient energy (or can liberate sufficient energy) to remove an electron from an atom or molecule, i.e., in this situation humans. It damages the cells of your skin essentially by smashiing into it.
What type of radiation causes most ionisation?
The electromagnetic radiation most capable of ionizing is the radiation with the highest energy per quantum. That in turn implies the radiation with the highest frequency (shortest wavelength). The highest-energy end of the electromagnetic spectrum is the region we call "gamma rays". We can't generate these, and the gamma rays we observe all originate in radioactive nuclear processes.
How can different electromagnetic energy be distinguished?
Electromagnetic energy comes in two basic forms: 1. Ionising 2. Non-ionising Ionising radiation has the capacity for its photons to knock components off atoms and change their chemical constitution. This is a feature of electromagnetic radiation with a short wavelength, from the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum downwards. Non-ionising EM radiation has a longer wavelength, that is most of the visible spectrum, infra-red, microwaves and radio waves. It has insufficient energy in the photons to modify atoms. This type can only damage living tissues if it is too intense, and the mechanism of the damage is by a temperature rise only.
What type of electromagnitic waves has the greatest energy of photon?
That's called gamma radiation.
What type of radiation has the least ability to penetrate matter?
The Least penetrating form of radiation is Alpha as it only travels 10cm in air and is stopped by paper. Alpha is also the most ionising, Beta is less ionising still and Gamma is the least ionising as photons carry no charge so they have less effect.
What ultravio let light is harmful to humans?
It is a type of ionising electromagnetic radiation. Ionising radiation is radiation composed of particles that individually have sufficient energy (or can liberate sufficient energy) to remove an electron from an atom or molecule, i.e., in this situation humans. It damages the cells of your skin essentially by smashiing into it.
What wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation possess sufficient energy to be able to kill microorganisms?
The type of radiation that causes radiation sickness is officially called 'ionising radiation', which means that it consists of particles that carry enough energy to knock electrons out of ordinary atoms, making them electrically charged or ionised. There is also harmless radiation such as normal heat and radio waves, that is non-ionising radiation, and those are harmful only in their heating effect if they are too intense.
What type of radiation is trapped on the Earth's surface by the Greenhouse effect?
Infrared Radiation
What type of radiation causes most ionisation?
The electromagnetic radiation most capable of ionizing is the radiation with the highest energy per quantum. That in turn implies the radiation with the highest frequency (shortest wavelength). The highest-energy end of the electromagnetic spectrum is the region we call "gamma rays". We can't generate these, and the gamma rays we observe all originate in radioactive nuclear processes.
How can different electromagnetic energy be distinguished?
Electromagnetic energy comes in two basic forms: 1. Ionising 2. Non-ionising Ionising radiation has the capacity for its photons to knock components off atoms and change their chemical constitution. This is a feature of electromagnetic radiation with a short wavelength, from the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum downwards. Non-ionising EM radiation has a longer wavelength, that is most of the visible spectrum, infra-red, microwaves and radio waves. It has insufficient energy in the photons to modify atoms. This type can only damage living tissues if it is too intense, and the mechanism of the damage is by a temperature rise only.
Which type of radiation has the has the greatest penetrating power?
Gamma Ray
Which type of radiation is the greatest health threat to humans?
Gamma
What type of radiation is trapped on the earths surface by the green house effect?
Infrared radiation
What type of radiation is trapped on earth's surface by green house effect?
Infrared radiation
What type of gas has the greatest effect on depleting the ozone layer?
CFc's have the greatest effect. the decompose ozone.
Is there any type of radiation that can stops xrays?
No type of electromagnetic radiation has any effect on any other type. In order to 'stop' it, you need a material that absorbs it.
