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Alpha, Beta and Gamma (Beta particles (8000 times smaller than alpha…
Alpha, Beta and Gamma
Beta particles
Can be blocked by solid objects
Are electrons
move very vast
Can give radiation sickness
8000 times smaller than alpha particles
which lead to high penetrating levels
Internal exposure do more damage then external exposure
Can be in food, water or the air
So can be eaten or inhhaled
Alpha particles
contains a pair of neutrons and a pair of protons
Can be inhaled or ingested
(Radon Gas)
Very dangerous
leads to lung cancer
Low penetrating levels
Can even stopped by clothes
Can't give radiation sickness
Gamma rays
Have no mass
Can travel through most forms of material
(high energy protons)
if exposed to gamma
It goes through the entire body