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Ionizing radiation

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What is ionizing radiation?

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4 Types of Ionizing Radiation

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Ionizing Radiation "What is ionizing radiation" P1

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How Does Ionizing Radiation Affect Living Things? | Season 1 Ep. 10 | COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS

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Physics - Radioactivity - Ionisation

Ionizing radiation is radiation that carries enough energy to liberate electrons from atoms or molecules, thereby ionizing them. Ionizing radiation is made up of energetic subatomic particles, ions or atoms moving at high speeds, and electromagnetic waves on the high-energy end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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