Assertion: gamma ray | /r/HasAspect | much energy
Facets:
value: above 100 kev
type: OTHER
value: much
type: DEGREE
value: simply
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: X-rays and gamma rays have so much energy that when they interact with atoms, they can remove electrons and cause the atom to become ionized.
text: This gamma ray has an energy equal to the difference of two energy states of excited nucleus.
text: Both gamma-rays and X-rays have enough energy to cause damage to living tissue, but almost all cosmic gamma-rays are blocked by Earth's atmosphere.
text: They are ionizing simply because they have the energy to ionize atoms, thereby causing chemical reactions.
text: However gamma rays have a shorter wavelength and therefore have more energy.
text: All gamma rays emitted from a given isotope have the same energy, a characteristic that enables scientists to identify which gamma emitters are present in a sample.
text: Gamma radiation is an electromagnetic wave, the same as all other kinds of light, except that it has much more energy.
text: Also, since gamma-rays have so much energy, part of this energy can be transformed into matter directly by creating an electron and another particle called a positron (pair production).
text: Since gamma rays have so much energy, they pass right through the mirror of a standard optical telescope.
text: Gamma rays have so much energy that they can "cut through" a metal matrix and come out the other side.
text: Because gamma rays have so much energy, they can "pass by" complex chemical molecules and "transfer" a bit of their energy into the molecule to break chemical bonds.
text: Gamma rays have so much energy they could harm people on Earth.
text: Gamma rays typically have frequencies above 10 exahertz (or >1019 Hz), and therefore have energies above 100 keV and wavelengths less than 10 picometers (10−11 m), which is less than the diameter of an atom.
text: Gamma rays exist only as long as they have energy.
text: Gamma rays can travel much farther than alpha or beta particles and have enough energy to pass entirely through the body, potentially exposing all organs.