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  2. X-ray - Wikipedia

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    Natural color X-ray photogram of a wine scene. Note the edges of hollow cylinders as compared to the solid candle. William Coolidge explains medical imaging and X-rays.. An X-ray (also known in many languages as Röntgen radiation) is a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than those of ultraviolet rays and longer than those of gamma rays.

  3. Ionizing radiation - Wikipedia

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    Natural cosmic rays are made up primarily of relativistic protons but also include heavier atomic nuclei like helium ions and HZE ions. In the atmosphere such particles are often stopped by air molecules, and this produces short-lived charged pions, which soon decay to muons, a primary type of cosmic ray radiation that reaches the surface of ...

  4. Roentgen - Wikipedia

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    Röntgen or Roentgen may refer to: Roentgen (unit) , unit of measurement for ionizing radiation, named after Wilhelm Röntgen Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923), German physicist, discoverer of X-rays

  5. Roentgenium - Wikipedia

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    It is named after the physicist Wilhelm Röntgen (also spelled Roentgen), who discovered X-rays. Only a few roentgenium atoms have ever been synthesized, and they have no practical application. In the periodic table, it is a d-block transactinide element.

  6. Nuclear chemistry - Wikipedia

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    18 F, fluorine-18 can be made by the reaction of neon with deuterons, 20 Ne reacts in a (d, 4 He) reaction. It is normal to use neon gas with a trace of stable fluorine ( 19 F 2 ). The 19 F 2 acts as a carrier which increases the yield of radioactivity from the cyclotron target by reducing the amount of radioactivity lost by absorption on surfaces.

  7. Radiolysis - Wikipedia

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    Radiolysis is the dissociation of molecules by ionizing radiation.It is the cleavage of one or several chemical bonds resulting from exposure to high-energy flux.The radiation in this context is associated with ionizing radiation; radiolysis is therefore distinguished from, for example, photolysis of the Cl 2 molecule into two Cl-radicals, where (ultraviolet or visible spectrum) light is used.

  8. Radioactive decay - Wikipedia

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    Gamma rays can only be reduced by much more substantial mass, such as a very thick layer of lead. Early researchers found that an electric or magnetic field could split radioactive emissions into three types of beams. The rays were given the names alpha, beta, and gamma, in increasing

  9. Radiography - Wikipedia

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    Röntgen realized some invisible rays coming from the tube were passing through the cardboard to make the screen glow: they were passing through an opaque object to affect the film behind it. [5] The first radiograph. Röntgen discovered X-rays' medical use when he made a picture of his wife's hand on a photographic plate formed due to X-rays.