Ionizing radiation can damage cells and DNA by breaking chemical bonds, leading to mutations and potential cell death. This damage can increase the risk of cancer and other health effects, depending on the dose and type of radiation exposure. Acute high doses can cause immediate radiation sickness, while chronic exposure to lower doses may increase the risk of developing cancer over time.
Gamma radiation has the greatest ionizing effect among the different types of radiation. It consists of high-energy photons that can penetrate deeply into tissues and cells, causing extensive damage by ionizing atoms and molecules along its path.
Radio radiation is non-ionizing, meaning it does not have enough energy to remove electrons from atoms or molecules. This type of radiation is generally considered less harmful to human health compared to ionizing radiation.
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.
Alpha radiation has the least ability to penetrate matter. It consists of particles that are relatively large and heavy, which makes them easier to block. They can be stopped by a piece of paper or human skin.
Infrared radiation is non-ionizing, which means it does not have enough energy to remove electrons from atoms or molecules. It is considered low-energy electromagnetic radiation that can generate heat in tissues but does not have enough energy to cause ionization.
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.
Ionising radiation from Alpha, Beta and Gamma emissions (from radioactive materials) are harmful to most organs of the body.
Gamma radiation has the greatest ionizing effect among the different types of radiation. It consists of high-energy photons that can penetrate deeply into tissues and cells, causing extensive damage by ionizing atoms and molecules along its path.
Radio radiation is non-ionizing, meaning it does not have enough energy to remove electrons from atoms or molecules. This type of radiation is generally considered less harmful to human health compared to ionizing radiation.
H. Moseley has written: 'Non-ionising radiation' -- subject(s): Hospitals, Lasers, Microwaves, Nonionizing radiation, Physiological effect, Radiation, Non-Ionizing, Safety measures, Ultraviolet Rays
X-Rays, smoke detectors, sterilizing medical supplies, destroying cancer, CAT scans of the body.
Smoke detectors
mobile/cell phones microwaves radiation power lines
The IR in IRMER stands for Ionising Radiation to which the regulation relates. MRI does not employ Ionising radiation so as far as I am aware the regulation doesn't apply to MRI.
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.
Energy from the Sun arrives through space as heat and light (and other things) as a form of electromagnetic radiation. There are two types of this, ionising and non-ionising. Below about ultra violet wavelengths the energy is non-ionising, which means it does no harm except possibly heating things up too much. At shorter wavelengths the energy is 'ionising', which means it could produce radiation sickness by altering atoms in the body. That is why too much sunshine occasionally causes skin cancer.
Because it emits ionising radiation