Chemistry Poster
BENIFICIAL AND ALTERNATIVELY NOT SO BENIFICAL USES OF RADIATION BY: Sanwal Hayat
What is radiation?
Radiation is away in which energy moves from one place to another for example energy radiates away when a stone dropped in the water in circular waves while sound energy radiates from speakers mouth to listeners ear and heat energy radiates from sun to earth. Figure 1.1 radiation
Beneficial uses of radiation
Beneficial uses of radiation include medicine, security devices, household products and industries.
Medical uses:
There are many uses of radiation in medicine but the most common use is x ray to see whether the bones are broken or not and this area of x ray is called radiology and there are further divisions of radiology where radiations used which include mammography, computerized tomography and nuclear medicine.
There are also some additional areas where we can use radiation which include cancer and commonly called therapy. A subspecialty in nuclear medicine is nuclear medicine therapy. A common example of nuclear medicine therapy is the use of radioactive iodine to treat thyroid problems, including thyroid cancer. It also used in oncology which is the branch who works on treatment of cancer. Figure 1.2 x ray view Security devices
There are few commonly used security machines which contain x rays in them which help important departments to identify metal. Cabinet x-ray systems are one of the more common dev ices used for security. They are found primarily at airports (the devices that carry-on bags are sent through for
What is radiation?
Radiation is away in which energy moves from one place to another for example energy radiates away when a stone dropped in the water in circular waves while sound energy radiates from speakers mouth to listeners ear and heat energy radiates from sun to earth. Figure 1.1 radiation
Beneficial uses of radiation
Beneficial uses of radiation include medicine, security devices, household products and industries.
Medical uses:
There are many uses of radiation in medicine but the most common use is x ray to see whether the bones are broken or not and this area of x ray is called radiology and there are further divisions of radiology where radiations used which include mammography, computerized tomography and nuclear medicine.
There are also some additional areas where we can use radiation which include cancer and commonly called therapy. A subspecialty in nuclear medicine is nuclear medicine therapy. A common example of nuclear medicine therapy is the use of radioactive iodine to treat thyroid problems, including thyroid cancer. It also used in oncology which is the branch who works on treatment of cancer. Figure 1.2 x ray view Security devices
There are few commonly used security machines which contain x rays in them which help important departments to identify metal. Cabinet x-ray systems are one of the more common dev ices used for security. They are found primarily at airports (the devices that carry-on bags are sent through for