X-rays
- Created by: RajeevSood
- Created on: 15-04-16 09:43
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- X-rays
- Properties
- Part of the electromagnetic spectrum
- High frequency
- Short wavelength
- Wavelength is about same size as the diameter of an atom
- Absorbed by metal and bone
- Transmitted by healthy tissue
- Affect a photographic film in the same way as light
- Uses
- Forming images of bones on photographic film
- This is to check for fractures and dental problems
- Charged-coupled devices
- Used to form electronic images of X-rays
- CT scanners
- Use X-rays to produce digital images of a cross-section through the body
- Forming images of bones on photographic film
- Risks
- X-rays cause ionisation and can damage living tissue
- They do this when they pass through it
- Precautions
- Workers should wear film badges
- Workers should when possible use lead screens
- This is to shield them from the X-rays
- Precautions
- They do this when they pass through it
- X-rays cause ionisation and can damage living tissue
- Precautions
- Workers should wear film badges
- Workers should when possible use lead screens
- This is to shield them from the X-rays
- Properties
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