Gamma Rays

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Gamma Rays

• By Miles, Raj, and Tony

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Statistics

• Wavelength is between 10 and 1 pm (picometers)
• Frequency is between 30 and 300 EHz
• Most energetic wave on the electromagnetic
  spectrum

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Discovery

• Paul Villard
• 1900
• French physicist who worked in Paris at the same
  time as Marie Curie
• Used lead to stop Alpha and Beta rays, the other
  ray that penetrated was called Gamma

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Uses

• Used to treat Cancer
• Used in CT Scans
• Used to change White Topaz to Blue Topaz
• Used to screen ship containers entering U.S. ports

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Danger

• Gamma Rays kill cells in living organisms
• Overexposure can cause nausea, hair loss,
  hemorrhaging and eventually death

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Visibility

• Humans and other organisms cant see it because
  it is such a high frequency
• This is because Gamma Rays are 10,000,000,000
  more energetic than visible light waves

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Bibliography

• Wikipedia. 13 May 2010. Web. 14 May 2010.
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• Wikipedia. "Electromagnetic Spectrum." Wikipedia.o
  rg. 13 May 2010. Web. 14 May 2010.
• World Book. "Gamma Rays." The World Book Student
  Discovery Science Encyclopedia.Chicago World
  Book, 2006. 46. Print.