Tell me a little bit about gamma rays including frequency, wavelength, ect. What would be a good opening sentence for a report about gamma rays?...Something that would sound good and catch peoples attention.
2007-12-08 18:31:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
ashley:) quoted hers from
http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/ems/gamma.html
another copy and paste job. and a kids site too.. woohoo!
Gamma radiation/rays are a high energy form of ionizing radiation. What this means in a nutshell that when a gamma ray/radiation strikes an atom it will alter the atom. Usually by loss of an electron. (making it an +ION) However it can also cause an atom to lose part of its nucleus thus making it radioactive itself. If this atom is attached to a molecule it will either have no direct effect to the molecule other than loss of an electron or literally break the atomic bond between atoms.
gamma waves reside in 30-300 Ehz spectrum with a wavelength of 10-1 pm and an energy potential of 120-1200 keV
2007-12-08 19:54:15 · answer #1 · answered by noneya b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What are gamma rays?
Tell me a little bit about gamma rays including frequency, wavelength, ect. What would be a good opening sentence for a report about gamma rays?...Something that would sound good and catch peoples attention.
2015-08-08 01:17:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gamma rays are just below cosmic rays. If astronauts were to go the moon with only tin foil skin ships they would die from gamma ray exposure! Eventually all computer chips will have to use the same frequency as gamma rays to enable them to build smaller and smaller chips! Gamma rays are what is released when em pulses are generated and they overload all electronics regardless whether they're running or not!
2007-12-09 01:15:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gamma rays are electromagnetic radiations like visible light or x-rays but their wavelengths are smaller than that of x-rays.Some of the properties of the Gamma rays are given below.
(1) Gamma rays are not deflected by electric or magnetic fields and hence they do not carry any charge.
(2)They produce ionisation but the ionization power is small.
(3)They are highly penetrating.They can pass through many centimetres length of lead.
(4)They affect photographic plates and cause fluorescence in materials.
(5)They travel with the velocity of light.
(6) They are very harmful to human tissues.
(7)They produce photoelectric effect when they are incident on solid surfaces.
2007-12-08 20:31:17 · answer #5 · answered by Arasan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-18 21:49:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gamma-rays have the smallest wavelengths and the most energy of any other wave in the electromagnetic spectrum. These waves are generated by radioactive atoms and in nuclear explosions. Gamma-rays can kill living cells, a fact which medicine uses to its advantage, using gamma-rays to kill cancerous cells.
2007-12-08 18:34:42 · answer #7 · answered by ashley :) 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gamma rays (denoted as γ) are a form of electromagnetic radiation or light emission of frequencies produced by sub-atomic particle interactions, such as electron-positron annihilation or radioactive decay. Gamma rays are generally characterized as electromagnetic radiation having the highest frequency and energy, and also the shortest wavelength, within the electromagnetic spectrum, i.e. high energy photons. Due to their high energy content, they can cause serious damage when absorbed by living cells.
refer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_ray
2007-12-08 20:02:39 · answer #8 · answered by Natasha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gamma Rays are COOL!
2007-12-08 18:34:19 · answer #9 · answered by ballistik 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are the highest frequency on the electromagnetic scale. They have a low wavelength tho. I don't have anything for a report
2007-12-08 18:35:32 · answer #10 · answered by dfjgnrjg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋