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National 5 – fizzics by fizzics

Sep 2, 2019Education

X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation.  They have a much higher frequency than visible light or ultraviolet.  The diagram below, taken from Wikipedia, shows where x-rays sit in the electromag...

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