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X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of approximately 10-10m. |
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X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength approximately in the range of 0.5 pm - 10 nm (corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 PHz - 600 EHz). X-rays with a wavelength longer than 0.1 nm are called soft X-rays. At wavelengths shorter than this, they are called hard X-rays. Hard X-rays overlap the range of long-wavlength (low energy) gamma rays, however the distinction between the two terms refers to the source of the radiation, not its wavelength: X-ray photons are generated by energetic electron processes, gamma rays by transitions within atomic nuclei. |
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X-rays are used in medicine to take pictures of bones and teeth?. This is because bones absorb the radiation more than the less-dense soft tissue. Areas where a lot of radiation is absorbed show up as white and can be used to show broken or fractured bones. |
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X-rays are highly penetrating of many materials, and are used in medicine to take pictures of bones and teeth?. This is because bones absorb the radiation more than the less-dense soft tissue. X-rays from a source are passed through the body and onto a photographic plate; areas where radiation is absorbed show up as white and can be used to show broken or fractured bones. |
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X-rays in chemistry can be used to investigate the structures of crystals and other structures. |
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Diffraction of X-rays in chemistry can be used to investigate the structures of crystals and other structures - x-ray crystallography. |
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