XRAY WAVES

HOW THE WAVE IS CREATED

• Electromagnetic radiation
• X-Rays are produced when electrons (or high amounts of energy)strike a metal target. The electrons are liberated from the heated filament.

SOCIETAL USES

• Medical use, x-Ray scan bones for breaks and fractures X-rays can see through soft tissue and down to the bones. Can pick up diseases and monitor therapy.
• X-Ray therapy, radiation from X-ray uses high energy radiation to kill cancer cells.
• X-ray astronomy, X-ray telescopes can find black holes or neutron stars in the galaxy, these black holes and stars give off X-ray emitting gas that the telescope can pick up.

OTHER USES

• Security reasons scanning bodies for weapons detecting metals in public places.
• transportation security, X-rays detect objects through cars and airplanes.

POSSIBLE DANGERS

• Radiation exposure can cause cell mutations that may lead to cancer.
• Other risks include lightheadedness, nausea
• Rare reactions include anaphylactic shock or cardiac arrest.

WAVELENGTH COMPARISON

• A wavelength is comparable to a water molecule.
• The wavelength of an X-ray is 0.01 to 10 nanometer

FREQUENCY RANGE

• X-ray frequencies are in the range of 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz (3×10 16 Hz to 3×10 19 Hz)

INTERESTING FACT

• X-rays were discovered by accident when Wilhelm Roentgen was experimenting with vacuum tubes. Wilhelm Roentgen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention in 1901
• He did not patent this invention as he wanted everybody to benefit from it.

X-RAY MACHINE

• Medical uses are the main use of X-rays. Used to look at skeletal structure.
• Also used by dentists for dental X-rays of teeth and jaw.

SOURCES

• www.softschools.com/facts/technology/x_ray_facts
• https://www.boundless.com/physics/textbooks/boundless-physics-textbook/elec...
• http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu