4. X-Rays were first observed and
documented in 1895
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, a German
scientist discovered X-Rays
This inventor found them quite by
accident when experimenting with
vacuum tubes
5. As the wavelengths of light
decrease, they increase in energy.
X-rays have smaller wavelengths and
therefore higher energy than ultraviolet
waves.
We usually talk about X-rays in terms of
their energy rather than wavelength.
X-ray light tends to act more like a
particle than a wave.
X-ray detectors collect actual photons of
X-ray light
6.
7. Signs of radiation sickness include
Vomiting
Nausea
Loss of white blood cells
And temporary loss of hair
BE CAUTIOUS OF AN OVERDOSE OF
X-RAY RADIATION
