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x-rays
Standard Grade Fizzics
English - November 06, 2012 10:41 - ★★★★ - 1 ratingCourses Education physics fizzics thurso standard grade mackenzie Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation. They have a much higher frequency than visible light or ultraviolet. The diagram below, taken from Wikipedia, shows where x-rays fit into the electromagnetic spectrum. image by Materialscientist Wilhelm Röntgen discovered x-rays and the image below is the first x-ray image ever taken. It shows Mrs. Röntgen’s hand ... Read more