Uses
X-rays are used by doctors to see inside people. X ray waves pass easily through soft tissues, but not so easily through bones. An X-ray machine works by firing a beam of electrons at a "target". If we fire the electrons with enough energy, X-rays will be produced. Another use for x-ray is in CT scanning, which is a medical imaging system where slices of specific areas of the body are obtained from two large series of two-dimensional X-ray images taken in different directions. These images can be combined to create a 3D image of the inside of the body and used in diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in various medical field. We use satellites with X-ray detectors on them to do X-ray astronomy. In astronomy, things that emit X-rays (for example, black holes) are like the doctor’s X-ray machine, and the detector on the satellite is like the X-ray film. X-ray detectors collect individual X-rays (photons of X-ray light) and things like the number of photons collected, the energy of the photons collected, or how fast the photons are detected, can tell us things about the object that is emitting them.
X-rays are used by doctors to see inside people. X ray waves pass easily through soft tissues, but not so easily through bones. An X-ray machine works by firing a beam of electrons at a "target". If we fire the electrons with enough energy, X-rays will be produced. Another use for x-ray is in CT scanning, which is a medical imaging system where slices of specific areas of the body are obtained from two large series of two-dimensional X-ray images taken in different directions. These images can be combined to create a 3D image of the inside of the body and used in diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in various medical field. We use satellites with X-ray detectors on them to do X-ray astronomy. In astronomy, things that emit X-rays (for example, black holes) are like the doctor’s X-ray machine, and the detector on the satellite is like the X-ray film. X-ray detectors collect individual X-rays (photons of X-ray light) and things like the number of photons collected, the energy of the photons collected, or how fast the photons are detected, can tell us things about the object that is emitting them.
Positive Effects
Some advantages of X-rays include: using them to treat tumors before it spreads throughout the body, they help radiologists identify cracks, infections, Injury and abnormal bones, and they help locate alien objects inside the bones or around them. One major advantage of X-rays is that they are relatively harmless to the human body in controlled doses, which is why they are popularly used for medical purposes.
Negative Effects / disadvantages
Because of earths thick atmosphere, no x rays are able to penetrate it from outer space, which is bad for astronomy. Because of this limitation, we cannot do x-ray astronomy from the ground. X-rays can also be harmful to humans. In the early days of X-ray science, a lot of doctors would expose patients and themselves to the beams for long periods of time. Eventually, doctors and patients started developing radiation sickness. X-rays have the potential to make our blood cells have a dangerously high level of sodium peroxide, they can increase the risk of getting cancer, and they are able to change the base of DNA causing a mutation.
Some advantages of X-rays include: using them to treat tumors before it spreads throughout the body, they help radiologists identify cracks, infections, Injury and abnormal bones, and they help locate alien objects inside the bones or around them. One major advantage of X-rays is that they are relatively harmless to the human body in controlled doses, which is why they are popularly used for medical purposes.
Negative Effects / disadvantages
Because of earths thick atmosphere, no x rays are able to penetrate it from outer space, which is bad for astronomy. Because of this limitation, we cannot do x-ray astronomy from the ground. X-rays can also be harmful to humans. In the early days of X-ray science, a lot of doctors would expose patients and themselves to the beams for long periods of time. Eventually, doctors and patients started developing radiation sickness. X-rays have the potential to make our blood cells have a dangerously high level of sodium peroxide, they can increase the risk of getting cancer, and they are able to change the base of DNA causing a mutation.