LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES

Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation

Sources, Effects and Risks of Ionizing Radiation

Ionizing Radiation: Sources and Biological Effects

Ionizing Radiation: Sources and Biological Effects

Natural Sources of Ionizing Radiation

Many of our students seem to have well-defined but not necessarily well-founded opinions on the biological effects of ionizing radiation. During discussions of nuclear transformations in introductory chemistry and physics courses we might be able to help these students better understand the magnitude of these effects, and perhaps sort out the plethora of units with which radiation measurements ...