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Ionizing radiation
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Ionizing radiation
Ionizing
(or
ionising
in British English)
radiation
is
radiation
that carries enough
energy
to free
electrons
from
atoms
or
molecules
, thereby
ionizing
them. Ionizing radiation is made up of energetic
subatomic particles
,
ions
or
atoms
moving at high speeds (usually greater than 1% of the speed of light), and
electromagnetic waves
on the high-energy end of the
electromagnetic spectrum
.
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