Properties, Uses, and Effects of Gamma Waves
- French physicist Henri Becquerel discovered gamma radiation in 1896.
- Gamma photons have about 10,000 times as much energy as the photons in the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- Gamma photons have no mass and no electrical charge they are pure electromagnetic energy.
- Because of their high energy, gamma photons travel at the speed of light and can cover hundreds to thousands of meters in air before spending their energy.
- They can pass through many kinds of materials, including human tissue.
- Very dense materials, such as lead, are commonly used as shielding to slow or stop gamma photons.
- Both direct and internal exposures to gamma waves and x-ways are to be of concern.
- Having alpha and beta particles inside the body lose all their energy by colliding with tissue and causing damage.
- Gamma radiation can cause your body health issues, like getting radiation sickness.
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Carlos Cano