1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
Olin [163]
2 years ago
10

Which particle is used as a beam to treat cancer? electrons protons neutrons

Physics
2 answers:
Arisa [49]2 years ago
5 0

Answer: protons

Explanation:

Protons are positively charged elementary particles of hydrogen atom nuclei, and have a much greater weight than that of electrons.

In this sense, proton therapy consists in pointing to a tumor with an invisible and highly controlled beam that works with precision as if it were drawn with the tip of a pencil.

It should be noted that, firstly protons are accelerated inside a cyclotron at a speed that is equal to approximately half the speed of light (allowing them to have high energy) allowing the damage to tumors up to a depth of approximately 30 cm.

After the protons are accelerated in the cyclotron, they are directed with a strong magnetic field to a very narrow beam and transferred with a high degree of precision through the malignant tumor. This high amount of energy released in a controlled manner in the tumor tissue, results in ionization and damage to the DNA of the malignant cells that are attacked, causing them to stop dividing rapidly (the cause of cancer) or even causing the cells to die, immediately

This is a highly effective treatment that has no side effects in damage to healthy tissue surrounding the tumor, unlike X-ray therapies.

minnie2 years ago
0 0

answer: Protons

You might be interested in
Explain why a cow that touches an electric fence experiences a mild shock
Minchanka [31]
The voltage exists between the fence and the ground.  The cow is grounded. The cow is touching the ground, completing the circuit of electricity. <span>When the cow comes into contact with the fence, it becomes an electric ground which sends an electric current into the cow, through the cow, and into the ground. The pain experienced from the shock is due to the current that flows through the cow.</span>
8 0
2 years ago
What role does actin and myosin play in the process of muscle contraction?
Margarita [4]

Answer:

Muscle contraction thus results from an interaction between the actin and myosin filaments that generates their movement relative to one another. The molecular basis for this interaction is the binding of myosin to actin filaments, allowing myosin to function as a motor that drives filament sliding.

4 0
2 years ago
If you were to travel from the equator to the higher latitudes (near either pole) on Saturn, the differential rotation would cau
Dmitrij [34]

Answer:

Saturn's differential rotation will cause the length of a day measures to be longer by 0.4 hours

Explanation:

Differential rotation occurs due to the difference in angular velocities of an object as we move along the latitude of the or as we move into different depth of the object, indicating the observed object is in a fluid form

Saturn made almost completely of gas and has differential motion given as follows

Rotation at the equator = 10 hours 14 minutes

Rotation at high altitude = 10 hours 38 minutes

Therefore;

The differential rotation = 10 hours 38 minutes - 10 hours 14 minutes

The differential rotation = 24 minutes = 24 minutes × 1 hour/(60 minutes) = 0.4 hours

The differential rotation = 0.4 hours

Therefore, the measured day at the higher altitude will be 0.4 longer than at the equator.

8 0
3 years ago
...................................
Lilit [14]

Answer:

.......................

6 0
3 years ago
A car on a roller coaster loaded with passengers has a mass of 2.0 x 10^3 kg. At the lowest point of the the track, the radius o
mart [117]

Answer:

here is my work

Explanation:

6 0
2 years ago
Other questions:
  • A parallel-plate capacitor initially has a potential difference of 400 V and is then disconnected from the charging battery. If
    8·1 answer
  • A proton moves with a velocity of v with arrow = (3î − 5ĵ + k) m/s in a region in which the magnetic field is B with arrow = (î
    8·1 answer
  • In a classroom demonstration, two long parallel wires are separated by a distance of 2.25 cm. One wire carries a current of 1.30
    5·1 answer
  • Air spaces are used in insulation because _____. air is a good conductor air is a poor conductor air is light air is colorless U
    14·2 answers
  • Two coaxial cylindrical conductors are shown in perspective and cross-section above. The inner cylinder has radius a = 2 cm, len
    6·1 answer
  • what is the numerical value in meters per second squared of the acceleration of an object experiencing true free fall
    6·1 answer
  • Serving at a speed of 164 km/h, a tennis player hits the ball at a height of 2.23 m and an angle θ below the horizontal. The ser
    5·1 answer
  • According to Coulomb's law, if the separation between two particles of the same charge increases four times, the potential energ
    9·1 answer
  • Which of the following choices correctly pairs the organism with its phylum?
    13·1 answer
  • A car starts from rest and accelerates at 4 m/s2 until it reaches 36 m/s. How far did it travel in this time?
    15·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!