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Ksju [112]
3 years ago
10

What properties of gamma rays make them useful in medicine? explain

Biology
2 answers:
otez555 [7]3 years ago
8 0
The properties of gamma which paved its way to the area of medicine are having high energy of all the waves in the spectrum. With this they can penetrate into almost all surfaces. One application would be its use in killing cancer cells and to examine the internals of the body.
Otrada [13]3 years ago
3 0

Answer: High penetrating power used to kill cancerous cells

Explanation:

Gamma rays has high penetration rate which is used to kill the cells such as cancerous cells. Radiation therapy is used by doctors to kill the cells that causes cancer.

The normal cells tends to proliferate again and again to form tumor which in turn leads to cancer.

These rays are used in medical science to treat cancer by killing the cancerous cells.

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