Classical Radiation:
Radiation is the emission of energy as either waves (electromagnetic
radiation) or particles (particle radiation). It is most often
produced by radioactive decay, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion,
matter/antimatter
annihilation, chemical reactions, hot objects or gases excited by
electric currents. Radiation is sometimes also referred to by the
colloquialism "wild energy."
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Radiation is often separated into two categories,
ionizing and non-ionizing, to denote it's energy and
danger of exposure. Many forms of radiation such as heat (infrared),
visible light,
microwaves, or
radio
waves do not have sufficient energy to remove
electrons from atoms and hence are called non-ionizing
radiation. In the case of heat, for objects at room
temperature, most of the energy is transmitted at
infrared
wavelengths.
However, the negatively charged
electrons and positively charged nuclei created by
ionizing radiation may cause damage in living tissue. The
term "radioactivity" generally refers to the release of
ionizing radiation. Radioactive materials or processes
usually release
alpha radiation,
beta
radiation,
gamma
rays,
x-rays or
delta
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Subspace Radiation:
Some extremely exotic or subspace-related processes produce other
forms of radiation, such as amnion
radiation,
metreon radiation,
hyperonic radiation,
nadion radiation,
tetryon radiation,
verteron radiation and
SEM.
Notes:
| Damage caused by
low levels of radiation can often be easily repaired by the
Anthroid body. In many species, injured or damaged cells
simply repair themselves, resulting in no residual damage. If
not, cells die, much like millions of body cells do every day,
being replaced through normal biological processes. High
exposure to radioactivity, however, can cause cancers, severe
microcellular damage and radiation poisoning.
Phasers and
disruptors release potentially dangerous amounts of
radiation when they operate, but the great majority of
particles and
electromagnetic energy released in nadion reactions is
phased out of sync with the normal space-time continuum. |
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