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There are plenty of celestial bodies that emit xrays - while others scatter, reflect, or alter the energy of electromagnetic radiation into the x-ray range. Sources that emit x-rays include pulsars or neutron stars, the accretion disks of black holes, stars - particularly ones with certain types of companions, stellar remnants such as from supernovae, entire galaxies (with and without active nuclei) and to some extent, even the universe as a whole; though some of this is generally attributed to mechanisms which heat gas. There are even x-ray sources within the solar system, including the Moon, since not all of its observed x-ray emission is simply reflected from the Sun.
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How is the nucleus affected in gamma decay?
When the nucleus emits an alpha or beta particle, it is in the exited state. To return to the ground state, it has to emit energy. It emits this energy in the form of gamma rays. There is no change in the atomic no or the mass no when it emits gamma rays, but it does decrease the energy in the nucleus when gamma rays are emitted
What are the three types of UV rays and their effects?
The UV rays are of three types. they are UV-A, UV-B, UV-C.
What is the reaction of the human body to gamma rays?
Gamma rays can cause radiation sickness and cancer in humans.
What spectum is obtained When any element in the gas phase is excited to the point where it emits visible light?
When any element is excited to the point where it emits visible light, it emits a unique spectrum. The mercury in a florescent lamp emits a spectrum in the ultraviolet spectrum. It excites phosphorus powder on the inside of the bulb. The ultraviolet rays strike the phosphorus and it emits white light. Sodium emits yellow light. Potassium emits purple light. Sodium actually emits two different yellows. Each element emits several different colors.The above is not wrong, but it doesn't really answer the question. I believe the answer the poster was looking for is emission spectrum.You may be correct. I have no intention of giving the emission spectrum of every element. I only wished to help the questioner understand what happens when an emission spectrum is produced. I had the idea that the questioner had the idea that every element produced the same emission spectrum. We interpreted the question differently.
What happens to a radioactive person?
Although all people do contain a small amount of radioactive isotopes in their bodes, making them slightly radioactive, it is not nearly a large enough dose to have any noticeable effects. But if you mean a person who is highly radioactive, then the most likely way for that to happen is if a radioactive substance were to enter that person's body. The effects of that would depend on the dose and the substance. For instance, plutonium, which emits alpha, beta and gamma rays causes radiation sickness and an increased chance of cancer. And radium which emits more alpha rays then beta or gamma rays and is much more radioactive then plutonium causing much the same effects and decays into radium. As radium is chemically similar to calcium, it can cause great harm by replacing calcium in the persons bones.
The Sun emits its most intense radiation as?
While the sun emits all types of light, from radio waves, to gamma rays the most intense type of light (electromagnetic radiation) is yellow light.
What is a word for Sends out in rays or waves?
Emits (?)
The strongest energy waves that the Sun emits are?
Ultraviolet rays or infared rays
How and when does the sun reflect on the suns rays?
The sun emits sun rays it does not reflect them.
Uranium emits particles and rays spontaneously through this process?
radioactivity
Are gamma rays emitted whenever a nuclear bomb goes off?
yes. the fallout also emits gamma rays.
What radiation does gold-198 emit?
Gold-198 predominantly emits a mono-energetic gamma ray of energy 0.412 MeV. It also emits beta rays of much higher energy than that of gamma rays.
How is the nucleus affected in gamma decay?
When the nucleus emits an alpha or beta particle, it is in the exited state. To return to the ground state, it has to emit energy. It emits this energy in the form of gamma rays. There is no change in the atomic no or the mass no when it emits gamma rays, but it does decrease the energy in the nucleus when gamma rays are emitted
How does electron capture generate X-rays?
The capture creates a "hole", or missing electron, that is filled by a higher energy electron that emits X-rays.
What are three emissions?
The answer will depend on emissions from what? The sun, for example, emits light, uv rays and neutrinos.
What types of electromagnetic is emitted in quasar?
As material falls into a Quasar, it emits much of the electromagnetic spectrum. As material is just about to pass the event horizon, cosmic rays (the most energic electromagnetic waves we know of) are released.
Why we find alpha beta and gamma rays in many radioactive elements?
That's what an atom emits when it decays.
