Are all gamma rays shorter than x rays?

Answer 1

By definition.

Answer 2

Yes, very much so. Visible light waves are around 0.000001 - 0.00001m (or 10 to the power -5 to 10 to the power -6 metres). Gamma rays are much shorter, 0.0000000000001 metres (- 10 to the power -12 metres ) or shorter - or in other words, you could place between 1 and 10 million gamma waves in the space of one visible light wave.

Answer 3

The electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is the range of all possible electromagnetic radiation. The "electromagnetic spectrum" (or just spectrum) of an object is the characteristic distribution of electromagnetic radiation from that object. In 1900. Paul Ulrich Villard discovered another radiation, much more penetrating and able to pass even through a thick steel plate. This component proved to consist of electromagnetic waves which Rutherford called gamma-rays. They were the last editions to the electromagnetic spectrum as is known today. Paul Villard recognized them as being different from x rays because the gamma rays had a much greater penetrating depth. He had discovered they were emitted from radioactive substances and were not affected by electric or magnetic fields. These came to be called gamma rays by another scientist, Ernest Rutherford. It wasn't until 1914 that Rutherford showed that they were a form of electromagnetic (EM) like light only with a much shorter wavelength than x rays. Now we know that gamma rays are a form of EM radiation similar to x rays. Gamma rays tend to have a higher energy and a shorter wavelength than x rays do. However, the dividing line between these two forms of radiation is not clearly defined. Gamma rays or gamma-ray are forms of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) or light emissions of a specific frequency produced from sub-atomic particle interaction, such as electron-positron annihilation and radioactive decay; most are generated from nuclear reactions occurring within the interstellar medium of space. Gamma rays are generally characterized as EMR, having the highest frequency and energy, and also the shortest wavelength, within the electromagnetic radiation spectrum, i.e. high energy photons. Due to their high energy content, they are able to cause serious damage when absorbed by living cells.

Answer 4

Of course not. The only thing on Earth that produces gamma rays is the nuclear

decay of radioactive materials ... we don't know how to design or build anything

that generates them, and exposure to them is hazardous to your health. But TV

signals can be generated by any Tom, Dick, or Harry businessman who wants a

license to print money and can get an FCC license. Exposure to these is also

hazardous to your health, but the damage is a lot more subtle, and they're very

easy to generate and control.

Answer 5

Yes, gamma rays have shorter wavelengths than X-rays. They are high-energy electromagnetic radiation with the shortest wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum, making them more penetrating and powerful than X-rays.

Answer 6

Gamma rays, x-rays, and ultraviolet rays have wavelengths shorter than visible light.

Answer 7

yes...theyre about 0.01 nano meter