cannedtuna@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days agoJimmy Neutron confirmed Chad?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1730arrow-down112
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minus-squareItsAlwaysDNS@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoAren’t Gamma-Rays impossible to stop even with lead? You can only weaken them.
minus-squarebingrazer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-23 days agoGamma rays are stopped by things with a lot of electrons, so a sufficiently thick block of lead will stop it EDIT: higher energy light has more penetration power (so gammas are quire penetrating), but it’s a finite value
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoThe madder they get, the stronger they get.
Aren’t Gamma-Rays impossible to stop even with lead? You can only weaken them.
Gamma rays are stopped by things with a lot of electrons, so a sufficiently thick block of lead will stop it
EDIT: higher energy light has more penetration power (so gammas are quire penetrating), but it’s a finite value
The madder they get, the stronger they get.