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ionizing radiation
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radioactivity
radiation emitted is usually sufficient to cause ionization in matter through which it passes and is therefore called ionizing radiation The radiation emitted by most radioactive substances is one of three types alpha rays beta rays or gamma
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of time used to monitor the exposure of individuals such as workers in a nuclear power plant to ionizing radiation
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Roumlntgen ray
They were called X rays by their discoverer W K Roumlntgen They are one of the forms of ionizing radiation which can have damaging effects on living cells They also ionize gases but cannot be reflected or polarized
Beta rays
a form of ionizing radiation emitted by radioactive substances such as radium more penetrating than alpha rays and consisting of negatively charged electrons
carcinogenic
Causing or tending to cause cancer as the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals or of ionizing radiation
Ionization
process occurs for example in an electron beam in a mass spectrometer and by interaction of substances with ionizing radiation
mutagen
A chemical compound or other external influence such as ionizing radiation which causes mutations3
Rad
a unit of measurement of the amount of ionizing radiation absorbed by an object equal to an energy of 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material equal to
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