I've been getting emails suggesting that I am confused between radioactive radiation versus electromagnetic radiation.
So, here goes.... radioactivity has basically three components to it...
Alpha Particles: Positively Charged Particles (Example: He++ like Helium with two electrons stripped off of it.)
Beta Particles: electrons
Gamma Radiation: PART OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM... just a higher frequency of electromagnetic radiation ... above X-Rays. POWERFUL STUFF!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/EM_Spectrum_Properties_edit.svg
P.S.
Just to let you know.. "CAT SCANS" X-RAYS..... FROM WIKIPEDIA...
"It is estimated that 0.4% of current cancers in the United States are
due to CTs performed in the past and that this may increase to as high
as 1.5-2% with 2007 rates of CT usage;[5] however, this estimate is disputed.[6]' --- REALLY?
P.S.S. Isn't it curious that if we think of the frequency of sound waves... the LOWER FREQUENCIES travel farther than the higher frequencies... EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FREQUENCIES... That's why Drum Fish use low frequency sound and whales use low frequency sound to communicate long distances.. One for a good time, the other for who knows what?
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