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| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:left;" |[[Neutron Radiation|Neutron radiation]] is referred to as indirectly [[Ionising Radiation|ionising]] because it does not affect the [[electron]]s [[Electron Orbital|orbiting]] an [[atom]] but it can cause the release of directly [[Ionising Radiation|ionising radiation]] in two ways:
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| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:left;" |It can be [[Neutron RadiationAbsorb (Physics)|Neutron radiationabsorbed]] is referred to as indirectly by a [[Ionising RadiationAtomic Nucleus|ionisingnucleus]] because making it does not affect the [[electronUnstable Isotope|unstable]]s and causing it to release a [[Electron Orbital|orbitinggamma-ray]] an .|[[atomFile:NeutronPenetrationAir.png|center|600px]] but it | style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:left;" |It can be [[Absorb (PhysicsRadioactive Decay|absorbeddecay]] by into a [[Atomic Nucleus|nucleusproton]] making it and a [[Unstable IsotopeBeta Particle|unstablebeta particle]] and causing it to release releasing a [[gamma-ray]].
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===Ionising Radiation and Cancer===
: Exposure to '''ionising radiation''' is a [[Risk Factor|risk factor]] in [[cancer]] because '''ionising radiation''' can cause [[DNA]] [[molecule]]s to break. When the [[Cell (Biology)|cell]] tries to repair the [[DNA]] it can make mistakes called [[mutation]]s. If this [[mutation]] tells the [[Cell (Biology)|cell]] to replicate constantly then this becomes [[cancer]].