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x-rays properties
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x-ray properties : they travel at the speed of light have high energy and high frequency have a short wavelength they cause ionisation they are also absorbed by dense materials such as bone and metal but transmitted through less dense materials |
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x-ray use's
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x-rays are used in medicine and industry .in medicine they are used to find broken bones or other medical problems because they have a high enough energy to pass through soft tissue but not bones or teeth. they can also use CT scans to give a 3d image of the body. highly focused energetic beams of x-rays can be used to kill cancer cells most x-rays are digital nowadays the x-rays are detected used ccds. |
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