Using Radioactivity
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the material, the more radiation it will absorb.
This idea is used in
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to control the thickness of materials. A radioactive source sends
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radiation through a sheet of foil. If the foil is too
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beta radiation gets through to the control box and a signal is sent to the rolling mechanism to change the thickness of the foil.
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radiation could not be used for this because it cannot pass through the foil.
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radiation cannot be used for this because it would all pass through the foil and hardly be affected at all.
People working in this factory would wear special
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that detect radiation. Their radioactivity
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has to be carefully monitored.
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radiation is used to kill cancer cells inside a person's body. The doctors must be careful not to kill
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cells at the same time.
Bacteria are also killed with
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rays because it can pass through the
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easily.
Surgical instruments are sterilised with
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rays - again because the instruments can be placed into sealed bags, then the gamma rays sterilise them. The closed bags prevent any microbes getting onto the instruments.
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