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What is ionizing radiation? Where does it come from? What is it made of? To start answering these questions it is important to remember some atomic physics basics and how ionizing radiation interacts with matter .
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Electron mass is 0.000910938188 × 10−27 kg. Proton mass is 1.67262158 × 10−27 kg.
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It is a particle identical to an electron except that it has a positive electrical charge.
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Domenech, H. (2017). What Does Ionizing Radiation Mean?. In: Radiation Safety. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42671-6_1
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