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Energy: Radiation

By Janice VanCleave

Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) is a stream of photons each traveling at the speed of light. Photons are massless bundles of light energy. The higher the energy of photons the more they behave as particles and can be harmful. The symbol shown with what looks like three blades of a fan notifies you that the radiation […]

Filed Under: Energy, Physics Tagged With: EMR, photons, radiation

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