• Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Alpha is the weakest, usually stopping on the skin or other thin layer. Gamma goes right through a person. In college, we were warned more about beta emission because beta could enter the body by couldn’t leave in the same way that gamma could.

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      2 days ago

      Alpha is generally considered the most dangurous, so saying it is the weakest is kinda doing an injustice. The penetration is the weakest, the radiation is the most harmful.

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        1 day ago

        That reminds me of the myth related to the daddy long-legs, that it has the most potent venom of any spider but can’t break your skin.