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- than microwaves are grouped as infrared radiation (or submillimeter waves ... Charles Piazzi Smyth detected infrared radiation in the light of the Moon. ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 19:23, 5 March 2024
- A carcinogen is any substance or agent that can cause cancer. A carcinogen can be a chemical, radiation, radionuclide (an atom with an unstable ...14 KB (1,935 words) - 19:12, 26 November 2023
- on February 14, 1961, at the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory (now called ... lawrencium were produced, it would pose a radiation hazard. Very little is ...6 KB (798 words) - 17:58, 25 October 2022
- of the cosmic microwave background radiation, and today only a very ... of the cosmic microwave background radiation in 1965, which was predicted ...10 KB (1,466 words) - 19:55, 9 February 2023
- In physics, a black body (in an ideal sense) is an object that absorbs all electromagnetic radiation that falls on it, without any of the radiation ...23 KB (3,522 words) - 18:09, 31 October 2023
- Electromagnetic radiation (EM radiation or EMR) takes the form of self-propagating waves in a vacuum or in matter. EM radiation has both electric ...22 KB (3,329 words) - 15:54, 13 February 2024
- * Turner, James E. Atoms, Radiation, and Radiation Protection. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1995. ISBN 0471595810 == External links == ...5 KB (705 words) - 15:57, 13 February 2024
- are excellent detectors of far-infrared radiation and are valuable for infrared ... among the best detectors of far-infrared radiation, and they are used for ...5 KB (694 words) - 05:04, 24 November 2022
- Besides conduction, heat can also be transferred by radiation and ... * Thermal radiation == References == * Baierlein, Ralph. 2003. Thermal ...8 KB (1,189 words) - 08:03, 25 June 2024
- The greenhouse effect is the process in which long wave radiation (infrared) emitted by the earth surface is absorbed by atmospheric gases only ...23 KB (3,592 words) - 23:26, 17 February 2023
- are the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation and are produced by phenomena such as explosions and high-speed collisions. Thus, gamma-ray ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 04:09, 18 April 2024
- harmful, high-frequency ultraviolet (UV) radiation emitted by the Sun. ... UV radiation is divided into three categories, based on its wavelength; ...14 KB (2,217 words) - 06:05, 18 November 2022
- and in terms of its potential for radiation induced health effects, 227Ac is even more dangerous than plutonium. Ingesting even small amounts ...7 KB (911 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- (force carriers), or the constituents of radiation. The quantum fields of ... one example of which is black-body radiation; another is the thermal ...10 KB (1,425 words) - 17:22, 22 December 2022
- that sound and light (electromagnetic radiation) can also be described ... * Electromagnetic radiation, which is constituted of radio waves ...13 KB (2,010 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- other costs, such as its foundations, radiation shielding, and the enclosing ... to penetrate the body and kill tumors by radiation damage, while minimizing ...12 KB (1,883 words) - 06:53, 12 January 2024
- The beam is not always electromagnetic radiation, although X-rays are the ... The three types of radiation—X-rays, electrons, and neutrons—interact ...12 KB (1,754 words) - 06:35, 11 January 2024
- flexibility, and accuracy of the radiation beam produced has largely ... in that the particles emit synchrotron radiation. When any charged particle ...19 KB (2,915 words) - 18:45, 23 March 2023
- and the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. The development of radio ... equations had shown that electromagnetic radiation from stellar sources could ...12 KB (1,739 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
- Compton scattering is of prime importance in radiation therapy. In ... nuclei in living beings and is applied in radiation therapy. ...11 KB (1,638 words) - 00:23, 8 January 2024
