Gamma comes as a result of alpha or beta. Gammas covers a bigger area than beta and alpha and is in that way more dangerous, but if you ever get alpha radiation inside of you, that is very dangerous.
Of alpha, beta and gamma radiation, gamma radiation has the greater ability to penetrate either shielding or living tissue. The penetration issue aside, a contact source that is an alpha emitter can...
No, not in general. It is rather the other way around. Infrared radiation is electromagnetic radiation, and electromagnetic radiation spans multiple types of radiation, from microwaves, light,...
No, radiation and electromagnetic radiation are not the same. Electromagnetic radiation is one form or type of radiation, and there are different types of radiation. Electromagnetic radiation speaks...
No. Two or more beams of radiation (electromagnetic radiation, or energy) normally pass through one another without any interaction. Particle Colliders The word radiation is also confusingly used...