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x-rays
Title: x-rays
Category: Science & Technology
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x-rays
What is it?
An X-ray is an invisible electromagnetic radiation, with wave lengths that are shorter
than the light that is visible to the eye.
When was it discovered?
X-rays were discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, a German physicist.
How did he discover X-rays?
He discovered the X-ray while he was studying cathode rays in a high voltage, gaseous-discharge tube. He noticed when the tube was in operation it made a screen emit
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…showed last 75 words of 266 total…knifes and other harmful objects into the plane.
Medical uses
An X-ray picture is called a radiograph, Fluoroscopy are used extensively in medicine as diagnostic tools. X-rays are used to treat certain diseases in radiotherapy. Such as, cancer which in that process they expose the tumors to X radiation.
Doctors could also see inside the body through the soft tissue. They could see things such as bones and dysfunctional parts of tissue in the body.
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