Gamma Rays at Chemical Glossary

What is it? One of the three types of rays produced by radioactive disintegration, but gamma rays are the only one comprised of electromagnetic radiation. Gamma rays have a very short wavelength, and have the greatest penetrative power of all radioactive emissions.

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