ionizing radiation
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high-energy radiation capable of producing ionization in substances through which it passes
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Airline crews flying long distance high-altitude routes can be exposed to 2.2 mSv of extra radiation each year due to cosmic rays, nearly doubling their total ionizing radiation exposure.
Apart from traditional applications, iron is also used for protection from ionizing radiation.
Auger therapy main Auger therapy (AT) makes use of a very high dose citation of ionizing radiation in situ that provides molecular modifications at an atomic scale.
By 2006, however, medical procedures in the United States were contributing much more ionizing radiation than was the case in the early 1980s.
Carrier generation and recombination main When ionizing radiation strikes a semiconductor, it may excite an electron out of its energy level and consequently leave a hole.
Frequency change at low ionizing radiation doses is proportionally higher than for higher doses.