From: Radiation: a poly-traumatic hit leading to multi-organ injury
Name | Relative mass | Electric charge | Emitted by | Range in air | Tissue penetration | Radiation stopped by |
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Alpha | 7300 | + 2 | Unfissioned uranium and Plutonium | 5 cm | First layer of skin | Clothing paper |
Beta | 1 | − 1 | Fission products | 12 m | Several layers of skin | Clothing |
Gammaa | 0 | 0 | Fission products | 100Â m | Total body | Several feet of concrete or earth |
Neutron | 1830 | 0 | Emitted only during fission | 100Â m | Total body | Several feet of concrete or earth |