Assertion: ionizing radiation's energy | /r/CapableOf | break up molecule
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text: X-ray photons are highly energetic and have enough energy to break up molecules and hence damage living cells.
text: Further down the spectrum, the non-ionizing lower energies of the lower ultraviolet spectrum cannot ionize atoms, but can disrupt the inter-atomic bonds which form molecules, thereby breaking down molecules rather than atoms; a good example of this is sunburn caused by long-wavelength solar ultraviolet.