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1. What Does Ionizing Radiation Mean?

Author : Haydee Domenech

Published in: Radiation Safety

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

What is ionizing radiation? Where does it come from? What is it made of? To start answering these questions it is important to remember some atomic physics basics and how ionizing radiation interacts with matter.

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Title: What Does Ionizing Radiation Mean?
Author: Haydee Domenech
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Radiation Safety
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-42669-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-42671-6

Copyright Year: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42671-6_1