IONIZING

RADIATION
 WHAT IS IONIZING
RADIATION
IT’S TYPES

 SOURCES
 AND FUNCTIONS
 WHAT IS AN ION?
An atom or molecule with a net
electric charge due to the loss or
gain one or room electrons.
 IONIZING
- can remove an
electron from an
atom.
 Is radiation that carries sufficient
IONIZING energy to detach electrons from
RADIATION atoms or molecules.

RADIATION
- any moving
amount of matter
or energy
 • Emits Helium • Emits positron
nucleus

ALPHA BETA
PARTICLE PARTICLE
TYPES OF
IONIZING
RADIATION
X-RAYS/
NEUTRON GAMMA
PARTICLE
RAYS
• Have great
• Emits neutron penetrating power
and can pas
through the human
body
 SOURCES
NATURAL SOURCES

TYPES OF
IONIZING
RADIATION MAN-MADE SOURCES
 SOURCES
- Many alpha emitters occur
naturally in the environment.
- Artificially produced sources of
alpha particles include the
radioisotopes of elements such as
ALPHA plutonium, americium, curium and
PARTICLES californium.
  USES
- Cancer Treatment
- Spacecraft Power
- Heating Devices
ALPHA - Seismic and Oceanographic
PARTICLES Devices
  SIDE EFFECTS
-

ALPHA
PARTICLES
  SOURCES

BETA
PARTICLES
  USES

BETA
PARTICLES
  SIDE EFFECTS

BETA
PARTICLES
  SOURCES
- found in the nucleus of an atom.
NEUTRON
- During radioactive decay, they may be
PARTICLES knocked out of there.
  USES
-

NEUTRON
PARTICLES
  SIDE EFFECTS
- can damage your cells or even
your DNA
- these neutrons can be absorbed
by other atoms and create radioactive
NEUTRON isotopes.
PARTICLES
  SOURCES
- X-rays and gamma rays can
come from natural sources.

X-RAYS/
GAMMA RAYS
- But this type of radiation can
also be man-made.
  USES
-

X-RAYS/
GAMMA RAYS
  SIDE EFFECTS
- causes the cell to die
- it can lead to cancer later on
it can lead to mutations (changes) in the cell’s
X-RAYS/ DNA

GAMMA RAYS