Effects of Radiation on Matter

Claimed by Venkat Natarajan

Radiations and their interactions with matter.

The Main Idea

Radiation consists of 2 components, electric fields and magnetic fields. The question being answered is "How do these radiations interact with matter?" We know that an atom is basically a nucleus and its electron cloud, but the nucleus is so small that the chances of radiations striking the nucleus is negligible. On the other hand, the peripheral electrons stand a much greater chance (about [math]\displaystyle{ 10^9 }[/math]) of getting impacted by radiation. So most of the observations we make from such interactions occurs between the electric fields and the electrons.

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