Similarities between different types of electromagnetic radiation?

Answer 1

The similarity among these "rays" is that they are all forms of radiation, and they are all produced by nuclear activity. An alpha ray is not a ray, but is a particle. It is a helium-4 nucleus, which is composed of two protons and two neutrons. The beta ray is not a ray, either. It is an electron, which is a beta minus particle, or it is a positron, a beta plus particle (which is the antimatter equivalent of an electron).

Either the alpha particle or the beta particle emerge from the nucleus of an atom during a particular type of radioactive decay event. Different particles are produced by different decay events, as you probably guessed. Gamma rays are also produced in nuclear events.

The gamma ray is the only "real" ray here. It is a high energy photon, which is electromagnetic radiation. The other two "rays" are forms of particulate radiation.

Answer 2

Do you know different types of EM radiations?

Though they were all identical except their range of frequency.

Properties of EM waves: they are made of two components, as far as we know actually, but this will change at some point in time of course. They have electric and magnetic fields associated, the orientation of these fields (which are already crossing at right angle) determine the polarization. Some transmitters may emit with no fixed polarization (we're talking of circular polarization instead).

And if we talk using quantum theory, EM waves also have a dual behavior: particle (like photons) and waves like we just talked about.

They are also useful to kill you cat, according to Erwin Schroedinger, should you have a cat and be interested in killing cats like Erwin.

On the other hand, a bozo with partners in the industry recently discovered that GSM waves can cure Alzheimer in case you are interested.

That remind me to point out something unsaid about similarities between GSM and microwave ovens.

As you may know the effect of an electromagnetic source is inversely proportional to the square of the distance to the source. Hum, simply said: the more remote, the less exposed, or the more far from WKFO antenna, the worst the quality, unless WKFO starts to increase their transmission power.

To illustrate: a GSM is a transmitter with a power of 1W radiated using an omni directional antenna. That's an approximation which is valid (actually GSM may radiate up to 2W, and the antenna is a equivalent to a vertically polarized doublet).

You can put your GSM at 1 cm of your brain, this is said to be safe.

What about a GSM with 4W power, it radiates with an electromagnetic field 4 times higher? To be exposed at the same level of radiation, you need to put it further from your brain, at 2 cm (when you double the distance, you divide the effect of the field by 4). Should the emitter radiates 16W, you would need to put it at a distance of 4 cm to remain exposed at the same level than a 1W GSM at 1 cm. With two more steps, you understand that a 1.024 W source should be placed at 32 cm.

What is all this fuss about?

Just to say that a big GSM with a one kilowatt power has not more effect on your brain than a standard GSM, provided you stay at 32 cm. Or said otherwise:

Remove all protections from your 1kW microwave oven, so that the klystron can radiate all the field freely out of the normally closed oven. Put it at 32 cm of your brain and wait for the Alzheimer cure to take place. I'm not saying this is safe, but the bozo does.

Answer 3

Three comparisons of Radio Waves and Gamma Rays:

Both are part of the Electromagnetic Spectrum

Both are invisible to human eyes

They waves can be heard using a radio telescope.

Answer 4

Gamma radiation is a photon electromagnetic radiation, delta rays are electrons (particles) - but this term is not very common.

Answer 5

Same speed

Answer 6

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