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| style="height:20px; width:50px; text-align:center;" |10<sup>18</sup>Hz
| style="height:20px; width:50px; text-align:center;" |10<sup>-10</sup>m
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |Can cause [[electron]]s in many [[material]]s to gain enough [[energy]] to leave [[atom]]s creating [[ion]]s which can destroy [[Chemical Bond|chemical bonds]]. However, it often passes through many [[Non-metal|non-metals ]] without colliding with any [[atom]]s.
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| style="height:20px; width:50px; text-align:center;" |Gamma rays
| style="height:20px; width:50px; text-align:center;" |10<sup>20</sup>Hz
| style="height:20px; width:50px; text-align:center;" |10<sup>-12</sup>m
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |Causes [[electron]]s all [[material]]s to gain enough [[energy]] to leave [[atom]]s creating [[ion]]s which can destroy [[Chemical Bond|chemical bonds]]. However, it often passes through many non-metals most [[material]]s without colliding with any [[atom]]s, unless they are particularly [[Density|dense]] (like [[lead]]) or very thick.
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