Monday 10 January 2022

Heat notes, Jan 10


- cell phones or smart phones use microwave technology to transmit signals

- 1970s, 11 Motorola engineers  developed brain tumour on the left, possibly related to the cell phone signals

- speaker phone, Bluetooth headphones

- Infrared light  -------              visible light                  --------  ultraviolet light

(less energy than UV)             R,O,Y,G,I,B, P                           (source of heat

- infra red camera                   (rainbow)                                more energy

(detect heat signal)                 - after a rainstorm                  tanning of skin, sunburn

 

 

 

Even more energy, X- ray

- has a lot energy

- can go through your skin, body and see what is inside

- Madam Marie Curie – discovered X-ray, and died from excessive exposure of X-ray

- dentist X ray – lead apron, heavy because the metal lead will absorb the radiation

 

- chest X-ray: OK once in a while to make sure your lungs are fine, and you don’t have broken bones. You do not Xray everyday

 

- Gamma Ray – most powerful types of radiation (a lot of energy)

- NASA sends Gamma ray to the universe to locate intelligent life style

- cancer treatments: radiation therapy – gamma ray\


 

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