NATS 1945 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Indonesian Rupiah, Measure R, Acute Radiation Syndrome
31 Oct 2017
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Radiation: high-speed particles or high-energy light waves (i. e. , uv, x-rays, gamma rays) Causes damage to humans by breaking apart molecules or mutating genes. These waves are oscillating so fast that they are beyond the range of human vision. The 3 types of high-energy waves are uv, x, and gamma rays. Gamma rays are the most energetic of the 3. Radiation can be defined as the high-speed particles and high-energy rays produced fro(cid:373) r, fro(cid:373) the e(cid:454)plosio(cid:374) of a(cid:374) ato(cid:373)"s nucleus. The term r, has a broader def then just the product of rd, because r refers to high- speed particles or high-energy waves produced from any explosion of the nucleus. Mea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g, (cid:374)ot just the spo(cid:374)ta(cid:374)eous e(cid:454)plosio(cid:374)s due to a(cid:374) ato(cid:373)"s (cid:374)atural de(cid:272)a(cid:455), (cid:271)ut also the product of induced explosions, like when we deliberately split a nucleus, also known as fission.
