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Thelma
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21 June, 11:37
How are gamma rays used in the medical field?
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Chaya Wyatt
21 June, 11:42
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Gamma-rays can kill living cells, a fact which medicine uses to its advantage, using gamma-rays to kill cancerous cells.
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Kiley Ritter
21 June, 11:54
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Gamma rays and beta particles are all used to treat internal organs. X - rays are produced by firing electrons at a metal target and gamma rays are emitted by the nucleus of radioactive atoms. Gamma rays are used to kill cancer cells, and to medical equipment and in radioactive tracers.
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