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Question 11

Industrial testing facilities utilize various types of radiation for non-destructive imaging and materials analysis.

a.

The table lists some types of radiation. Complete the table by putting a tick (✓\checkmark✓) in each row to show which types of radiation are ionising and which are non-ionising. One has been done for you.

RadiationIonisingNon-ionising
beta✓\checkmark✓
alpha
visible light
radio waves
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b.

State two safety precautions that industrial radiographers working with high-activity gamma-ray sources should take to minimise their occupational radiation dose.

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