Ionising. Betas regularly carry a couple of million electron-volts worth of energy. The energy required to ionise an electron is typically less than 100 electron-volts.
Alpha particles are ionizing radiation because they have a positive charge and can remove electrons from atoms they interact with, causing ionization. This can damage living tissues if exposure is significant.
Ionizing radiation, such as X-rays and gamma rays, can damage DNA and increase the risk of cancer and other health issues. Non-ionizing radiation, such as radio waves and microwaves, can cause heating of tissues and potential long-term health effects, although the evidence is less clear compared to ionizing radiation. It is important to limit exposure to both types of radiation to reduce potential negative effects.
Microwaves have a wavelength of 3 cm down to about 0.03 cm so the photons are much less energetic than infra-red, normal light, ultra-violet, x-rays etc. Microwaves are used for communications and radar, and are classified as non-ionising radiation. They do not ionise molecules and their only biological effect is to heat tissue - if the intensity of the source is large enough. That happens in the danger zone in front of a radar transmitter, or in a microwave oven.
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.
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heat or light from the sun, microwaves from an oven, X rays from an X-ray tube, and gamma rays from radioactive elements
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It means they carry sufficient energy to detach electrons from atoms or molecules thereby ionising them.
Some of the sun's rays are ionizing and some not. The portion that is not ionizing is the visible spectrum, anything with longer wavelength (infrared), and a bit of the ultraviolet spectrum. The shorter wave lengths are all ionizing.
Alpha particles are ionizing radiation because they have a positive charge and can remove electrons from atoms they interact with, causing ionization. This can damage living tissues if exposure is significant.
Microwaves have a wavelength of 3 cm down to about 0.03 cm so the photons are much less energetic than infra-red, normal light, ultra-violet, x-rays etc. Microwaves are used for communications and radar, and are classified as non-ionising radiation. They do not ionise molecules and their only biological effect is to heat tissue - if the intensity of the source is large enough. That happens in the danger zone in front of a radar transmitter, or in a microwave oven.
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Ionizing radiation, such as X-rays and gamma rays, can damage DNA and increase the risk of cancer and other health issues. Non-ionizing radiation, such as radio waves and microwaves, can cause heating of tissues and potential long-term health effects, although the evidence is less clear compared to ionizing radiation. It is important to limit exposure to both types of radiation to reduce potential negative effects.
Microwaves have a wavelength of 3 cm down to about 0.03 cm so the photons are much less energetic than infra-red, normal light, ultra-violet, x-rays etc. Microwaves are used for communications and radar, and are classified as non-ionising radiation. They do not ionise molecules and their only biological effect is to heat tissue - if the intensity of the source is large enough. That happens in the danger zone in front of a radar transmitter, or in a microwave oven.
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