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DID YOU EVER WONDER: IDS 1999 ALYSSA ARENA EMILY FERRO NATALIA POSADA Are X-Rays Safe?

DID YOU EVER WONDER: IDS 1999 ALYSSA ARENA EMILY FERRO NATALIA POSADA Are X-Rays Safe?

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DID YOU EVER WONDER: IDS 1999

ALYSSA ARENA EMILY FERRO

NATALIA POSADA

Are X-Rays Safe?

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X-Rays

Allows us to see inside the human body since 1895

Invented by accident Wilhelm RoentgenExperimenting with electron beams in a gas

discharge tube

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How X-Rays Work

Electromagnetic energy carried by photons

Produced by movement of electrons in atoms

Shorter wavelength of higher energy

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How X-Rays Work (cont..)

Soft tissue doesn't show up clearly

Contrast media liquids absorb X-rays more effectively

X-ray light sets off the chemical reaction

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Why Do We Use X-Rays

MedicineAirport SecurityResearch :Quantum mechanics theoryCrystallographyCosmology

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Dangers/ Precautions

Radiation sickness

Most useful inventions of all time.

Lead shield- cant penetrate

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So Are They Safe?

Yes