Radiation Flashcards

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Low LET

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X-rays, γ-rays, and β particles

causes damage that is readily repaired by cellular enzymes.

most commonly, single-strand breaks.

Klaassen, Curtis D.; Watkins, John B.. Casarett & Doull’s Essentials of Toxicology, Third Edition (Lange) . McGraw-Hill Education. Kindle Edition.

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Compton effect

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occurs when a photon scatters at a small angle from its original path with reduced energy because part of the photon energy is transferred to an electron.

Klaassen, Curtis D.; Watkins, John B.. Casarett & Doull’s Essentials of Toxicology, Third Edition (Lange) . McGraw-Hill Education. Kindle Edition.

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linear energy transfer (LET)

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The rate of energy dissipation by a single event

the average energy lost due to interactions per unit length of its trajectory given as kiloelectron volts per micrometer (keV/μm).

Klaassen, Curtis D.; Watkins, John B.. Casarett & Doull’s Essentials of Toxicology, Third Edition (Lange) . McGraw-Hill Education. Kindle Edition.

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