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Gamma Radiation (Gamma Rays)
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Who discoveredDiscovered it and whatWhat it is:
While studying the radiation that emitts from radium, French chemist and physicist Paul Villard discovered gamma rays in 1900.
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Gamma rays are electromagnetic radiation of high frequency with a very low wavelength.
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Frequency and wavelength:Wavelength:
The wavelengths are less than 10 picometers and the frequencies are above 109 Hz.
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penetrates into skin
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Human benefits:Benefits:
Medical:
kills cancerous cells

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Dangers:
Gamma radiation can cause burns, as all radiation can. However, it penetrates deeper into the skin and can increase theburns
increase chance of cancer. This can also cause damagecancer
radiation sickness/poisoning
damage to organ tissue, also known as radiation sickness or poisoning.tissue
destroys cells
penetrates into skin
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Human benefits:
Since gamma radiation has themost energy and the smallest wavelength, it’s often used in the medical industry to killMedical:
kills cancerous cells. However, they also have cancer-cuasing properties. Gamma rays are used in CTcells
CT scans and radiation therapy. It can be used to diagnose via nuclear medicine.
Gamma rays can be used to kill
radiation therapy
nuclear medicine diagnoses
steralize medical equipment
Consumer:
kills living organisms. It is used to sterilize medical equipment, remove decay-causingorganisms
removes decaying bacteria from foods, and helpsfoods
helps maintain freshness and flavor in fruits and vegetables This is called food irradiation. The molecular changes in the rays can be used to alter(food irratation)
alter semiprecious stones, and is often used to change white topaz into blue topaz. Irradiation is also used on plastics, shrink-foilsstones
plastics
shrink foils for food packaging, automobile parts, wires, tires, cables, and metal hardware.packaging
tires
wires
automobile parts
cables
metal hardware

Gamma Radiation (Gamma Rays)
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Who discovered it and what it is:
While studying the radiation that emitts from radium, French chemist and physicist Paul Villard discovered gamma rays in 1900.
Frequency and wavelength:
The wavelengths are less than 10 picometers and the frequencies are above 109 Hz.
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Dangers:
Gamma radiation can cause burns, as all radiation can. However, it penetrates deeper into the skin and can increase the chance of cancer. This can also cause damage to organ tissue, also known as radiation sickness or poisoning.

Gamma Radiation (Gamma Rays)
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WhileWho discovered it and what it is:
While studying the in 1900.
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Gamma rays are electromagnetic radiation of high frequency with a very low wavelength.
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Frequency and wavelength:
The wavelengths are less than 10 picometers and the frequencies are above 109 Hz.
GammaDangers:
Gamma radiation can or poisoning.
Since gamma radiation has themost energy and the smallest wavelength, it’s often used in the medical industry to kill cancerous cells. However, they also have cancer-cuasing properties. Gamma rays are used in CT scans and radiation therapy. It can be used to diagnose via nuclear medicine.
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Human benefits:
Since gamma radiation has themost energy and the smallest wavelength, it’s often used in the medical industry to kill cancerous cells. However, they also have cancer-cuasing properties. Gamma rays are used in CT scans and radiation therapy. It can be used to diagnose via nuclear medicine.
Gamma rays can be used to kill living organisms. It is used to sterilize medical equipment, remove decay-causing bacteria from foods, and helps maintain freshness and flavor in fruits and vegetables This is called food irradiation. The molecular changes in the rays can be used to alter semiprecious stones, and is often used to change white topaz into blue topaz. Irradiation is also used on plastics, shrink-foils for food packaging, automobile parts, wires, tires, cables, and metal hardware.

Gamma radiation can cause burns, as all radiation can. However, it penetrates deeper into the skin and can increase the chance of cancer. This can also cause damage to organ tissue, also known as radiation sickness or poisoning.
Since gamma radiation has themost energy and the smallest wavelength, it’s often used in the medical industry to kill cancerous cells. However, they also have cancer-cuasing properties. Gamma rays are used in CT scans and radiation therapy. It can be used to diagnose via nuclear medicine.
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Gamma rays can be used to kill living organisms. It is used to sterilize medical equipment, remove decay-causing bacteria from foods, and helps maintain freshness and flavor in fruits and vegetables This is called food irradiation. The molecular changes in the rays can be used to alter semiprecious stones, and is often used to change white topaz into blue topaz. Irradiation is also used on plastics, shrink-foils for food packaging, automobile parts, wires, tires, cables, and metal hardware.

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While studying the radiation that emitts from radium, French chemist and physicist Paul Villard discovered gamma rays in 1900.
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Dangers of a Gamma Rays Burst
What if you could "see" gamma rays? This computer processed image represents a map of the entire sky at photon energies above 100 million electron Volts. These gamma-ray photons are more than 40 million times more energetic than visible light photons and are blocked from the Earth's surface by the atmosphere. In the early 1990s NASA's Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, in orbit around the Earth, scanned the entire sky to produce this picture. A diffuse gamma-ray glow from the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy is clearly seen across the middle. The nature and even distance to some of the fainter sources remain unknown. Gamma-ray bursts are common, yet random, and fleeting events that have mystified astronomers since their discovery in the late 1960s. A gamma-ray photon has enough energy to damage atoms in your body and make them radioactive, and gamma-rays can easily penetrate into your body. Many scientists say longer bursts (more than four seconds in duration) are caused by massive star explosions; shorter bursts (less than two seconds in duration) are caused by mergers of binary systems with black holes or neutron stars. While uncertainty remains, most scientists say in either scenario a new black hole is born. Gamma Rays=Gamma Radiation (Gamma Rays)
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While studying the radiation that emitts from radium, French chemist and physicist Paul Villard discovered gamma rays in 1900.
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Gamma rays are electromagnetic radiation of high frequency with a very low wavelength.
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The wavelengths are less than 10 picometers and the frequencies are above 109 Hz.
Gamma radiation can cause burns, as all radiation can. However, it penetrates deeper into the skin and can increase the chance of cancer. This can also cause damage to organ tissue, also known as radiation sickness or poisoning.
Since gamma radiation has themost energy and the smallest wavelength, it’s often used in the medical industry to kill cancerous cells. However, they also have cancer-cuasing properties. Gamma rays are used in CT scans and radiation therapy. It can be used to diagnose via nuclear medicine.
metal hardware.