• Question: what type of radiation is used for x-rays?

    Asked by anon-232436 to Laura on 19 Nov 2019.
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      Laura Sinclair answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      X-rays is electromagnetic radiation and makes up part of the electromagnetic spectrum (like microwaves, UV and visible light). X-rays are a high form of energy. They were discovered in 1895 by the scientist Wilhelm Röntgen, and were named X-radiation as they were unknown radiation.

      X-rays are transmitted or absorbed when they pass through the patient onto a special detector to create an image.

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