ionizing radiation

Also known as ionising radiation, radioactive radiation

radiation that carries enough energy to liberate electrons from atoms or molecules

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Ionizing radiation is energy that travels through space and is powerful enough to knock electrons loose from atoms and molecules. It matters because this ability to strip away electrons can damage living cells and DNA, which is why exposure to ionizing radiation poses health risks.

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Research

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Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 and ionizing radiation: sensor, signaller and therapeutic target.ReviewClinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) · 2004Chalmers AJDOI: 10.1016/s0936-6555(03)00223-1
BRAIN AND EYE AS POTENTIAL TARGETS FOR IONIZING RADIATION IMPACT. PART V - ORGANIC AND FUNCTIONAL CHANGES CORRELATION ON THE EXAMPLE OF CERTAIN DISEASES.ReviewProblemy radiatsiinoi medytsyny ta radiobiolohii · 2023Fedirko P, Babenko T, Kuts K et al.DOI: 10.33145/2304-8336-2023-28-431-443
Current evidence for a role of epigenetic mechanisms in response to ionizing radiation in an ecotoxicological context.ReviewEnvironmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2019Horemans N, Spurgeon DJ, Lecomte-Pradines C et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.04.125
[IONIZING RADIATION--LEUKEMIA].Fra Sundhedsstyrelsen · 1964POPPE E
Ionizing radiation and the whole animal.Scientific American · 1959LOUTIT JFDOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican0959-117
Ionising radiation and childhood leukaemia revisited.ReviewMedicine, conflict, and survival · 2019Boulton FDOI: 10.1080/13623699.2019.1571684
Efficacy of Stilbene Derivatives in Sensitizing Breast Cancer Cells to Ionizing Radiation.Cellular physiology and biochemistry : international journal of experimental cellular physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology · 2024Komorowska D, Zaczek A, Kalenik S et al.DOI: 10.33594/000000725
[Death inducing ligands in combination with ionizing radiation: objective and current knowledge].ReviewStrahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2003Belka C, Betsch A, Marini P et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00066-003-1047-7

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Ionizing radiation warning symbol Ionizing radiation, also spelled ionising radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have enough energy per individual photon or particle to ionize atoms or molecules by detaching electrons from them. Some particles can travel up to 99% of the speed of light, and the electromagnetic waves are on the high-energy portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Gamma rays, X-rays, and the higher energy ultraviolet part of the electromagnetic spectrum are ionizing radiation; whereas the lower energy ultraviolet, visible light, infrared, microwaves, and radio waves are non-ionizing radiation. Nearly all types of laser light are non-ionizing radiation. The boundary between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation in the ultraviolet area cannot be sharply defined, as different molecules and atoms ionize at different energies. The energy of ionizing radiation starts around 10 electronvolts (eV).