Assertion: gamma ray | /r/CapableOf | penetrate matter
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: further
type: MANNER
value: very easily
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Gamma rays can at times be harmful due to the fact that they are generally very high energy and therefore penetrate matter very easily.
text: Gamma rays are the most powerful forms of radiation because they can penetrate skin, wood, paper and other matter.
text: However – being massless particles with high energy – they are able to penetrate further through matter.
text: Since the gamma rays are in substance only a very high-energy photons, they are very penetrating matter and are thus biologically hazardous.