“Ionizing Radiation”  

  In science, Ionizing Radiation is an electromagnetic radiation or corpuscular radiation that directly or indirectly produces ions while passing through matter, composed of particles that carry enough energy to liberate an electron from a molecule without raising the bulk material to an ionization temperature.

Ionizing Radiation Wavelengths

  Ionizing Radiation wavelengths are equal to or smaller than those of short ultraviolet radiation and include gamma rays, X-rays and high-energy elementary particles.
  Examples of ionizing radiation concepts include:

gamma radiation (gamma rays) X-ray radiation (X-rays) Hard X-rays (HX) Soft X-rays (SX) extreme ultraviolet (EUV)

Alpha Particles Beta Particles Background Radiation Cosmic Radiation

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